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After many years of shooting, I typically compose in camera and do not want to crop my photos when post processing. I certainly do not want to crop differently when I print the same image at different sizes.
I have pretty much arrived at a systematic way of printing, matting and framing. At least 90% of my images fall into the same standardized sizes/aspect ratios. Some images really do benefit from special cropping.
For proofs and small prints, I typically use 8 1/2 x 11 paper. I have large amounts that I bought on sale. I do not crop to fit the paper. Instead my print size is about 7.3 x 10.9. That leaves a small border for matting and to prevent overspray when printing. I typically do not display at this size but when I do I use 11x14 frames which can be found anywhere. I also have some aluminum channel, Nielson frames for a more professional look. For medium sized prints, I print at 12x18 on 13x19 paper and use 16x22 frames. For larger prints, my Epson 3880 limits me to 17" paper so I print 16x24 on 17x25 paper. I use 20x28 frames. BTW, going any larger is way more expensive. For example mats would double in cost for just a slight increase in size. At 20x28 I can use half sized 20x32 matboard.
I love Red River papers because of the quality, variety and all of the RR papers are available in 17x25 sheets. Many other manufacturers and vendors seem to be lost in the past and sell 17x22 sheet papers. That means I would need to crop my images just to match their paper. If I wanted to continue with the standard 1.5 aspect ratio, I would need to print at 14x21.
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