I think the importance of a suitable border around the printed image cannot be overstated, and I developed an Excel tool to help calculate a suitable border for any given print size (typically requires trimming the paper except in specific circumstances such as your 11x14 example).
Thanks for this, I'm sure the community will appreciate.
I hope I convey that the art and overall design aesthetic trump the math though. The math is useful only to promote consistency in presentation so that any group of photos doesn't look like some sort of ransom note... unless that's the intent I guess but I've not found a suitable subject for that look myself ;-)
Bob, tell me why you prefer 11x14 over 13x19, which is readily available. 11x14 was my favorite in the darkroom days also. I never understood why it was replaced by 13x19 in the digital world.
I'll have to do research on that... have no clue but it's easy enough to cut 17x22 down efficiently (reasonably efficiently). Here's a better question... why is 13x19 fudged into the "ISO system" as A3+ but we never see A3 paper which is 2x A4???? Why isn't "letter size" A4-???? Why is 5x7 a thing??? given in my lifetime 4x5 pretty much took over sheet film, I never met anyone who shot 5x7... Ahhh the mysteries of life. ;-) More to come on 11x14... and such. Stay tuned.
Don’t even get me started on the A3+,A4 Mumbai jumbo. Is there a document somewhere that explains those secret codes? I’m shooting film this week and making 11x14 prints in Anna’s new darkroom soon. I will be making those funny looking square pictures. Any advice for framing those.
I think the importance of a suitable border around the printed image cannot be overstated, and I developed an Excel tool to help calculate a suitable border for any given print size (typically requires trimming the paper except in specific circumstances such as your 11x14 example).
https://cuchara.photography/2023/10/golden-ratio-print-borders/
Thanks for this, I'm sure the community will appreciate.
I hope I convey that the art and overall design aesthetic trump the math though. The math is useful only to promote consistency in presentation so that any group of photos doesn't look like some sort of ransom note... unless that's the intent I guess but I've not found a suitable subject for that look myself ;-)
Bob, tell me why you prefer 11x14 over 13x19, which is readily available. 11x14 was my favorite in the darkroom days also. I never understood why it was replaced by 13x19 in the digital world.
I'll have to do research on that... have no clue but it's easy enough to cut 17x22 down efficiently (reasonably efficiently). Here's a better question... why is 13x19 fudged into the "ISO system" as A3+ but we never see A3 paper which is 2x A4???? Why isn't "letter size" A4-???? Why is 5x7 a thing??? given in my lifetime 4x5 pretty much took over sheet film, I never met anyone who shot 5x7... Ahhh the mysteries of life. ;-) More to come on 11x14... and such. Stay tuned.
Don’t even get me started on the A3+,A4 Mumbai jumbo. Is there a document somewhere that explains those secret codes? I’m shooting film this week and making 11x14 prints in Anna’s new darkroom soon. I will be making those funny looking square pictures. Any advice for framing those.
Possibly but let's see them first.