Uploaded June 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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With the popularity of social media, many pictures unfortunately never get past a tiny smartphone screen. Digital photo sharing has become the endgame for most photographers. But as a photography teacher, I always encourage my students to create fine art photography prints because the satisfaction that comes from creating your own wall art is unmatched. Having something tangible that can't be deleted with a single mouse click is what photography's all about.
So in this video, I'll show you how I take a medium format film negative from capture, to scan, to print, to framing. Although this print wasn't made in the traditional darkroom, the quality from my Epson V750 scanner coupled with professional grade printing techniques resulted in a superb print worthy of framing.
This first of two videos in "Making a Fine Art Photography Print" shows my unique scanning process and how to prep the file for print using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. In the next video, we'll look at the how to deckle the edge of watercolor paper to create an awesome "raw" look to your fine art.
The photography print I made in this video is from a scanned 6x7 negative shot with a Mamiya RZ67 camera in Joshua Tree National Park. The film used was Ilford Delta Professional 100 medium format film. The scanner used is an Epson V750 with SilverFast software. I used watercolor paper and had it float-mounted in a shadowbox frame.
View "Making a Fine Art Photography Print (2 of 2)": youtu.be/ijabXZ3O-lI
View the on-location video where I took this photo: youtube.com/watch?v=3RanBtwmSoQ
Ground glass by Hopf Glass: hopfglass.com
Printing by Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA: stores.prophotoirvine.com
Framing by Salamon Art in Fountain Valley, CA: salamonart.com
Nick Carver Photography Main: nickcarverphotography.com
Online Photography Courses: nickcarverphotography.com/teaching/online_courses
Orange County Photography Classes: nickcarverphotography.com/teaching/classes
Your contributions make these videos happen! nickcarverphoto.com/contribute
And check out my online course all about light metering for film photography: nickcarverphoto.com/metering
With the popularity of social media, many pictures unfortunately never get past a tiny smartphone screen. Digital photo sharing has become the endgame for most photographers. But as a photography teacher, I always encourage my students to create fine art photography prints because the satisfaction that comes from creating your own wall art is unmatched. Having something tangible that can't be deleted with a single mouse click is what photography's all about.
So in this video, I'll show you how I take a medium format film negative from capture, to scan, to print, to framing. Although this print wasn't made in the traditional darkroom, the quality from my Epson V750 scanner coupled with professional grade printing techniques resulted in a superb print worthy of framing.
This first of two videos in "Making a Fine Art Photography Print" shows my unique scanning process and how to prep the file for print using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. In the next video, we'll look at the how to deckle the edge of watercolor paper to create an awesome "raw" look to your fine art.
The photography print I made in this video is from a scanned 6x7 negative shot with a Mamiya RZ67 camera in Joshua Tree National Park. The film used was Ilford Delta Professional 100 medium format film. The scanner used is an Epson V750 with SilverFast software. I used watercolor paper and had it float-mounted in a shadowbox frame.
View "Making a Fine Art Photography Print (2 of 2)": youtu.be/ijabXZ3O-lI
View the on-location video where I took this photo: youtube.com/watch?v=3RanBtwmSoQ
Ground glass by Hopf Glass: hopfglass.com
Printing by Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA: stores.prophotoirvine.com
Framing by Salamon Art in Fountain Valley, CA: salamonart.com
Nick Carver Photography Main: nickcarverphotography.com
Online Photography Courses: nickcarverphotography.com/teaching/online_courses
Orange County Photography Classes: nickcarverphotography.com/teaching/classes
