Don't You Just Hate...

People who dent every single page of a book - did they not learn how to turn pages by age 5? Do they not see the mark they leave with their finger creasing the images? Of course, the short answer is NO - they are totally clueless and boy they ain't gona see any of my photography magazines or books. I cringe if I have left a book out on a table and one of my wife's friends starts thumbing through.

This reminds me of a comment by Fred Picker of people looking at photographs at an Art Gallery or museum or who are even handed a print to look at. Those who care about images are seen to move themselves or the image into a position which results in the fewest reflections. Those that don't, don't.

That's one of the beauties of inkjet matte paper - it doesn't matter which angle you view it from, unless of course you put it behind glass.

Which reminds me, it's bad enough having to look at photographs behind glass but I really hate non glare glass - sure you can see the image better but the quality of the image that you do see is less. Were the print to actually touch the glass, the quality isn't bad but the problem is that normally we try to avoid the print touching the glass in case of humidity issues and ferrotyping (less of an issue with inkjet than silver gelatin prints) and that distance is what causes image contrast degredation and masking of fine details.