11-17-2012, 08:44 PM
freeradical wrote:
you're handing over creative control of your photos to some pimply faced kid.
This just isn't true. You crop the image yourself using iPhoto or Preview or Photoshop or whatever and then the lab prints your file. Even if you're printing straight from the card you can control the crop at any kiosk I've used, like Costco, Target, Walgreens.
As for why 8x10, for portraits in vertical orientation ("portrait" orientation) its a more pleasing aspect. Vertical 8x12 portraits seem weirdly elongated.
I would agree that 8x12 is far better for horizontal landscapes etc, and its fantastic that most digital printing allows for this now. Costco's 8x12 and 8x10 are the same price $1.50. Getting an 8x12 fifteen years ago was not very easy.
The real problem is that the FRAME industry hasn't caught up and all the shelves are full of 8x10s and 11x14s. I wish there were 12x18 frames to go with Costco's $3 prints of that size.