It’s all here. New prints of some photos, 16×20 graphite color metal frames, and my new business cards. Here are my impressions and reviews:

Frames:

The frames I purchased are excellent. In particular, I think the graphite color is much less obtrusive then the pure shiny black color that I had purchased for all my preceeding frames. It makes me really like the white mats that were purchased. In addition I really like the slightly oversize mat (4-5 inches on the bottom, ~3 top and sides). I felt that the 2″ mats that I had been doing were a touch on the small side. Frames were from Americanframe.com.

Prints

The prints I received were of average quality. Of the entire process, I really dislike having little control over the printing. Some photography pundits may view that statement as a reason for moving back to film. I view it as a reason to purchase a $1000 inkjet printer and move my printing “in house.” I feel that some of the black and white Yosemite photos could have used a little extra contrast for some added punch, but overall they were able to reproduce most of the tonality, so I have to appreciate that. For people who follow, I’ve been ordering my prints from AdoramaPix.com. On the plus side with Adorama is that shipping is cheap and they pack the prints really, really well.

Business Cards

I’m very happy with the business cards that I had printed from psprint.com. I was nervous about them because of the lack of hands-on control. I was slightly relieved when their website was so helpful and easy to use. I’m very much relieved now that the cards are in my hand. The matte paper that I selected doesn’t feel cheap or thin, the colors stand out, and the resolution is spot-on. It doesn’t feel cheap at all. In fact, I’ve already been receiving complements on how nice of a card it is. I posted the electronic file on an earlier post, but you can see a picture of the finished product here.