What size do you print your 6X6 personal photos?

trondsi · Jul 7, 2015

Let's say that you bring your 6X6 camera on a family vacation, and you come home and you want to print the pictures for your personal photo albums. What size do you ask the lab to print? Have you found archival plastic folders or albums that are made specifically for square formats?

David A. Goldfarb · Jul 7, 2015

I print them myself, 5" square.

Sirius Glass · Jul 7, 2015

The color negatives are printed 5" square. The black & white negatives are printed 8" square for the first prints. Some may be printed larger later.

Hatchetman · Jul 7, 2015

8x8 then they sit in a pile in my darkroom since we have no frames for them.

trondsi · Jul 7, 2015

David A. Goldfarb said:
I print them myself, 5" square.

You forgot the second part of my question

Sirius Glass · Jul 7, 2015

trondsi said:
You forgot the second part of my question

5" and 8" square prints could fit in photo albums, but I prefer to enlarge and frame the best ones. Sometimes I use Plak-It [http://www.plak-it.com/] for up to 12" square prints, otherwise I mat and frame them.

Alan Klein · Jul 8, 2015

Archival sheets for 120 film.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/45360-REG/Savage_12031_1_Film_Lok_Archival_Storage_Page.html
https://www.uniquephoto.com/present...=scplp772836&gclid=CO6TyorTysYCFZKRHwoddN0Fvg

summicron1 · Jul 8, 2015

I usually print them on 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 paper. The larger prints fit nicely in sheet protectors that go into binders.

Or I just take the prints to folks and say " here!" and they're stuck with it.

Mostly, though, I go through the mass of negs, pick out a few really good ones and make exhibition prints 11 by 14 or so.

Slixtiesix · Jul 8, 2015

Or I just take the prints to folks and say " here!" and they're stuck with it.

So do I! Usually printing 8x8 or 11x11. I´d like to print larger, but my enlarger, easel and trays do only allow for 11x11 so far.

Truzi · Jul 8, 2015

Since most of my snapshots are from 35mm, my albums are all for 4x6 prints, so I have everything printed to that size. The places out here basically just crop the photo to cover 4x6, or fit it the frame on the paper (leaving a couple bands of space).

When I start printing my own, I will still do 4x6, but may trim the paper square, and just put it in the 4x6 sleeve of my albums. I basically print (have printed) every frame with an identifiable image, even if it's blurred, has horrible exposure errors, or is otherwise messed up. Everything goes in.

This is only for the albums, though. A nice photo that I wanted for presentation would be enlarged to 5x7 or greater, and perhaps cropped for composition.

daleeman · Jul 8, 2015

Most of mine, if worth printing are 8X8. And dry mount them, again if worth printing.

Texsport · Jul 8, 2015

Generally print my 6X6 photos for gifts and 12"X12". Mostly grandkids.

My 6"X9" format photos generally printed 12"X18". Mostly scenic a with some grandkids environmental subjects.

My 6X17 format photos are generally printed very large. Mostly scenic a.

I have found archival storage sheets on line for 6X6 but generally mount anything I print.

Texsport

Texsport

winger · Jul 8, 2015

I use photo corners to hold prints to paper. Or I make a backing that shows just slightly around the print and glue them both to the paper. Check scrapbooking sections of craft stores for examples and for pages. I haven't seen anything with plastic pockets that are square, but I avoid that kind anyway.

film_man · Jul 9, 2015

I get 8'' square books done at Artifact Uprising so I can do the layout as I please. For the ones I want to print to go in a frame/wall I have access to a pro Epson printer so can print anything up to A2 but so far I've got stuff made up to 10'' square. I don't do albums with pockets/sleeves/glued photos.

Xmas · Jul 9, 2015

trondsi said:
Let's say that you bring your 6X6 camera on a family vacation, and you come home and you want to print the pictures for your personal photo albums. What size do you ask the lab to print? Have you found archival plastic folders or albums that are made specifically for square formats?

WWW.PRINTFILE.COM

For 6x6 6x7 filing.

Sirius Glass · Jul 9, 2015

Xmas said:
WWW.PRINTFILE.COM

For 6x6 6x7 filing.

For 6x6

hsandler · Jul 9, 2015

I scan and then get Costco to print 8x8 or 11x14 with extra white space and ask them to trim to 11x11 for me. Then I file them in Itoya Art portfolio books which come in 9x12 and 11x14 sizes.

David A. Goldfarb · Jul 9, 2015

trondsi said:
You forgot the second part of my question

I mount them with mounting corners usually.

dynachrome · Jul 11, 2015

When I get 6X6 color negative film processed and scanned I have 6X6" prints made. Enlargements may be cropped but without cropping I have 8X8" and 10X10" prints made. If I know ahead of time that I will want an 8X10 I will shoot 6X7 instead and possibly 6X4.5.

Henry Alive · Jul 12, 2015

Normaly, 12x16

trondsi · Jul 12, 2015

hsandler said:
I scan and then get Costco to print 8x8 or 11x14 with extra white space and ask them to trim to 11x11 for me. Then I file them in Itoya Art portfolio books which come in 9x12 and 11x14 sizes.

Does Costco make decent prints?

Sirius Glass · Jul 12, 2015

trondsi said:
Does Costco make decent prints?

Yes, only if the composition is good. If the composition is lousy, then the Costco print will be lousy. Actually the do make good prints.

Claudia Moroni · Jul 15, 2015

I print them on 8x10 paper as 7x7 frames like giant polaroids and I keep them in a box

fotch · Jul 15, 2015

I make the print in the standard size that paper comes in, usually 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24. I only cut to make 4x5 or 3.5x5. I crop the negative as needed, so another words, I don't make to much of an issue to improve the original negative image by selective cropping of the negative.

goros · Jul 15, 2015

I do it in two sizes 16x16 cm in 20x25 cm (8"x10") paper and 20x20 cm in 24.5x30 cm (9.5"x12") paper. Something like this:

What size do you print your 6X6 personal photos?

trondsi

David A. Goldfarb

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