Thanks guys.
Clarky, my OH says he will not let me anywhere near the rim at Grand Canyon, and will watch me like a hawk anywhere else we go. So hopefully I will come back in one piece!
I'm sure we will have a great time. Don't expect any photographic masterpieces from me though.

Yipeee I am off to Arizona.

In half an hour I shall check in for my flight, then take the dogs to the kennels and get the last minute shopping done. Packing this afternoon, ready for an early start to the airport, and a very long day tomorrow.

I'll be around a bit longer today but then I'm gone for three weeks. If I get withdrawal symptoms I shall of course check in on you guys from whatever hotel room I'm in, but it won't be that frequently as I'm sure you will understand.

I don't print off loads of pics, it was just that it occurred to me that I rarely print them off and they do look good printed. I don't have the wall space for many framed photos, but sometimes it is nice to have a print to show people, or even just to look back on. I recently looked through my Route 66 album, made before I went digital, and really enjoyed it.
I have also been having birthday cards printed recently (for those of you in Holland I can recommend the TNTpost service!) which have always been well received.
At least thatI don't bore everyone I meet with photos of my grandson, partly because I'm not that sort of Oma, but mostly because I don't print them out. Now maybe if I got one of those digital photo frame key rings....

This used to be the case with old printer inks, and any photos in sunlight fade even faster. The modern inks and papers claim to be colour fast for at least 100 years. How they have tested this I don't know.

Maybe you should all try it sometime. I am really pleased with what I have printed for this show. The detail is astounding - I can see much more than on my screen (OK I don't have the best of screens but still.)
I am printing at A4 size. Can't print any bigger at home, and they don't want any bigger luckily. Not sure I would want to print Ds photos much bigger anyway.
If they'd given me more notice I would have sent them off to be done professionally but my newish HP printer is doing a great job. Only trouble is I have used up the grey photo cartridge already Have to get another one sometime. Luckily I have done all the B/W photos now.

What a great idea Clarky. Now if only I had a rumpus room.....

I am currently printing a couple of photos to frame and hang in an exhibition at our local arts centre. They are part of the work done for my course there and are supposed to encourage others to take the course.

But it got me thinking - of all the thousands of photos you take how many, if any do you actually print out, whether to frame or stick in an album or to give to someone?

I have some of my safari photos framed and a few misty woodland morning ones, plus wedding photos and grandson photos. I also have printed a few as birthday cards. But mostly they stay on the computer and don't get printed, indeed don't get looked at at all.
When I get back from my hols I think i shall go through all the photos I take there and print some. I may even make an old fashioned album out of them!

Do tell me your printing habits

Edit: I should add I mean those you print out for non commercial purposes since some of you are professionals.

Maybe you could send a PM to Pentaxke - he is our ïst D expert I think!

I'm off to Arizona and New Mexico on Sunday so there will be plenty of photos taken over the next three weeks. Mostly snapshots, but hopefully I'll get the chance for some real photography too. One of the reasons for staying at the rim of the Grand Canyon is to join all the other photographers at sunset/sunrise. We shall see if I manage it

Mind you given the lovely weather here I am almost reluctant to go!

Can i recommend two books - the Missing manual for PSE6 by Barbara Burbridge and Scott Kelby's PSE 6 book.
I assume it is PSE 6 you have ordered? I have it and really like it.