Paw Prints Products
You can choose from a wide variety of Paw Prints products:
Standard prints
We produce photographic prints using the finest archival inks and paper and a professional-grade Epson 4800 photographic printer (roughly the size of a desktop). Our prints are each manually corrected for color, exposure, and sharpness. We also manually crop each image.
- Standard sizes: 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, and 16x20
- Wallets (2.5x3.5), 8 on a page, all one image
- Business cards (2x3.5), 10 on a page, all alike
- Custom sizes on request, for example to fit a frame you already have
Text can be added to any print for a small charge.
These examples show the relative sizes and shapes of a 4x6, a 5x7, an 8x10, and an 11x14:
Composites and Sequences
Each of these products is manually designed and painstakingly color- and exposure-balanced. You could get an 11x14 composite that shows a large shot of you and your dog, two small inset shots of your dog in action, and text about an event.We also do sequences of three or four successive images, such as the example at the right. It totals 11x14, with a 5x12 image area. The two printed mat colors (wide brown and narrow red) are taken from elements in the photo.
Printed examples don’t include the prominent copyright statement.
Art Prints
Art prints include many types of artistic renderings of Paw Prints’ photos. These renderings can look soft (like pastels), sporty (like a poster), and lots of other variations. Here are some recent examples:
The image at the right is called Poster Treatment. It looks sporty and a little bit edgy. The image itself is 12x16. With the two mats (the wide pale blue and the narrow black, which are printed on the paper), the total size is 16x20. Mat color is usually selected from colors in the photo and can be customized. Printed examples don’t include the prominent copyright statement.
Here’s a detail that shows the grainy, poster-like treatment:
The example below is called Soft Pastel Treatment. It looks soothing and gentle, resembling the soft strokes of pastels. The printed mats (wide tan and narrow off-white) are taken from colors in the photo. The total size is 16x20; the image itself is 12x16. Printed examples don’t include the prominent copyright statement.
Here’s a detail showing the overall softness and the look of pastel strokes in this type of print:
Text can be added to any image, whether a standard print or an art print. Without text, however, the art prints do look more like art pieces.
All art prints and standard prints are produced on archival photographic paper with archival inks.
Below is another type of art print we can produce. This one is called Paint Treatment. Although it’s also a print, it looks as if it’s done in daubs of paint. Printed examples don’t include the prominent copyright statement.
Images on CD
We also produce CDs. Each CD can hold many images (easily more than 100). The CD contains two versions of each image: a full-resolution, fully corrected version that’s ready for printing and a reduced-resolution file that’s ready for emailing or posting on a website.
The front of each CD contains a statement that grants permission for printing the images for personal use. You can also use the images on websites, in emails, and even in things like ads for breeders.
Gift certificates
If you’re interested in seeing examples of Paw Prints’ work, contact Virgil by phone (513-779-8934) or email, or talk to Rebecca at a show. We always have many samples with us, ranging from standard prints to various types of art prints. We’ll be glad to discuss options and pricing with you.
