Giclée: What's in a name?

Ever wondered what our company name means?

Well - we didn't make it up, but it is a coined term originally intended to remove the "digital" connotation from the process we use. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giclée, for an overview, and here: http://www.dpandi.com/giclee/giclee.html for details from someone who knows.

We see all sorts of nonsense explanations, but we've done our homework, and these are the one you can rely on.

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Surf Photography: Alan Ashworth Portfolio Gallery

If you love New Zealand coastal images - particularly those that are centred around the surfing world, then you need look no further than the current and growing portfolio of one Alan Ashworth, of Muriwai.

Alan is a well known name in surfing imagery circles both here and around the world. Please view our slideshow of the beautiful canvas prints we've made for Alan, all of which are available for sale to you. We know these images well, having personally made large prints from every single one. We have our favourites. Which are yours?

Alan Ashworth Photography Portfolio Gallery (Click here to launch a slideshow ina new window)

Check out more of Alan's work in his internationally published longboard surfing magazine - the latest issue is out NOW!: http://slidemagazine.com/

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Competition Successes

It's a continuing source of satisfaction to rub shoulders with talented people. One always hopes that some of the talent will "rub off"! We like to bask in the reflected glory of their successes (even when it's not based on anything we've done!) So here are some happy tales which we pleased to share. :D

Malcolm McNeill is a client of ours doing extremely well with his photography. He has had two recent notable successes which we feel deserve a mention.

Auckland Photoday was way back in June - time flies when you're as busy as we are - it doesn't seem like very long ago we were racking our brains ourselves trying to think what to shoot for it. Of course we spent more time thinking than doing, and ultimately didn't enter this year. Hundreds of others did of course, and among them was Malcolm, about whose winning shot "Te Henga" the judges said:


"This is a cleverly composed and happy winter moment of fun obviously taken during a family’s beach trip. The son’s portrait is both a natural and positive image filled with genuine affection. Sometimes what seems the simplest image is the hardest to achieve."

No part of Malcolm's success with this can be attributed to Giclée Print Limited. We can, however, boast that this image did look absolutely wonderful printed on our textured fine-art paper, shortly after the competition.

The next item is one that we can lay claim to have played a small part in. Malcolm's image "The Swimmer" was awarded second prize in the North Shore National Salon of Photography, and was also printed by us on textured fine-art paper. Naturally, we think it looked great.

Well done, Malcolm!

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Don't be fooled!

Don't be fooled by canvas printers who have very low prices... chances are they use sub-standard materials, folks!

Naturally it is crucial to only use original, printer-manufacturer archival quality pigment-based inks, but that's not all...

Check the weight of the canvas - 450gsm is good, 350gsm - not so good, less than 250gsm is appalling.

Is the canvas white? That can be good, unless it was made white with "Optical Brightener Additives" in the inkjet receptor coating using these additives effectively eliminates any archival (long life) claims - even when using good inks and a protective coating - OBAs will cause your print to age, yellow and crack much sooner than a good quality canvas.

Is it pure cotton? This can be misleading - pure cotton is generally not as consistent in terms of fine texture, and introduces more blemishes such as seeds and knots.

The canvas we use passes all of these tests.

Sadly, there are companies out there who will use inferior materials and not even know what harm they are doing to your precious images in the long run.

It pays to check. Any giclee (digital inkjet) printing outfit that can not answer these questions appropriately may not be the best firm to trust with displaying your images to their best advantage.


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Nature Untouched - Photographic Exhibition

We are delighted to announce a solo exhibition by our wonderful client and friend, the very talented Priscilla Everts.

Nature Untouched is a wonderful collection of photographic works exploring a natural history theme with a strong botannical flavour. Beautiful flowers, petals, leaves will adorn the walls of the Lake House Art Centre until July 26th 2009. Don't miss out!

Celebration opening: Sat. July 11th, 3-5pm.

Nature Untouched - An exhibition of photographic artworks by Priscilla Everts

Lake House Arts Centre, July 7th - 26th 2009

37 Fred Thomas Drive Takapuna, Daily 10am to 4pm

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The Aussies love 'em too!

You'll agree, we're sure, that there is sweet satisfaction is knowing that one's work is appreciated.

Lisa Crandall of ImageMe produces work that is appreciated in a very measurable way: she keeps winning awards and accolades for her beautifully crafted images!

The latest trophies in Lisa's cabinet (which is getting pretty crowded) were awarded for all four images that were submitted to the Australian Professional Photography Awards. Fantastic result Lisa - well done!

And - speaking of appreciation - we're very grateful for the kind words of acknowledgement for the work we do for Lisa - proud to have been mentioned on the ImageMe Blog here.

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"Our View" - Part of the 2009 Auckland Festival of Photography

We have proudly sponsored "Our View" and exhibition curated by Xavier Radic as part of the 2009 Auckland Festival of Photography. The works were exhibited between 26 May and 16 June at the Nathan Homestead.

Congratulations to the winning entrants, below:

1st Prize: 36" x 24" Stretched Canvas Print or $225 value - Lynn Hedges, for ‘Detroit Airport’.

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Runner up: 24" x 16" Stretched Canvas Print or $145 value - Diane Lane, for ‘Late Autumn View’.

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Merit Prize: 8" x 12" Stretched Canvas Print or $85 value - Bruce Nairn, for ‘Postman’s Dilemma’.

Well done, everyone - we look forward to meeting you all and producing your prize prints!

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