AnnieMacD wrote in post #18063123
Eddie, I use Loxley for all my printing. I much prefer the matt prints and don't particularly like the lustre or gloss. My very favourite paper is the Hahnemühle Bamboo - it's got a bit of texture and is not pure white and my prints look much better than they do in Lightroom - it gives an 3D effect! BTW I've tried all the papers (a bit costly) as it's the only way to know what I like best but you can probably go visit them as they are not too far from you. You can also buy a sample book of all the papers. Any specific questions, just ask as I now have quite a lot of experience with them.
Thanks annie thats good info, I was actually planning on printing the same image on each paper to compare. I had sort of thought Fujifilm photorag or Hahnemühle Bamboo would be best but wasnt entirely sure. I had some of my landscapes on the wall printed as standard photo prints but the colours dont look as they should any more so think I need to go down the fine art paper route. I want to start printing more than I currently do. Ill give the bamboo a try based on your advice - thanks!
On another note, print related. You know those times when you are with friends or family and you look back over old photos. Everybodys got a shoe box (or 10) full somewhere in the house. I really love that but I now have a fear that with the digital age that could be lost. Sure ive got the electronic edits of all my photos but what happens when im gone? Callum will be left with hard drives full of files. Years could pass without him doing anything with them and as that happens technology changes and before you know it your left with hard drives that are not even compatible with modern computers. Heck ive got hard drives in the loft with files on them and I recently tried to hook them up via an external hard drive caddy and the format wasnt readable anymore and they were less than 10 years old. Does anyone else worry about that or is it just me? 
been extremely busy....
