Chapter 7. Print Printing Your Photos

It could be argued that this is the single most important module of all Lightroom's modules, because it's all about "the print." Everything we do is, ultimately, to produce a final printed image. In fact, one of my friends, the award-winning nature photographer Vincent Versace, has a saying he's quite fond of: "We are in service of the print." He must be right, because he's a brilliant photographer, and one heck of a Photoshop instructor, too. However, Vincent himself will be the first one to tell you he's a better chef than he is a photographer. Now, if you've seen any of Vincent's photography (some of his original prints go for upwards of $5,000 a pop), you know he's got to be one hell of a cook. Vincent has invited me over to his house for dinner on numerous occasions, but I've never gone. You know why? Because I'm afraid Vincent will slip hallucinogenic drugs into my food. Why do I think that? It's because I think Vincent slips hallucinogenic drugs into his own food. Always. So, it only stands to reason that if he's cooking dinner, I'm going to wind up singing "Purple Haze" while staring intently at a ball of yarn. Maybe that's why everybody loves Vincent's cooking so much. By the time the main course comes around, they're all hopped up on crank and everything tastes yummy. Of course, I could be wrong. But if you get a chance to hear Vincent speak at a conference, see if you don't subscribe to my "don't eat the brownies theory" afterwards. However, I think Vincent's statement that "We are in service of the print" has some merit. Not that I really understand it, but I've noticed it really starts to sound good after a few appetizers.