Sample Paper for Making a Contact Sheet

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"So what I have in my hand is it's a sample, it's like almost like a swatch kit where you can look at different types of paper that you're going to use to print in the darkroom. And it's just a really cool little thing because you know there's so many different types of papers out there and right here it says what type of paper it is and then it shows you the surface. And in this book there's just a variety of surfaces ranging from glossy to matte to pearl which is like a combination of glossy and matte, and then this book actually even goes over some of the fiber based papers, and that is something I'm going to talk about a lot is what is the difference between an artsy paper and a fiber paper and so you can just, you know, if you go to your camera store, photography store, most have these booklets and you can look and see what you want. There's also some, some manufacturers of paper actually make packs where they'll have a number of different, it's called a sample pack where they'll have maybe three sheets of pearl, three sheets of matte, three sheets of glossy, so you can kind of see which paper you like. It's a great way to say hey I like this paper and I don't like this paper."