Does anyone know what kind of photographic paper is usually used for large-scale development photos, and what are the differences between various photographic papers?

Photographic paper is divided into civil photographic paper and professional photographic paper.

Ordinary print shops use civilian photographic paper, mainly Kodak, Fuji, Le Kai and DNP (formerly Konica Minolta). The familiar Kodak Royal Photographic Paper, Kodak Regent Photographic Paper and Kodak Olympic Photographic Paper all belong to civil photographic paper.

Professional photographic paper: as the name implies, it is used professionally, mainly used for printing wedding photos, photographic works (works of professional photographers), advertisements, etc. in the printing workshop. Professional photographic paper is only supplied by Kodak and Fuji, and other brands use civil photographic paper as professional photographic paper. Pay special attention to this.

Because most consumers print photos of 5 and 6, there is no need for high imaging requirements for photographic paper. However, most of the photos developed by professionals are in large format, even as large as 40, and few are smaller than 8. Therefore, the imaging requirements for photographic paper are much higher than those for civilian use.

As for the printing effect, this is a matter of opinion. Kodak emphasizes color reduction and tends to warm colors, while Fuji pursues sharp colors and tends to cool colors.

Personally, I think shooting quality is the foundation of image quality. If the shooting is not good, it is impossible to get the best effect with the best material, although there are various software remedies.

Smooth surface is more suitable for landscape photos and advertising pictures.

Cashmere is more suitable for portrait photography because it reduces the smoothness of photographic paper to a certain extent and has the effect of soft mirror. Therefore, printing companies that serve wedding photo studios often use cashmere paper.

The thickness of photographic paper is only a matter of paper base, and the key to the quality of photographic paper lies in the photosensitive material on it. Photosensitive materials with different formulations can be made into professional or civil photographic paper with different effects.

For ordinary consumers, there is almost no difference in the quality of photographic paper, but from a professional point of view, there is definitely a difference, and some differences are still very big.