Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those that are committed to quality rarely sweat the cost. Each time I try to _help_someone out by lowering my fee I get nothing but grief from them ever after. When I stick to my original estimate, it's usually a walk in the park. Besides I'm thinking of doubling, maybe tripling, my fees for work done with fiber based silver gelatin prints. S. Dimitrov - ---------- >From: "David Rodgers" <davrodgers@msn.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Baryta prints >Date: Fri, Jan 16, 2004, 3:47 PM > > Slobodan, > > Saw my first ink jet print in a gallery in Carmel, CA over a decade ago. > Unique, according to tag, and expensive. Nearby silver prints from Weston > and Adams were way more impressive....and were priced for less. > > Things are now reversed. > > Baryta sounds more impressive than fiber. Like Giclee vs inkjet. > > Interesting that inkjet papers cost more per square inch than the best > fiber/baryta papers. > > Am I alone in thinking that a fiber print will always have more inherent > value than and inkjet? Doesn't matter that both look good, and will last. > It's a level of effort thing. I guess I've spent too much time with two bath > fixing and waiting for the archival washing to finish. > > No suprise why silver prints are rare and getting more rare. They should > also cost more. > > That's a hard sell, though. Try asking the bride, "Do you want, prints made > from carbon like that candle wick over there?....Or dyes like that tie dye > shirt obnoxious kid brother is wearing?.... or do you want prints formed > from precious metals?" > > Hopefully she doesn't remember that the diamond in her engagement ring is > carbon. > > I like darkroom printing and fondly remember the occasional LUG threads > pitting the fiber crowd against the RC generation. "Taste Great!" "Less > Filling!" "Fiber is archival" "RC is EZ" > > Who can forget the "Somebody has changed my favorite paperl" threads that > populated the LUG as often as "Kodak changed Tri-X". The only change Kodak > made to Tri-X is the last 20 years is the time of day they make it. > Yesterday the degree of change that had everyone up in arms isn't even > comparable to the product changes we face monthly in the digital world. > > DaveR > www.lightcurves.com > >>From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> >>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Baryta prints >>Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:22:36 -0800 >> >>The fine art fiber based print is indeed becoming a rarity. It's more often >>seen as a vintage print and not as contemporary work these days. >>I just printed a wedding folio on Ilford's warmtone semi-matte this >>weekend. >>I think the next time I do another one like it I'll charge appropriately. >>S. Dimitrov >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up — fast & reliable Internet access with prime > features! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html