[alt-photo] Re: Pt/Pd printing Video

[Loris Medici]

Well, a 11x14" (image size) palladium print will cost me circa USD 3.85 for
the solutions + something like USD 2.00 for the negative (and inks) +
approx. USD 5.15 for the paper (full 22x30" sheet), which makes total ~ USD
11.00... (In case of multiple prints from the same negative then - USD 2.00
= USD 9.00, because the price for the negative will be negligible when
editioning - depending on the edition size.)

In case of 1+3 pt/pd, chemistry cost will be something like ~ USD 5.78.
(Totalling to roughly USD 13.00.)

Labor cost (and how much time you need for a print) is a whole other issue,
but quoting anything above USD 50.00 per hour (which isn't cheap at all - at
least in my part of the world) will be thievery, *IMHO*...

Regards,
Loris.


-----Original Message-----
From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org On Behalf Of
Diana Bloomfield
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:22 PM
To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Pt/Pd printing Video

I don't know; platinum is currently over $1500 an ounce now, I think.   
And maybe he uses Buxton paper. ;)
Maybe he factored in his labor costs.  Or, you know, maybe the friend isn't
all that smart.

On Apr 28, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Jeremy Moore wrote:

> It's what he says in the video: he has a smart friend that figured out 
> the cost per square inch and his 11x14 prints cost him $150 each to 
> make. It could be it takes him 15 prints to get one exhibition print, 
> but that's a pretty crappy keeper-ratio, imo.
>
> -Jeremy-
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:44 PM, EJ Photo <ejnphoto at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>> Jeremy, Perhaps, you can spare me having to watch the video and 
>> explain the "$150 for an 11x14"?