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

[Diana Bloomfield]

Well, then, the answer is obviously #3.   Though I do know people who  
print for others (not just platinum prints) who certainly charge more  
than $50/hour.

Diana


On Apr 29, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Loris Medici wrote:

> 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-----
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> Diana Bloomfield
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> 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"?
>
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