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

[Jeremy Moore]

Eric,

The problem is the way he brings it up in the video it sounds like the
cost in materials to print one 11"x14" pt/pd print is $150. We're just
spitballing that maybe this cost is printing for others. Hearing a
figure like this makes beginners shy away from the process.

-Jeremy-

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM, EJ Photo <ejnphoto at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Well, OK so you are trying to hold the guys feet to the fire when he is cost
> estimating an 11x14. The cost of a simple 11x14 will be a be variable
> depending on how you buy your paper, chemicals, pay for your power, etc.
>
> He may have been giving one , just a ball park figure to spend on negative,
> through to finished print.
>
> As for an hourly rate for printing, commercial photographers charge a good
> deal more than $50/hr. The skill set to be a high end printer is every bit
> as respectable as a shooter. As what ever you can work out to is OK. The
> work will speak for itself.  $150 for an 11x14 platinum may seem like a lot
> to you , but as a cost item, less than what I charge to make one.
>
>
> Eric Neilsen
> Eric Neilsen Photography
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> Dallas, TX 75226
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> Jeremy Moore
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:33 AM
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> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Pt/Pd printing Video
>
> I definitely understand costing out that high to print for others, but
> he mentions this in an instructional-esque video and doesn't qualify
> it at all.
>
> -Jeremy-
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Diana Bloomfield
> <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> I agree, Loris.  I just happen to know a couple of people who consistently
>> do some printing for others (again, not platinum printing), and knowing
> what
>> their material costs are for what they do, I know they charge more than
>> $50/hour, though they may not tell the client the cost per hour, or break
> it
>> down that way for them.  People are better off, all the way around, doing
>> their own printing-- if that's at all possible for them-- but that's just
> my
>> thought.  I've done some printing for people before, and I did charge a
>> lot-- mainly because I felt it was a somewhat thankless job and it was my
>> time--  but how much people are willing to pay for someone else to print
>> their work is always surprising to me. If the demand is there, you may as
>> well charge what you can get (law of supply and demand).  I always think
>> about how much my dentist charges (which seems outrageous to me), and I
>> figure I'm as good at what I do as he is at what he does-- you know, maybe
>> even better-- though I do have a few crowns that look really good.  Of
>> course, they should.  They cost me a small fortune.
>>
>> Diana
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