Digital BW, The Print

Steve & Alan,

Thanks for the replies.  Would like to have seen some more comments 
on price ranges.

I asked the question having already had some practice.  I usually 
shoot with a Dyna-lite 'portrait' kit, Sensia100 rated at 100 and 
exposed 1/2 under and 1 f-stop under meter reading (Sekonic L508).  I 
like this because it produces one slide right on and one a trace 
dark, which I think projects better.  Development at the 'plant' can 
occassionally throw things a bit off, in general my slides are 
excellent.

Haven't had a problem shooting through glass yet but haven't figured 
out how to polarize the lights when shooting into the umbrellas yet 
either.  When I do frame something, I usually use AR/museum glass 
which minimized the problem.  Shooting at night with the flash helps 
too.

Like Alan, some picture formats suffer slide duplication.  I can see 
with PS7 having a thumbnail of files that people might accept Cds 
more in the future.  I've been noticing most submission guidelines 
like to have work 2-years old or more recent.  Understandable but 
still unreasonable if people actually want to see 'your best work' 
which evolves and accumulates over time. Having juried recently, 
original work is valuable but difficult in most circumstances.  Can't 
win for losing ;-)

Thanks again,
Cleavis


> Rate depends on several factors-you can take you prints in to a 
> photo-lab and have them done, that have a first-shot fee of $10-20 
> in my area, with duplicates at $1-3 each; Photogs who go out to do 
> slides for artists and art galleires sometimes charge a base fee of 
> at least $75.00 with a per-slide fee on top, or sometimes for a 
more > extensive shoot, a time & materials rate which depends a lot 
on your location.