Digital BW, The Print

Good Morning JackG!

Thanks for posting the insights and your experience.  

Portrait photographs done by commercial portrait studios seem to fall into a category all by themselves.  The standards and practices are vastly different from the bulk of traditional B&W photographers or even the "Fine Art" photographers.  There is cross-over of course because some people do all three.  

Given your experience with "commercial" coating of large (I assume 16x20 or so) images done by a third party (pro lab?) why do you continue to avoid glass?  I follow your experience below..but it would seem to beg for glass if you have to replace photos that were damaged by externals or even coatings. 

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JackG 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 6:51 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Glass vs. Coating


  Good Morning Steadman,

  While all of the color prints we sell are coated, it is not for U.V.
  protection. When we started doing/having this done years ago, the
  manufacturer claimed U V protection. Years later they retracted or at least
  did not make those claims any more. I recommend people not use glass on most
  of the color portraits we sell. Of course we tell people that we guarantee
  our prints.........had to replace one because of a child poking a ball point
  pen on it, so glass has it's place. Now B&W silver prints are a different
  story if extensive retouching has been done. On inkjet prints,  I definitely
  feel they need protection of some sort, I agree with you that glass is
  probably the best. As you recall, I have had very, very bad things happen
  with prints other than color that have been sprayed.

  Regards,

  John in Okc
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
  To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
  Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:37 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Glass vs. Coating


  : Yeah...I have an opinion on this very subject....
  :
  : I think the coating idea is a good one for certain effect and certain
  needs.
  :
  : However, I believe (and it is a gut feeling) that it would be better to
  put most Piezo prints behind UV blocking glass.  I checked tonight and the
  manufacturer of my glass states 97% UV rays blocked.  I bet that is better
  than a typical home sprayed on misting of a polymer that has "some" UV
  agents in it.
  :
  <big snip>


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