Re:Need advice on easiest way to print Black & White photos from Digital > Camera
2003-05-03 by Bruce
on 5/2/2003 1:27 PM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > Message: 13 > Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 09:52:42 -0700 > From: "S. Bhasker" <sbhasker@...> > Subject: Need advice on easiest way to print Black & White photos from Digital > Camera > > First off, thank you for reading my post. I'm an amateur photographer (no dark > room experience) with a Canon D30 and a Epson 2000p printer. I primarily take > photos of my family and friends. I've been happy with the color pictures I get > from the D30/Photoshop/Epson 2000p combination. > > My 10 year old daughter has become very interested in acting/modeling and > requires black and white head shots. We had them professionally done and they > were ok, but not great. I thought I could do better and her acting coach/agent > loved the photos. Now I want to convert these photos to black and white and > found the great "cast in different lighting problem" called meta something :-) > > So after reading some very informative articles in this group, I've come to > the conclusion I can't make good b&w prints with my printer that will look > good in all the different lighting environments. So the next question is how > do I get my b&w photo printed? I don't want to buy a new printer for this. I > also don't want to spend $10 per picture as I need about 50 of them printed > once or twice a year. Any recommendations? > > Can I send the digital image to a printing place that will print images for me > on light sensitive paper? Can that be done economically? Or should the digital > image be converted to a negative and then prints made from that? Is anything > lost in the conversion? Which process is most economical? Who would do it well > for a reasonable cost? > > Thank you in advance for any response. I really appreciate it! > > Shanda Shanda, There are photo labs that specialize in actors head shots. Check the yellow pages for Los Angeles and New York and I'm sure you'll find a place that will make the 8x10's in bulk at a cost much less expensive than ink jet printing. I'm sure they're all accustomed to digital originals rather than negatives by now. If you really want to print them yourself, you might consider a Black only laser printer. It will print fast and on really cheap paper to boot! -Bruce Visit my website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~smthopr