Darkroom Printing Services

[radiophoto]

Will, I should really change that, because I wouldn't want to limit my services to Corpus Christi photographers only.  

Pete, if you're going after this, you may want to put your development services in packages in order to attract out-of-town/state customers.  Since you have to factor in shipping in and out costs, if you package it let's say in batches, it would make it more make sense for them.

In other words, you have to contend with the likes of BWC here in Dallas, I have used them before, and I know I got better results developing myself or use your service, but newcomers to film hasn't yet appreciate the subtle difference.  So you have to do something extra that they don't get from the pro labs.

Great idea, Will -- maybe I can offer scanning services as well, using my local lab.  Since I can develop two 35mm rolls at the same time (provided they're the same brand/film speed), I could also offer 2nd-roll-half-price.  You got me thinkin', Lincoln!

EDIT: Take a look now.

[Scott]

Hey, Will -

You still doing this?  I have a negative I might want to try as a Pt/Pd print, or Kallitype, something.  Want yer opinion of it first.

Scott

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[jake]

Good on you Will for doing this. There is definitely a market for it, you just have to figure out a way to reach it.

There is a recurring theme among wedding photographers to start offering film for their "special" packages.

My friend Dan Sheehan has been doing this for years. He used to be a photojournalist but then decided he liked spending time with his family and not getting shot at. He started shooting weddings like a photojournalist in the 1990's simply because someone needed a photographer and that was the way he shot. And the rest, as they say, is history. When he shot my friend David's wedding, he hand printed the selected shots on super nice photographic paper and bound them in a hard backed book.

You can see his work here: http://www.abeautifuldayphotography.com

The best part is that people really like it and you can charge them an excellent rate for the novelty of "real" photographs.

When my wife and I got married back in 1997, we had a photographer from the local paper shoot our wedding. Unfortunately, he over-cooked the development and the negatives have the black/white contrast of litho film, but those are the risks of analog shooting, eh? :cool:

[br1078lum]

I had a guy back in Columbus, OH who did marvelous darkroom work, almost like he was reading my mind on what I was trying to convey in the print.  Dodging, burning, cropping, he had it all figured out without much imput from me.  Then he graduated from OSU, and went to work in the IT industry. 

I'm glad this post came up again, as I had been wanting to get some old negs done up proper.  I'll get in touch with you Will later on.

PF