Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The $50 was "special for the viewers of the video." He normally prices them at $300-$800, mostly at around $400. Of course neither Ansel Adam nor Edward Weston ever sold a print for more than $300 themselves!!! I go to the Weston Gallery every time I go to Carmel, and it's always a major treat to see original Weston and Adams etc. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Every spec of grain in a contact print is self masking. Its not light > bouncing around the darkroom and off the enlarge column degrading the > image. > Its pure image. And no enlarger non calibration as there is no enlarger and > no lens imperfections as there is no enlarger lens and no enlarger > vibration > ditto. > Yet most of the more famous shooters of 8x10 film projection print. > The big exception is Edward Weston. His work is hanging up in the middle of > mural sized color prints in those Carmel Galleries and going for ten times > the money. > His enlarger was a light bulb hanging off the ceiling with a string hanging > down which he'd turn on for the amount of time until it felt right. Just > like he'd time his exposures with his camera in the first place. > > Id just see a Weston print in a gallery though then get a 50 dollar print > from whoever this guy is. Selling 50 dollar prints don't sound right. Not > 8x10 contact prints for sure. > > > On 1/5/15 9:24 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > > There is a video making the round a few months back of a 8x10 > photographer > > hiking miles with his camera taking photos. He was running a special of > $50 > > for a contact print of the photo in question vs. his normal price of > > $300-$400. At least one person who bought the print gushes about how > sharp > > and detailed the print was. It even have the vaunted think black borders. > > After all, it's a dark room contact print. > > > > I purchased the print too and it came a few days ago. It is a decent > print, > > but sharp and detailed and all the bruhaha about 8x10 contact print? Ha. > My > > inkjet prints made from V700 scanned 4x5 look noticeably sharper, more > > details and more tonal range in every way. > > > > So much for that. > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits