Richard Photo Lab Vid

[Stealth3kpl]

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Quite an interesting look around RPL.

Pete

[Doc Henry]

Quite an interesting look around RPL.

Pete

Pete, very "retro" laboratory

Lucky California !

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Henry

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[Michael Hiles]

Cutsy to the point of beyond annoying.

 

However – lots of truth about a quality approach to photography in the current technical environment. I think their conclusion is right – top line is digital printing for colour (since the demise of Ilfochrome), darkroom and fibre-base silver gelatin paper for black and white. As he points out, you have to see a fine print made by a master to appreciate what a good picture looks like.

 

I like their emphasis on quality, and their partnership with their clients. And I like their assertion that the print is the goal – and that showing a client a print rather than a screen image is ideally the best approach.

 

I hate to think what it all costs – time is money and hand made B&W prints from a master printer can’t come cheap.

[Nathan King]

I am a decent darkroom printer, but every now and then I have a promising negative that I just can't do justice to. I send the negative to Ruth at Richard Photo Lab and am always amazed at the photograph that comes back in the mail. She is a very, very skilled printer. I have several of her prints of my negatives dry mounted, matted, framed, and hanging on my walls. You're looking at around $60.00 for an 8x10, which is a good deal considering how much work and time traditional printing takes.

Edited February 6, 2015 by Nathan King