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black and white hand printing

  • 28-05-2008 7:07pm
    #1
    andrius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    can anybody tell please who is doing hand printing in Ireland? Hear about one lady in Cork, but no idea haw to find her.

    Regards,
    Andrius


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  • #2
    Rojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Rojo


    I think the lady you are talking about is Hetty:

    http://www.hettysdarkroom.com/


    Apparently, she's the best - never seen her work in person, however, so can't comment... so don't really know to be honest!


    I don't know if Mrs Gunn still prints commercially, maybe you could ask? I'm sure she or anyone in Gunn's would point you in the right direction. :)


    Good luck!


  • #3
    Phototoxin
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    £8 per picture !! :eek:


  • #4
    thefizz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭thefizz


    I would think thats pretty cheap considering the time and effort required to do a hand made wet print. But maybe not so if its just on Resin Coated paper.

    Peter


  • #5
    Phototoxin
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    surely its cheaper to get the equipment and do it yourself ?


  • #6
    thefizz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭thefizz


    Phototoxin wrote: »
    surely its cheaper to get the equipment and do it yourself ?

    Yes if you are going to get prints done regularly then doing it yourself is the way to go. If you haven't got room for a darkroom then there are a number of places you can rent time in. Although the ones I know of are all in Dublin.

    By doing it yourself, you make prints the way you want them (after some practice & experience of course) and are not getting someone else's interpretation.


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  • #7
    elven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭elven


    Cheaper for for a couple of trays, measuring jugs, chemicals, paper, enlarger, safe light, blackout material for windows - oh - and years of experience... sure...


  • #8
    ThOnda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,699 ✭✭✭ThOnda


    That's the price I had payed back home for A3 print. And I have to admit that it is not expensive at all.
    You also shouldn't forget the time spent in the darkroom, errors, hair, dust and poisoning.


  • #9
    RCNPhotos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 601 ✭✭✭RCNPhotos


    Hetty is great, she's really nice too, always helpful when I used to use her for processing my films and stuff before she moved to cork.

    But yeah nothing beats printing yourself.


  • #10
    YeahOK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 312 ✭✭YeahOK


    Phototoxin wrote: »
    £8 per picture !! :eek:

    Lads, in this day and age where nobody knows the price of a litre of milk or loaf of bread, where you pay €5 for a pint in some bars, €8 per print seems pretty reasonable to me. It's not like your just gonna drop a sh*t load of holiday snaps down to her to do. It's something special to be reserved for your finer work! To me it seems like a fair price.


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