40 - Artist's Photo Service

Digital photography of your artwork, delivered to you on ARCHIVAL cd or dvd (Did you know that commercially available silver cd's and dvd's can fail in as little as 2 years. And that's for -R or +R versions. -(minus) RW or + (plus) RW (rewritable) are even worse and can actually "self-erase" if left in the sun or bright light.) You won't know this until you insert the disc into your computer and find the disc has a corrupted index. These discs (silver colored) may be short lived because the recording layer is aluminum which oxidizes and can no longer be read by the laser. Archival discs are made with a gold recording layer and are said to be good for 100 years or more. Note there are some low end gold colored discs which are not archival.

You come by our studio (located in our house) and drop off your paintings. Turnaround is usually 5-10 days or less. Rush Service Available. Lisa and I have been doing this for more than 20 years. Please scroll down for price list .

Original raw files are provided (approx. 13 meg. ea.), as well as TIFF's, "processed " with Raw Shooter Essentials (approx. 24 megs ea.). Bigger files means more color information to work with, that's better for you. Can also provide jpg's or any format you'd like (as long as format is available in Photoshop CS2).

Olympus E-510 used to photograph the artwork (8 meg resolution).

INDIVIDUAL prints available, (dye based inks.) 4x6 to 13x19", made with Canon Pixma 6600 or Pro 9000. Matting available.

SLIDE SCANNING SERVICE: 35mm to 8x10. All scans done with either Epson Perfection 4990 or Microtek 4000T. Scanning up to 4800 dpi possible. Presented to you on Archival CD or DVD. Low res (1200 dpi) results in a 3.4 meg file. High res, done at 4000 dpi results in a 54 meg file. Large files will give you better large prints. First archival cd or dvd included in order (min order $20). $10 for each additional CD or DVD. Film scanning available up to 8x10". Final scans delivered as TIFF's or JPEGS or both.

35mm slide scan spotting: basic scanning does not include any retouching or repair. Full spotting, sharpening, restoration: usually $50 (1 hour labor), done with Photoshop CS3. You'd be surprised at how many slides have some fungus damage. Worse damage takes more time, estimated individually.

Picture Restoration: Have an old print with no negative or slide? We can scan it, "fix" it and print it.

Digital photo of original flat art......$18 ea.
Oversize image: over 36" any dimension..+ $4
Under Glass...................................+ $4
Index Sheet (20 images per) ........$4 ea.
Extra Archival CD or DVD..............$10 ea.
(Minimum (3) paintings for free CD or DVD, otherwise $10 extra . )

(4) 4x5 on 8.5 x 11" sheet.................$3.95 ea.
(HP Paper, Canon 6600 & 9000)
(2) 5x7 on 8.5 x 11" sheet.................$3.95 ea.
8.5 x 11.............................................$3.95 ea.
11 x 17..............................................$12 ea.
13 x 19..............................................$16 ea.

35mm slide or negative (low res*).....$3. ea.
35mm slide or negative (high res**)....$6
(basic scan, no spotting or restoration)
Spotting, Dust removal
and Restoration ..........expect $50 per image.
Film Scanning available for all formats
35mm up to 8x10. Prices on request.

*Low resolution = scan at 1200 dpi = approx. 3.4 meg file
**High res = scan at 4000 dpi = approx. 54 meg file