Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Terry Ritz <t.ritz@...> wrote:
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> I have one question, perhaps for Tyler. It's something I've wondered for a
> while. When you print a customer's image, do you modify it, as part of the
> process to achieve your vision for the print?

Terry, that's a per project situation, some know exactly what they want and I do the best I can to put it on paper. They are expert workers and their files have been prepped by them. Other times I literally start from their neg, and we work it into something together. My personal print preferences have to be put aside, and it's a matter of making sure my setups are performing at peak to deliver the best possible prints. Sometimes I have to be nudged by the client if their vision is not yet something I've found to work well, I learn from that, and that I have to remain open. There are so many great printers here, I'm sure they would tell you the same.
My personal work is hemmed and hawed and tested beyond anything resembling sanity. I haven't found a way to do that for clients and not go broke. We all do what we can...
Tyler