CURRENT PRICES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

 Prices: 
Prices are for framed and matted prints.  An unmatted print usually costs about half the full price;  a matted (but not framed) print is usually about 75% of the full price.  Email for exact prices if you're interested.  If you live in Colorado, I'll have to add 4% sales tax;  in the city of Louisville, 8%.  (Sorry, that's the law.)

You may notice two different prices for photographs of the same size.  The more expensive are limited edition prints of what I consider my best work.  Each piece is signed and numbered, and no more than fifty copies will be sold.  The less expensive are open editions:  each piece is still signed, but there is no limit on how many prints can be made.  See the section on limited edition prints below.

I can ship framed pieces, but (especially for large sizes) it can be expensive because of the fragile glass.  We live in Louisville, Colorado, so you can pick up an order if you live nearby, or we can deliver for a modest charge.  Call or write if you have questions or want a shipping quote.

General: 
Photographs are generally printed by an HP Z3100 on HP Professional Satin paper (for most color prints) or Hahnemuhle Smooth Fine Art paper (for most black and whites).  Wilhelm Imaging has rated these combinations as lasting well over 100 years in normal conditions.  The Hahnemuhle is a softer look, more like a watercolor, and as such is quite suitable for some of the images.  I can also print on HP Artist Matte Canvas, which is generally softer still, and looks more "painterly", and on HP Premium Glossy, a very shiny surface.

Photographs are available as print only, matted, or matted and framed.  Print only orders are generally shipped in a tube by US mail.  Matted orders are mounted on acid-free foamcore and matted with archival mats in cream or (usually for b&w) white mats.  I don't carry any colors;  if you want fancy matting, your local frame shop can do an excellent job.  Frames are available in matte black metal or wood and a warm, medium brown wood;  framed pieces are glassed, wired, and ready to hang.  Again, if you want fancy frames, see your local frame shop.  They love to play around with all the possible combinations.

Sizes: 
These are photographs, and as such can be printed in almost any size.  Most of my photos are in the standard 35mm film ratio of 2 to 3, so can be printed 4" by 6", 10" by 15", or 16"x 24", etc., without cropping.  I can easily print other sizes, but if the sides are not in the ratio of 2 to 3, some cropping will necessarily occur.  Some photos have sides in different ratios.  If you want to avoid cropping, the size you order needs to be in the same ratio as the suggested size.  Send me an email if you want a price quote;  prices are pretty much proportional to the area of the print.

Limited Edition Prints:
What is a limited edition print?  In the fine art world, the answer's pretty simple:  you print the promised number of copies of your woodcut or linocut or copperplate or whatever, and then you destroy the plate.  There's no way to make additional copies of the artwork.  Photography is a little trickier, because even if the original negative or digital file is destroyed,you could take one of the original limited prints and, with any decent scanner, make copies that would be virtually indistinguishable from the original.
So here's what I mean when I say that one of my photographs is a limited edition of, say, 50:  I will print, sign, and number no more than 50 copies of this image (with no more than 5 artist's proofs where I fiddle with color, contrast, and sharpness until I'm satisfied), with no image less than 150 square inches.  The image may appear on calendars or greeting cards, for example, but at most 50 large copies of the photograph will be printed.