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Good original prints, awful reprints I've been getting back some really wonderful prints when I first have my film developed but the reprints rarely if ever come back like the originals. The originals are crisp, clear, detailed, and the color looks balanced and "real." But the reprints may look either over or under exposed, and the color muddy or garish. For example, I have a wonderful original of a pink and white lily, but in the reprint, it looks like I waited too long to take the photo and the flower was dying! The photo places tell me it's something to do with the solutions in the machine, when it was last changed--stuff like that. But it seems to me that if this is the way color photography works - it¹s extremely variable--then how can anyone (pros, magazines, etc...) produce good photographs? I've tried several places. I send the originals with the negatives and asked them to match them. But the awful prints I get back makes me wonder if they're color blind, or if I'm really a lousy photographer? What is going on here? Could someone please help me with this problem. Thanks.
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Kirsty Brown |
I have heard the same response from labs as well - different batches of solutions, paper, different operators of the machine, etc. (Magazines use slide film so don't have the problem). At my lab the machines prints codes on the back for the filters used, so that they are able to colour match easier. Keep sending your badly printed photos back until they print it properly (as I do, esp. for dust & hairs), change lab till you get one you like or use slide film. A recent test was done here on photo labs - believe me, your problem is common!
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I've had the same problem. Sometimes I just resort to taking the original picture somewhere and having a picture of the picture made. It costs $7-9 but sometimes it's worth it, if you really like how it was developed originally.
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Manda Wilson |
I work in a lab. What you need to do is send a guide print with your negatives and ask that the pictures be color matched to this print.
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