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"Scott W" wrote:

wrote:
Here's a question that I haven't seen asked on the internet: how does
one become a master printer? I'm not looking for a quick recipe, but I
want to know what it takes. Is it a matter of getting a good
background in photography at a school, landing a job in a lab, honing
your craft for years, and building a reputation? I'd really appreciate
it if the printers out there could share how they did it. How did you
become a master printer?

Not going to blast you but,has nothing to do with "Darkroom unless
your sitting in one to post the following,

On a business aspect of it, I believe you are going to have a hard time
finding a good client base that wants prints done from a "master
printer". I assume you are thinking about making prints from others
negatives. Most of the people I know that are still having optical
prints made are doing so themselves. I think you are looking at a
very small market.

Scott

I do optical prints because it saves money, I can charge X dollars
my competition is spending just to have the prints made. But cheaper is
not always viewed as better, its viewed as suspect therefore actually
being a master printer is preferred to claiming to be one


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