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Christmas
Deadlines for Prints
At West Coast Imaging, we work like
elves right up 'til Christmas, preparing prints for our clients,
and will do everything possible to accommodate your needs. We
are posting the following deadlines to stack the deck in your
favor--ensuring that all orders placed by the date below will
be delivered in time for Christmas (barring equipment
failure and acts of God). When you place your order, please
clearly state that you need the prints by Christmas on your order
form, or we will not guarantee Christmas delivery.
And if you miss
the deadlines below...give us a call, and we'll do our best to
help you spread some holiday cheer with prints of your own images!
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Exhibition Prints (without proofs):
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Exhibition Prints with proofs:
Call to discuss your project with an Expert Printmaker.
Reprints from Exhibition Prints:
Monday, December 10, 2007
Print Lab Prints:
Monday, December 10, 2007
Gift Prints:
Monday, December 10, 2007
Holidays at West Coast Imaging
West Coast Imaging will be closed for the following holidays:
Museo® Portfolio Rag™ combines an extra-smooth cotton
base with Crane's advanced coating, bringing you a paper that feels
luxurious and provides world-class image quality. Use Museo® Portfolio
Rag™ for your museum exhibition and portfolio prints, and
when you need exceptional tonal range on a surface that will not
detract from your photographic images.
Crafted
for professional use, Crane's 100% cotton base is pH-neutral,
acid free, and brightener free, which means your gallery-worthy
images will retain their bold colors and tonal subtleness for
generations. When you create prints using Museo® Portfolio Rag™ and
pigmented inks, you and your audiences will experience extraordinary
visual and tactile quality. The paper's substantial weight and
captivating look affirm you make no compromises in the creative
process.
We've
found that this paper makes prints of the same quality as Hahnemühle
Photo Rag 308, but has a much smoother surface. Pricing is the
same as our Watercolor Smooth paper.
West Coast Imaging is now offering prints made with Fuji Crystal Archive Pearl surface paper. Request
your free sample now!
What makes Fuji Pearl so special? The embedded pearl-like crystals gives the paper a high-gloss reflection, especially in the highlights. Pearl paper contains pearly mica crystals. Based on natural mica, they are covered with a thin layer of metal oxides, like titanium dioxide. Through an interplay of transparency, refraction, coating and multiple reflections, viewers can discern silver-white and metallic reflection effects. Fuji Pearl has a gloss surface and is exposed in our ZBE Chromira using ICC profiles for astounding accuracy. Color is very similar to other Fuji Crystal Archive papers.
Although similar to Kodak Metallic, Fuji Pearl has a whiter base that makes more brilliant prints, and more neutral B&W prints. It also offers a longer display life, better d-max, and more saturated blues, reds, and magentas. For these reasons, we will be offering Fuji Pearl instead of Kodak Metallic.
07.19.2007
Microsoft
Vista and Disc Burning
If you are using Microsoft Vista and burning DVDs or CDs of images to send to clients or WCI, get the inside scoop on the settings that will make your discs compatible with everyone by reading our latest blog post.
02.14.2007
West Coast Imaging Has Moved!
We literally ran out of space, so we moved our studio across town. Our new location is twice as large as our old studio, giving us room to hold the staff and equipment we need to continue meeting your needs. The move also puts us within walking distance of great sushi, which is an added bonus!
We have already moved our studio, so please send all orders and correspondence to our new address:
West Coast Imaging
40094 Highway 49
Oakhurst, CA 93644
FedEx, UPS, and USPS will forward outstanding deliveries to our new address, but you should send all new orders to the new address. Our phone, fax, website, quality, and service remain the same.
We look forward to having you visit us at our new location!
Read
about what our clients are doing. If you are a client and have an
event or news to announce, please email
us with the subject line "WCI Events Page" for possible
inclusion on this page.
Adam
Barker Featured in Salt Lake City
View
the landscape and adventure photography of Adam Barker at the
Porcupine
Pub & Grille in Salt Lake City. The show runs through
January 2008 and features 17 pieces, ranging in size from 12x18
to 26x40. Most of the prints were printed by West Coast Imaging
using our Print Lab service. For more information,
visit
Barker's website.
10.29.2007
Terrance
Reimer Exhibition In Southeast Ohio
View
the photography of WCI Master Printer Terrance L. Reimer in "The Lyrical Landscape," an
invitational group exhibition at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in
Athens, Ohio from September 14 to November 4, 2007. The show
features 60 photographs by 6 artists from across the US, including
images from Reimer's Route 66: The Mother Road project.
Located near Reimer's alma mater, Ohio University, the Dairy Barn
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and features
a 6500 square-foot gallery. The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
was founded in 1977, and has become a respected arts center, regionally,
nationally, and internationally. For more information on the Dairy
Barn and this exhibition, visit The
Dairy Barn website, or call
740-592-4981.
08.30.2007
Jeff
Grandy Exhibition at Ansel Adams Gallery
The
latest exhibition of WCI Scan Master Jeff Grandy is now on display at the
Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park.
Grandy’s
exhibition showcases many of his favorite places in the High Sierra, Yosemite,
the Eastern Sierra, and the foothills region of the Central Sierra discovered
in his 20+years living in the region. Each image is captured with his
sensitive eye and love of detail.
Grandy works with
medium format cameras, and produces his own prints through an elaborate and
precise digital imaging process that gives him complete control of the expressive
and emotive qualities of each print.
Family owned and operated, the Ansel Adams Gallery has operated in Yosemite National Park since 1902 and exhibits the finest in American landscape photography including original prints by Ansel Adams.
Film By WCI Shipping Manager Steve Crutchfield Featured at "Parties for the Parkway"
"Tissiack:
The Great Northwest Face of Half Dome", a documentary film by Steve
Crutchfield, will be playing Friday, June 15th, at the Fresno Art Museum.
The San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust has chosen to highlight
this film, along with the work of Photographer (and WCI Print Lab Client) Michael
Ambrose, in party 38 in their "Parties for the Parkway". Enjoy
an evening of beautiful photography, a great film, jazz music, wine and coffee
all while helping to conserve the San Joaquin River Parkway. Visit www.reservations.riverparkway.org for
reservations and view the trailer online
at YouTube.
06.13.07
Michael Ambrose Exhibits at Mono Lake Committee
Aspens and Alkali, a photographic exhibition by Michael Ambrose is on display at the Mono Lake Committee's Gallery on the shores of Mono Lake in Lee Vining through July 12, 2007.
From Mono Lake's moon like shores to the aspen groves in the creeks that feed this natural wonder, Ambrose's large format photography takes you on a visual journey through this incredible land. Ambrose chooses West Coast Imaging's Print Lab to print all his exhibition prints using Fuji Crystal Archive paper.
05.24.2007
Terrance Reimer Exhibition - The Third California
West Coast Imaging Master Printmaker Terrance L. Reimer will exhibit a selection of images from his photographic project — The Third California, that opens Thursday, June 7th at the Fresno, CA art gallery, Club Jinnaka, 1707 Fulton St. and runs through June 30. The documentary diary of 'snapshots' from Reimer's point and shoot camera weaves a dynamic visual thread throughout the Central Valley capturing the Golden State's New Frontier – The Third California.
05.24.2007
Carr
Clifton Exhibition at Mountain Light Gallery
View the works of Landscape
Photographer Carr Clifton at Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop,
California, through June 30, 2007. The exhibition features roughly
35 of Clifton's images, which he prints on his Epson 9800. West
Coast Imaging supplied all of the scans used to make these prints.
Clifton said West Coast Imaging's, "superior equipment and
the expertise of (our) staff" led him to use our studio
for his drum
scanning needs.
A large-format photographer, Clifton
has spent 25 years exploring and documenting the endangered,
wild landscapes most people will never know. An accomplished
wilderness guide and traveler, Clifton is widely recognized for
his distinctive and artistic landscapes of remote regions. He
has dedicated himself to his art which, he says "isn't
only framing the image in the camera, but getting myself to the
wildest places where I do my best work." Clifton's wilderness
skills have allowed him entrance into the solitude of some of the
world's most remote and least populated regions.
Learn more about Clifton on his website, and visit Mountain
Light's website for more information about the exhibition.
05.04.2007
Featured
Artist - Dale Hoopingarner
When we first saw Dale Hoopingarner's
images come through our studio, we were struck by their exquisite
detail, beauty, and decidedly different look. Hoopingarner is
not a photographer in the traditional sense, using a camera to
capture his images. Instead, he uses an Epson 4490 digital scanner
to "scan" his subject matter:
flowers; leaves; and details of nature. The end result he calls
a "Scanograph."
Landscape
Photographer Bruce Jackson returns to the roots of his creative
inspiration and education with, "Spirit
Returns", a powerful solo show at the Rotunda Gallery in the
COCC Campus Library in Bend, Oregon. In 1970, during his first
year at COCC, Jackson learned the basics from local photography
legend and instructor, William Van Allen. ‘Spirit Returns’ offers
a stunning retrospective that mirrors Jackson’s complete
immersion into the natural world, and his creative self. The exhibition
runs through May 11, 2007. West Coast Imaging is pleased to assist
Jackson with many of his printing needs, using our Custom
Exhibition Print and Exhibition
Reprint services. To learn more about Jackson's
work, visit his website.
Digital Photography and a Sense of Place: A Workshop for Digital Workflow and Travel Photography
Our friend Mark Larson has an outstanding summer workshop planned with California State University's 2007 Summer Arts program, with guest artists Rob Sheppard and Bob Krist.
This hands-on, action-filled workshop is for students who want to make better photographs for editorial or stock sales, art gallery displays, or other professional use. The workshop will include Photoshop instruction, portfolio reviews, field lessons in shooting, and printing color and B&W prints for your portfolio.
