Learn about our latest services, and news about our company and staff members.

Transfer files to WCI using your web browser

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new upload system that has replaced our FTP system, effective immediately. This new system will make it easier than ever to upload your files to West Coast Imaging, making our preflight service faster and more convenient. Our new system is accessed through your web browser, so there is no FTP software software required!

Features Include:

• Secure personal accounts - no anonymous FTP
  
• Web browser access - no FTP software required!
  
• Upload and download files whenever you choose
  
• View and manage your files
  
• Delete old files
  
• Create directories to store groups of files
  
• Store files for reorders at a later date

If you are an existing FTP user, you can log in using the same user name and password you used to FTP your files. Contact us if you have forgotten your user name or password. If you are a new user, sign up for an account today.

West Coast Imaging is thrilled to welcome our newest staff members, Dennis Evans and Kathy Marks. They joined WCI in the spring of 2005, and have quickly become integral parts of our staff.

Dennis comes to us with a background in photo finishing and law enforcement. He now runs our Chromira Lab, and is obsessive about maintaining the equipment to the peak of its ability, ensuring that your prints are as beautiful, color accurate and flawless as humanly possible. We are so grateful for his expertise and efforts.

Kathy currently assists in our Print Finishing department, where she inspects, trims and ships prints to our customers. Kathy's background includes time as a freelance artist for major companies like Bath & Body Works. She also has experience in running a small business, selling her own artwork, and has a solid background in photo finishing and framing. We are thankful for her attention to detail, her artistic eye, and her enthusiastic attitude in this critical part of West Coast Imaging's day-to-day operation.

Jeff Grandy Wins Grand Prize in Yosemite Art CompetitionCongratulations to our Scan Master, Jeff Grandy, who won first place (and $1000!) in the Yosemite Renaissance Art Competition and Exhibition. His winning photograph, Geometric Ice, Dana Fork, Tuolumne, is pictured above.

West Coast Imaging Announces Educational Discounts
Photography is about Sharing the Vision, but as a student or instructor it can be challenging to pay for the digital services you need. That’s why we created our educational discount program. Photography students and instructors can qualify for 15% off most West Coast Imaging services. Read more about this service.

Give a West Coast Imaging Gift Certificate
Is your spouse wondering what to buy you for your Birthday or Christmas? There's nothing like the gift of excellent scans to play with in Photoshop, or new prints from a few of your favorite images. West Coast Imaging offers gift certificates in any amount for any of our services. Please call 800-799-4576 or email us to request a gift certificate.

West Coast Imaging Featured in Outdoor Photographer Article "Get The Best Prints From Your Lab" by Robert Glenn Ketchum

"At trade shows and NANPA conventions, I learned about many of the top labs and service bureaus that were offering new digital services, from printing to scanning. I’ve worked with a lot of the best labs to learn who’s doing what and how they’re doing it—A&I, Calypso, Nancy Scans and others. The lab that really stood out for me, with whose work I was most impressed and who was working with photographers whom I admire, such as Bill Neill, was Rich Seiling’s West Coast Imaging (WCI).

WCI gave me something that other facilities didn’t. Not only would they scan and print my images to my satisfaction, but they also offered service bureau solutions essential to my business. For example, they’ll deliver guide prints and configured files to publishers. I simply call WCI and tell them what a given publisher or magazine needs."

Read the full article on the Outdoor Photographer website.

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.

Jack Dykinga Releases Book & Exhibition
Jack Dykinga spent decades exploring the back country of Arizona, photographing the landscape in unique weather, fleeting conditions, and monumental moments. Dykinga gathered the best of his photographs and combined them into a truly monumental book documenting his home state. Each photograph provides a sense of discovery akin to hiking a long trail and finding something new and altogether wondrous at each turn. Learn more about the book, Dykinga's photography, and learn about upcoming exhibitions and booksignings.

Michael Forsberg Releases Book - Announces Traveling Exhibition
Congratulations to Michael Forsberg on the release of his book, "On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America." Forsberg traveled 65,000 miles across four countries to document these elegant birds. He distilled extensive research and over 1000 rolls of film into a 168-page book that offers encyclopedic knowledge on Sandhill Cranes. View some of his images, and for more information about Michael Forsberg.

Congratulations to Brad Phalin on his grant and exhibition!

Congratulations to WCI Client Brad Phalin, who received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for 2004. His photographs feature an inside look at abandoned houses across the midwest and southern United States, lending a new perspective on the american dream - and what happens when it is left behind. Phalin's images were on display as part of a two-man show at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, earlier this summer. View some of his images on the Lakeland Community College website.

David Maisel Announces Exhibitions and New Publication
David Maisel sends files to West Coast Imaging for printing using our Print Lab. Now you can view his remarkable prints - aerial views of environmentally impacted landscapes - at a series of exhibitions in Houston, San Francisco, Culver City and Portland.

David's view of the world is truly unique. "Looking down on these damaged wastelands, where man's efforts have eradicated the natural order, the views through my camera are both spectacular and horrifying," David says on his website.

David also just released a limited-edition monograph featuring his unique aerial views of Owens Lake, California. Only 25 are available, and it comes with a signed, original C-Print. Visit his website.