Let me preface this post by saying that I am by no means ripping on the photographer I mention, I'm simply asking for the opinions of my fellow Maggots and Minions.
Ok, now that that's out of the way, I have some background info.
About a month ago Phunk was kind enough to give me Dave Heath's email address. I had a question for him about a photo that ran in the September issue of Powder Mag, the one on the Intro Page of the ski cabin in British Columbia. Well, after countless emails and being nice enough to go the trouble of getting the negative of the shot back from Powder, Dave finally quoted me some prices on larger prints of the photo, which I have fallen in love with. Now, I understand that high-grade prints of photos like these are expensive, and would have had no problem with paying what I considered to be a reasonable price for it.
Therein lies the problem: The prices he quoted me ranged from 175 to 200 USD for either a 12x18 or a 16x24 print. For a print that size I expected the price to be roughly 100 USD, which I would have been more than willing to pay, but $200 seems a bit unreasonable. Am I being overly cheap, or am I getting taken for a ride with the cost of that photo?
The other thing is the internal dilemma I'm facing, he went to the trouble of getting the photo back from Powder and took the time and effort to look into high-grade prints of it and what they cost, so now I feel almost obligated to buy it. I'm torn because on one hand, I feel guilty for not buying it from him, and at the same time, I really don't have $200 laying around to spend on a photo, and I ruled out asking my 'rents to pay for it. So maggots, what do you think about the cost of the print, and what should I do?
Thanks guys.
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