Visual Communications Pricing

for custom designs, photo retouching, and giclée prints

Due to a recent demand, I've decided to quote prices for the Visual Communications services I provide.  Examples of my work are located in the Visual Communications Portfolio on this site (link below).  I'm currently located in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Please contact me via e-mail for questions regarding your specific project.

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Hourly Wage

Original Digital Conception
Original designs for business cards, letterheads, brochures, CD jewel cases, postcards, flags, banners, signs, or advertisements.  A limited number of color proofs are free of charge.
 
Photography*

Custom photographs for your project.  35mm** and 3 megapixel digital available.
 
Scanning & Photo Retouching
Flatbed scanning of images up to letter size at 1200 dpi (on Epson Perfection 1200) or negative/slide scans at 2700 dpi (on Nikon LS-2000).  Photo retouching and repairs can be performed on your digital image or on any (un-copyrighted) original that I can scan.
 
$30.00/hour

*Photographs you provide must not be copyrighted, or you must own the copyright.  I can find stock photography for your project from Internet sources, but an additional fee must be paid to the photographer to use these images.
**Additional 35mm development fees may apply; hourly wage includes travel time to location.
 


Giclée Printing

Giclée printing done on the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 (rated approximately 80 years lightfast).  This printer can feed paper up to 13" wide.  Below are cost estimates on popular papers.  Additional papers can be ordered and I have many additional samples. 

I've listed two "double sided" papers.  The first price quoted is for printing on one side, the second price in parenthesis is the cost for printing on both sides.  Images printed at 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10 can be borderless (use 8.5x11 price for 8x10s).  Larger sizes can be cut to borderless.  In all cases, you pay for the paper that was used (i.e. a 11x14 is charged as an 11x17).  Epson media does not come in 11x17 size.  Instead they produce an A3 size paper at 11.7" x 16.5".  This image size is charged at 11x17 below.

Prices are subject to change based on paper and ink pricing from my supplier.

  4x6 5x7 8.5x11 11x17 13x19
EPSON Premium Semi-Gloss $0.77 $2.10 $4.99 $6.36 $14.47
EPSON Enhanced Matte $1.14 $1.51 $3.82 $8.32 $10.83
EPSON Premium Luster $1.56 $1.94 $4.67 $10.32 $13.00
Somerset PE Velvet $2.09 $2.47 $5.74 $11.47 $15.33
Osprey Giclée $1.88 $2.26 $5.31 $10.20 $14.07
Ilford Fine Art $2.63 $3.00 $6.80 $13.53 $17.82
Lumijet Woven Fibre $2.34 $2.71 $6.22 $12.14 $16.74
Eclipse 300gsm Double Sided $1.73
($2.34)
$2.11
($3.00)
$5.01
($7.40)
$10.03
($14.79)
$13.24
($19.54)
Hahenmuhle Double Sided Photo Rag $2.26
($2.88)
$2.64
($3.53)
$6.08
($8.46)
$11.75
($16.52)
$17.24
($23.54)
Red Tail Archival $1.37 $1.74 $4.28 $8.28 $12.19

Additional media:

Neato Glossy CD Label $1.81 each
WaterFast Poly Cloth $10.91 per square foot (13" wide banner only)

 


CD-R Burning

Saving your finished project or files to CD-R.  This is not a duplication service and I reserve the right to limit the quantity of copied CDs.

Burn on Mitsui Silver $3.25 each
Burn on Mitsui Gold $4.22 each
Clear CD Jewel Case $0.60 each

 


Payment

Payment by cash (in person), check, or money order only.
 


Links to Other Services

The services I provide are professional quality and are probably less expensive than the services provided by other companies (the usual design and retouching rate is $40-$80/hour).  However, I do have a limited amount of equipment and you may be looking for a service that can produce higher quality scans or larger photographic output.  Below are links to services I use when my needs outgrow my own equipment.

Bair Art Editions: High quality large format inkjet printing and high quality scanning services.

Borge B. Andersen and Associates: Digital creation, digital retouching, film/slide development, printing services, lambda printing services.
 

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