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Hey guys! Thanks again for the
fantastic development work! Picking up
my first set of 3D Holga pix today was
--as I'm sure you could tell from
my excitement--SUPER FUN!!
-Dennis B.

To the folks @ Photolab-- 
I called yesterday to get something
rushed & you guys did it overnight! You are AMAZING thank you for being
the best lab ever!
Thank you so much!
-Chris at L.G.

"I want to say thank you
for the beautiful job you did
on my prints in preparation
for last weekend's Open Studio
tour. I did quite well in the
sale of my prints, greeting
cards and bookmarks
-- given the down economy.

 Thank you also for the
suggestion to enlarge
some of the images. They
were displayed prominently
and received  lots of attention
."
--Elizabeth Saucier, Oakland

 

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Exhibit and fundraiser
JUNE 9 to AUGUST 18, 2012

reception Saturday
June 16th 6pm to 8pm


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YOU TOO CAN EXHIBIT
in Photolab's Picturish Gallery. For more information about having a solo or group show in the gallery contact Andrea and read details on submitting a portfolio.

Everybody needs a little attention! Photolab offers the extra attention and personalized services needed by busy photographers who shoot color or black & white, film or digital photos. We are fast and efficient at time consuming, demanding jobs like editing & correcting your digital files. We make all kinds of great prints, large and small.

As a custom photo lab in Berkeley, California we have services for fine art, weddings, portraits, landscape and garden photography and for personal projects.

Traditional photo lab for fine art silver gelatin prints from black and white negatives. We process black and white roll and sheet film daily, in many different developers (Xtol is our standard). We offer optical machine proofs on true b&w photo paper!

Fully digital photo lab. We make color digital photo prints on professional photo paper or giclee reproduction prints on fine art watercolor papers and canvas. Digital and film photographers have many new display opportunities using our giclee printmaking process that offers durability, excellent dmax, amazing tonal range and many archival paper choice.

Specialized Services for Photographers

wedding photo by Karen Bates

Your vision, our technique: Pros use Photolab to provide clients with fine crafted images that reflect the photographer's vision. Using  a combination of professional level photographic materials and highly skilled photo technicians and giclee printmakers with years and years of experience focused on personalized service, we deliver our quality imaging services to both local and national pro photographers.

Toy camera fans will be amazed at our fast film processing and the unique borders you can get for your Holga, Diana and Lomo prints. Stereo 3D Holga owners can even order stereo prints from us.

How to succeed: Call us for detailed information about how we can help you succeed in sustaining or creating a strong photographic style.


Find Us
We're located in California's San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to walk-in customers, we also welcome clients from all of the United States, Canada and beyond, via mail-order or digital file upload.

Free Lightroom 4 Workshop

Fine Art digital imaging  Now we offer digital photos from film or from files on true photographic paper in sizes from wallet prints to 50" x 90" and larger too!

Choose from many different high quality fine art archival fiber papers or canvas materials. Some of our papers:

Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 Smooth
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Satin
Harman Baryta True FB

Innova FibaPrint White Matte 285 gsm
Moab Entrada Natural 300
Breathing Color Elegance
Breathing Color
Brilliance II Canvas

including giclee album pages for
Cypress Juniper Albums.


We update our paper list frequently so if you if you are looking for something special, please ask.

Giclee
  The word giclee is derived from the French word for spray and refers to the technical manner in which the ink jets spray pigmented inks onto specialized coated archival substrates. Giclee prints are also called archival pigment prints.

Photolab Studio prints are made with archival pigment inks that are suspended micro-encapsulated chemicals with extremely pure color characteristics and high end watercolor papers or canvas. This is in contrast to inks found in low cost desktop inkjet printers. Our print-makers have been studying and working in the industry since its earliest days in the 1990s.

Chrome on Paper: why we love it
Kodak Endura Metallic PaperKodak Metallic Paper has a glossy finish and metallic-looking appearance which creates images with exceptional visual interest and depth.

Try it for senior portraits, sports & special events, fine portraiture weddings and displays. Landscapes look amazing too!

Photographers say the look is "chrome on paper." And it works great with B&W too. Come in a check out our sample prints.
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Art Reproduction  Photolab will scan and master a digital image of your original artwork. Watercolor, charcoal and pencil drawings, oil paintings and mixed media all lend themselves well to this technique. Our art reproduction process allows you to make unlimited (or limited edition) prints in sizes larger, smaller or the same as your original. Our giclee printing studio system uses high end Epson and Canon printers, custom software rips, proprietary profiles and hardware calibration throughout.



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Oh, and one more thing...Silver Gelatin! Since 1970, Photolab has been working with photographers and other artists to print and to show-case
photography. As a photo lab business, we started out as a primarily black and white custom photo lab. Today, our traditional darkroom is still booming as the value of
silver gelatin prints increases (and becomes more rare!) Each year we print artists' entire exhibitions to be shown in museums and galleries.
Our skilled techs have years of fine art experience that keeps the magic of silver photography alive and well!!