P3D re: P3D Fine Art Nudes Processing

[gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eric J Fleischer, MD)]

On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 20:47:19 -0400 (EDT), markaren@xxxxxxxxx (Karen
Obusek) wrote:


>I have considered glamour photography and would like to experiment with
>nudes. I have two problems......where can I get the 35mm processed mail
>order.

   I do a good deal of nudist / naturist photography, including stereo
nudes, and I currently just send it to Clark labs. They have yet to
squawk about the nudes depicted. They also have never "lost" any of my
film. 

>  I was told by a postman whom had a relative working for Kodak
>that Kodak's policy is to "lose the film" if nude content is discovered.
>I was not sure if he jokingly implied that his relative kept the work,
>or if this is indeed an un-written policy of Kodak.

   I rather doubt that this is their policy, but I have not sent any
nudes to a Kodak processing plant. It may be the policy if the photos
are sexual, as opposed to simply nude as my nudist and naturist photos
are.  

>I do not feel
>comfortable taking the film to my local lab, especially if I count on my
>model to periodically pick up and drop off there. Any suggestions?

   I used to give my pictures to local labs. I simply told them ahead
of time that the pictures contained non-sexual nudity, and asked if
they had a problem with that. My problem with them was that they
generally did a very poor job of centering the prints, and they
overscanned them, losing around 25% of the image. Since I was doing
beam-splitter stereo, this was unforgivable.


<ELF> - Dr Gandalf - Eric J Fleischer, MD
AlfHeim Imaging
gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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