Fiber vs. RC Paper in Photography Prints

Video Transcript

"I'm going to talk about the difference in papers again. Just to recap, this is an RC print. And RC stands for resin coated, which really means it's plastic, okay? I, you know ninety percent of the work I do in the dark room is again on RC paper. It's inexpensive, well comparatively inexpensive, and is very fast to work with. So I can immediately see what I have. If I really like an image or I feel an image is really worth something and really worth investing the money and the time in, I print on what's called a fiber based paper. Now this is paper that is archival, meaning it's going to last forever. But it's a lot more expensive, at least fifty percent more expensive for me to buy this paper. And it's a lot more time consuming. When I print on this type of paper, my exposures are longer which makes it a little bit harder to print with. When this paper is wet, it will actually dry down darker. So that makes my judging or my troubleshooting a print a lot harder. And I also have to wash this type of print for up to forty-five minutes to an hour. But, for some images, it's worth it."