Sorry to say the summer is nearly over. On the plus side, that means it’s almost autumn. Let make memories with an autumn photo session.
30 minute session
5 digitals picked from a gallery of the entire session
Images edited to perfection
Reasons you need prints in your life (Copy)
Reasons you need prints in your life.
While I love and respect the posting and sharing of my clients’ images after one of my photoshoots, I feel like clients should go the extra mile and get those images printed. It doesn’t even have to be through me. I’m in the process of getting photo release cards so clients don’t run the risk of other places not printing my photography. If you take the time and spend the money on a shoot, some sort of physical product should be purchased as well. If you just take the digital prints and never do anything with them you run the risk of losing the USB and your computer crashing. Yes this is worse case scenario it won’t happen right away. I only archive my clients’ images for a year or so.
Showing off the digital images can be a nuisance also. You need to be near a computer. You need to find the USB if it’s not saved on your computer. Physical products are usually on a coffee table, on your wall, or make your mornings bright when you hold your coffee mug with my images on them. You see these products every day.
You have choices as well. You’re free to take your images to Walmart or Costco. I don’t recommend it. I won’t stop you. I will warn you that the quality and colors will most likely be subpar. The quality of those products won’t compare with manufactures that strictly deal with professional photographers. Screens are calibrated and images are color corrected so you receive the best image possible.
Yes it will cost more. There is nothing wrong with going the less expensive route. Quality will make your images stand out though. Just what ever you do, don’t let your image collect dust hidden in a drawer.
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Give the gift of photography. Memories for life.
Reasons you need prints in your life
Reasons you need prints in your life.
While I love and respect the posting and sharing of my clients’ images after one of my photoshoots, I feel like clients should go the extra mile and get those images printed. It doesn’t even have to be through me. I’m in the process of getting photo release cards so clients don’t run the risk of other places not printing my photography. If you take the time and spend the money on a shoot, some sort of physical product should be purchased as well. If you just take the digital prints and never do anything with them you run the risk of losing the USB and your computer crashing. Yes this is worse case scenario it won’t happen right away. I only archive my clients’ images for a year or so.
Showing off the digital images can be a nuisance also. You need to be near a computer. You need to find the USB if it’s not saved on your computer. Physical products are usually on a coffee table, on your wall, or make your mornings bright when you hold your coffee mug with my images on them. You see these products every day.
You have choices as well. You’re free to take your images to Walmart or Costco. I don’t recommend it. I won’t stop you. I will warn you that the quality and colors will most likely be subpar. The quality of those products won’t compare with manufactures that strictly deal with professional photographers. Screens are calibrated and images are color corrected so you receive the best image possible.
Yes it will cost more. There is nothing wrong with going the less expensive route. Quality will make your images stand out though. Just what ever you do, don’t let your image collect dust hidden in a drawer.
Gift Certificates Available
Give the gift of photography. Memories for life.
What I bring to my Newborn Shoots
This blog will be informative for clients and educational for photographers. I'll go into detail on what hardware I bring on my newborn shoots and why. If you like what you read or have anymore questions, comment below.
- One goes without saying: a camera. I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark III. If you can afford it, you should always have a backup camera. Accidents happen.
- Lenses: When shooting a newborn, safety should always be a priority. For now I shoot newborns with a 24-70 Canon L Series lens. This allows me to stay as close a possible to the baby incase he or she moves. The goal is also to get a macro lens and a 35mm lens as well.
- Strobes: Alien Bees are a solid brand as far as strobes go. A better idea is static lighting. The pop of the strobe, at times, bothers the baby and you definitely don't want to do that. The deeper sleep the baby is in, the better poses you can get.
- Light modifiers: I love my octobox. I take it on all my shoots. Light modifiers soften the light and keep the light traveling in one direction for better shadows.
- Transceivers: This is was sets off the strobes. Most times you only need a set of two. Alien Bees have a built in slave that sets off second or third strobes.
- Wireless speakers: I'M GIVING AWAY A HUGE SECRET HERE! Go on Youtube and find a long video of Sounds from Inside the Womb. It's great white noise for the baby. They just spent nine months listening to this.
- Extra Memory: You might not have dumped other shoots from your chip and don't have space. Or (I've done this more times than I'd like to admit) you left your chip plugged in at home. You should have at least 3.
- Card Reader: If you want to show images on location.
- Laptop: If you're brave enough to show your work straight out the camera you might want to bring this with you. I have birth announcements as part of my newborn package and sometimes I have clients pick their favorites on location.
- External Hard Drive: I like to back my files up IMMEDIATELY. Not once but twice. First the external hard drive and Dropbox. You can never be too safe.
- Extra AA Batteries: You should be switching out batteries before every shoot. Just incase you don't, extra batteries.
- Extra Camera Batteries: Once again, you should always have fully charged batteries in your camera but just incase, extra batteries.
Remember, referral $$$ for sending a mother to be my way.
Thank you for your time. I hope this was informative to both potential clients and to other photographers.