So why bother with a professional
photographer?
How you see
colours on your screen (Red, Green,
Blue):
How your
colours actually print (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
Black)
When you want to have the meal of a lifetime, would you
consider going to the best restaurant, but insist on taking
the raw ingredients home, and cooking the meal yourself?
Producing photographic prints or an album is very much the
same. In order to create sharp, vibrant images, that will
blow your socks off and last a lifetime, you need more than
just images on a CD.
Each image needs to be assessed individually, with the
anticipated printing workflow in mind...and then processed
on a calibrated computer & monitor, accordingly.
There are 4 key things to creating a great, professional
image:
1. Composition.
Your image should have your subject portrayed in an
interesting way, without clutter or background
distractions. Clearly, experience, and an artistic eye is
what is required by your photographer.
2.
Exposure.
The image can't be too dark or too bright...Also, your key
subject needs to be appropriately 'exposed' (again, not too
dark or too light).
These two requirements can be consistently met by your
professional photographer. Having a great camera alone,
like 'Uncle Harry', may not be enough to ensure
consistently great results.
The
next two elements are just as important as "taking a good
photograph",
and is where the employment of a professional photographer
really comes into its own. These steps should be performed
after every photo shoot by anyone dedicated to providing
you with quality results.
We perform the following steps on every single one of your
images...
3.
Colour Correction.
We are constantly surrounded by a variety of light sources:
sunlight, incandescent light, fluorescent light, light
bouncing off coloured walls, light falling through trees...
Our brains compensate for these colours, and make
everything look 'right'. A camera is not as smart, and will
thus call for work to be done on the image in order to
correct the colours.
4.
Other Post-Processing.
To really make your photographs "pop", we employ many
methods to bring out the best in your image. Our experience
allows us to instantly select from a myriad of
post-processing options that best suit your image!
Before considering our images "final", we look at the
images that will be printed, the paper/media used, as well
as the printing process/machine, and at what size you want
your image...We then make the appropriate adjustments to
colour, sharpness, contrast etc, to make sure the printed
photographs & album look the way you expect.
Take a look at our "Before & After" examples below, to
get an idea of the effort we put into your images...
I am genuinely dedicated to providing you with the highest
quality photographs.
Sincerely,
André Anagnos