You will get a posting to my site of usually 3-5 "sneak peeks" within 2 weekss of your photo shoot. I try to do it as soon as possible, but I do all of this in my spare time, so it's a gamble when I'll get it done some weeks. These photos are minimally edited and provided to tide you over with a first pass pick of some of the best shot from some of the different locations or settings we used during your session.
Hopefully within 4-6 weeks of your session you will get an online gallery of a minimum of 30 photos and/or storyboard collages from your session. I try to return shoots as quickly as I can, but I also want to provide you the highest quality processing I can and that takes time. Trust me, there's going to be more good shots than you'll think I got, I'm sneaky like that, and I usually take 300+ photos in an hour shoot. So 30 photos is a 10% success rate, the scary part is that is pretty standard for lifestyle or candid natural light photography. It's that the other 90% are all duds. With small children you have to take a lot to cpature that one photo with that expression that is pure them. I also often try several angles for a particular shot, and one usually appeals to me more than the others.
As far as products, at the minimum, you will get a disk that will contain two folders:
One named "Proofs" will include all the proofing files displayed in your online gallery. The files are usually sized 8x10, have my watermark, and are saved at a resolution such that the file is around 800KB. These files are perfect for posting to your blog or email to friends as they are smaller than the originals which often are 5MB or more. If you are publishing to a blog or other online medium like facebook, I prefer you use these files. You can also download these files straight from the gallery by clicking on the photo to view it in it's own window and then right clicking and saving it to your computer. I have no problem with this and encourage it as you won't get the disk until you order prints, which can be a week, sometimes two weeks after your gallery is posted and your order placed.
The other folder "Prints" includes every photo from the gallery pre-sized for you to 8x10, 5x7, and 4x6 print sizes, as indicated in their names. These files are full resolution and quite large at times. Every photo at each size is included in this folder, whether you order it in that size or at all. They are provided for your archives and future ordering you may want to have doen on your own. I am always willing to order more photos for you in the future, but you are welcome to do it on your own.
I give you the disc because this is your family, these photos belong to you as much as they do to me. I believe you have the right to full resolution digital copies of these files. The disc is provided gratis, because that's how I roll, and because I've had the same stack of CD-Rs for 4+ years.
Other than the disc the prints or products are up to you and you can see what I have available here .
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