Your pictures have been taken and you have your digital files back. Now what? It is time to order prints! After all the hard work of organizing schedules, shopping for the perfect outfits, and spending time at your photo session, those beautiful images deserve to be displayed.
Sure, they are fine tucked away in a folder on your computer, but imagine them hanging perfectly on the wall in your family room, in a photo book displayed on your coffee table, or in a mini accordion book for you kids to flip through. Pictures are meant to be printed.
Did you know that not all prints are created equal? Big chain stores with one-hour print options sure are convenient, but with that convenience you lose quality. I encourage all my clients to order professional quality prints. I make it easy! You can order prints right from your digital gallery. Ordering from your gallery means your prints are 100% quality guaranteed. Lower quality printers don’t have the same amount of colors as a professional print lab. The result is often too much green, orange, or black in your prints. Why waste money on pictures that might come out the wrong color? Click here and here for great examples of how much color can vary.
What about cropping ratios, sharpening, contrast? A photographer’s eye is trained to to watch for these important aspects of a photo. An employee at a quick print shop probably isn’t. I’ll ensure your pictures come back cropped the right way, with the right amount of sharpening and contrast, for a clear and crisp photo display.
I get it – printing pictures is an additional expense after you’ve already spent money on the photo session. A photo session helps preserve memories of a certain time in your life. Those memories deserve a little added expense to be enjoyed in print.
– Candi
