Digital Photos
What's it all about,
Alfie?
Digital photos are taken with a digital camera although film negatives can be
"scanned" into the computer and thereby turned into digital photos.
However first generation is always better than second generation so starting
with a digital camera is preferred. I use a Canon 10D camera that results
in image files of over 6 megapixels. A 3 megapixel camera is a wonderful
camera but a six megapixel camera will be equivalent to shooting with a medium
format professional film camera, therefore you're not giving up anything in the way of
sharpness, detail or "resolution". Raw image files DO have to be
tinkered with but that was always true with negatives too; in the past photo lab
technicians would adjust the color filters in the printer so as to yield the
best, truest color possible from film negatives. And they would dust the
negative to prevent spots. Now, with Photoshop (a computer program---
pretty much the industry standard when it comes to manipulating image files
although many others exist), it's possible to correct the color and brightness
of an image, remove dust spots, and then do some incredible things to the image
with almost no end to the creative lengths one can go; people can be added
to images, removed from images, nose rings can be removed, tattoos and braces can be
removed, etc. Naturally the more time spent editing/adjusting an image the
more expense involved. ($150/hour; $37.50 {15 minute} minimum)
What costs are
involved?
Pricing will depend on your ultimate goal/purpose/use for a certain
image. If all you need is for an image to be posted on the web then a low
resolution, small image will do. If you want to use the image for
publication (business cards, post cards, fliers, brochures, etc.) then a much larger resolution file will be required. You'll
receive the images on a CD.
Here are the costs involved--
Sitting fees: 3 poses, $40 . 5 poses, $50. 8 poses, $60.
Prices for digital camera images burned into a CD:
--Low resolution jpeg image files, thumbnail
size, color corrected, no retouching:
First image $50. 2nd
$30. Additional images @ $20. each.
--Hi resolution jpeg & tiff image
files,
color corrected with some retouching and resizing, for publication:
First image
$125. 2nd $55. Additional
images @ $20. each
