I’ve been reviewing my family and baby photography sessions to determine what people are purchasing for personal display.
In doing this I hope to provide better understanding as to what is involved in creating a Custom Art piece for your walls. May I point you to a very well written website Professional Child Photographer This site is maintained by Marianne Drenthe of Marmalade Photography. She does a super job at explaining what we as Custom Photographers do.
In this current day most everyone has a camera. They are even included in our cell phones. But not everyone creates custom photography. I do not want to offend the hobbyist photographer or anyone trying to make it in this industry. Many people have asked me why I don’t just print at Wal Mart? This is my attempt at an explanation.
Knowing your equipment inside and out, looking over a scene, setting the exposure, studying, and more studying.
Yes, that’s correct a “Professional” photographer is forever studying to perfect their craft.
As a Custom Photographer you visualize the image usually way before you make the image. The subjects personalities, props and lighting all play a major role in creating a piece of art for your family to cherish for years to come.
Most Custom Photographers shoot in a format called RAW. Think of this as film. The RAW file must be processed in a computer much like film. An image can not be printed from a RAW file straight out of the camera. This allows the photographer the greatest creative avenue.
So once your session is over your Custom Photographer still has many, many hours of creative processing ahead. We do it, because we LOVE it!
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