I sometimes have clients or friends wondering why custom portraiture is so much more expensive than going to WalMart or Sears to get a few quick snaps of your family or children.
To me, custom photography means capturing memories of your children and creating art out of those memories that you would be proud to hang on your wall. There are many, many great photographers in Edmonton, but we all have slightly different strengths and styles. Custom photography is about having a choice about what style meets your needs, and having some choices along the way as to how your session will go and what you’d like to see in your photos.
Custom photography is much more time consuming than big box photography studios. You don’t have to worry about who’s next in line or how much time we have. I take as much time as we need, and for a newborn session that can sometimes mean 4 hours or more.
Custom photographers offer products that you just cannot get from big box studios. From the basic prints to the canvas and albums, the quality is wonderful. Speaking of that… I do have a few new products that I’m going to work into the mix soon. Stay tuned for some photos and details as soon as I get my samples in!
I also spend a lot of time editing your photos and create unique pieces of art with the color adjustments and textures added. I’ve shown below a few of the before and afters of some recent sessions… with 25 to 35 images per session you can understand how the time can add up! You pay for my knowledge and training in understanding how to touch up that baby acne, how to create a stunning black and white conversion and how to add textures and layers of color to make that image really pop.
by Karey
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