FAQs
For Client Gallery related questions, go here.
Why are you a photographer?
The short answer is because I love photography. I love interacting with my clients & I love to create beautiful & unique images for a variety of people with all their personalities, ages and quirks! If that’s too easy of an answer for you, then I’ll tell you a little about me & photography. When I was in High School, one of my best friends was really into photography & she & I would goof off on the weekends shooting around town. After heading to college and deciding I had no idea what to minor in, I chose photography on a combination of a whim & feeling so lost in my Spanish classes I knew that wasn’t a good decision (I was an English major, by the way, so the Spanish & English combination would have created several unique opportunities). So Photography it was, and after enrolling in my first 2 classes & realizing that I would have lab time for every art class I took, and deciding I’d do it anyway, eventually I realized that photography was something I loved & that I wanted to pursue it. So with the help of some awesome family & friends, I got a few sessions set up under a “Pay what you think is fair” contract & went for it. Since then I’ve become a bit more consistent as far as pricing is concerned, but that’s what you have to do to make a successful business!
What’s an “Web-Ready Image”? And a High-Resolution Image?
A varying number of Web-Ready Images come with each Portrait Package (except for the Basic Hour Session). These are images that I give you with the package so you can post them online with facebook, myspace, flickr, or any other online social network. Post them all over the place, I’m not picky. I want you to be able to share your images. That’s part of what getting a photo session is for: so you have lovely images of yourself (your child, your family, fill in the blank) to share with others. However, these are not sized for printing (though they are printable, they’ll just make small prints). Basically, I give you regular print credit with packages so you can buy images for your house, your grandparents, your parents, etc. And since the world has become so technologically based, these Web-Ready images are my way of giving you “print credit” to share digitally.
High-Resolution Images, on the other hand, are digital “negatives.” You will receive the digital enhanced version of each image you purchase in High Resolution. When you purchase the High-Resolution Images, no watermarks are left on them and I provide a printing release so you can order prints anywhere. However, as a word of caution, all photographic printers are not the same.
And finally, if I haven’t answered your question, always feel free to ask me! Plus, it’ll let me know exactly what everyone is thinking “she’s crazy!” about & I can expand my FAQ page! : )
