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If you know someone or you are that someone that has always wanted to learn the hobby of photography, send me a message. I look forward to meeting with you and helping you along your personal journey with photography!
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Your photo session is an investment. So the photographs that you get from that session should be an extension of that investment. I feel a good analogy would be buying a sports car and putting on inferior tires. Sure they look okay and they do the job, but why? You paid for a professional photographer to come up with the best possible photos during a small amount of time. Why not make sure that those photos represent that small amount of time is the best possible way?
The entire reason for this blog rant: my wife and I had a couple of parties scheduled at our house this past weekend. She said that we should replace the photos in our frames with new photos that I had taken. Of course, I was excited about it, but knew it was too late to order them from my usual lab in time for the parties. So, after loading my photos on a flash drive, we head to Wal Mart to get them printed. We get to the photo area and pull the photos from my flash drive onto the photo kiosk. I select the ones that I want to print, the sizes that I need and say, "no" to all of the extras and get my receipt. Five minutes later I scan my receipt and out comes my photos and my disappointment. The colors are dull and drab and even the black and white photos are only black and white. There seems to be no gradient or smooth transitions. On some of the photos, the picture is not even printed on the entire sheet and there is a white bar where the rest of the photo should be. To sum it up, I am deeply upset. Now, I should have complained and asked for my money back and made a scene, etc. etc., but I knew what I was getting into when I decided to try and get them printed. Please learn from my mistake and do not, under any circumstances, get your professional photos printed at an inferior lab....
I also have found other blogs of other photographers having similar experiences:
http://blog.norakramerphotography.com/2013/08/why-use-a-professional-photo-lab.html
http://improvephotography.com/7756/test-results-best-online-print-lab/
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http://myfriendteresablog.com/so-youre-feeling-too-fat-to-be-photographed/
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Fro Knows Photo: Photographer Jared Polin runs this site and it is full of information! He has a beginner's CD available for sale as well as Photography Forums for you to post to and receive feedback. He also has daily videos, training videos, and news videos concerning the world of photography.
Adorama: More than a camera store! This site has all kinds of photography equipment as well as a place to trade in your old equipment and best of all; a learning center full of videos with some awesome presenters. My favorites are Gavin Hoey and Mark Wallace!
Tony Northrup: Author of Stunning Digital Photography, is probably one of my favorites. After you purchase the book or ebook, you will then have access to his private photography page for the book and he actually will respond! I have had a couple of critiques of my photos from him and he is always very positive and encouraging. I cannot recommend Tony's book enough. He has just recently came out with an update and allows anyone that purchased the book a reduced fare to get the update. You cannot beat that!
If you know of any more great learning websites, please feel free to let me know!
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