Why Go digital?
You know that traditional film photography is capable of producing great photos, so you might be wondering why you should want your event to be shot digitally. Well, read on to learn about digital photography and discover some of its benefits to help you decide if its right for you.
Not All Digital Is Equal
Since the time digital cameras came out about fourteen years ago, they have been improving every year in leaps and bounds. For most of that time, however, they did not have the ability to match the image quality of film. Digital cameras were great for photos on the web or in newspapers, but for large prints, film was the only way to go. Now, however, the technology has progressed so that high quality digital cameras have similar capabilities as film for making large prints. Professional film, for the most part, still edges out digital cameras in terms of size, but digital images can be edited on the computer for more control over the final image, which means, in many ways, a better final product.
The kind of digital camera you use still has the biggest effect on the quality of a digital image. We use only professional Canon digital cameras. For portraits and any image that might be enlarged beyond 8X10 inches we use the 6 megapixel Canon EOS 10D digital SLR camera which is capable of producing high quality 16X20 prints. For candid shots we may use the smaller, less intrusive 4 megapixel Canon G3.
The Benefits of Digital
Aside from the questions of image quality that we have mentioned, digital photography has many unique advantages over film photography.
Black and White or Color? You Can Have Both
Both black and white (B&W) and color photography have their own unique charm. Digital photography allows us to capture all of our images in color and then convert them into B&W. This means that you can have every image from your event in both color and B&W.
Power To Do More with Your Pictures
If you rarely sit down at a computer, or you have no idea or desire to learn what a jpeg is, what you are about to read may not mean much to you. But, if you are like many of us who use computers everyday at home or work, and you are accustomed to saving or sending digital images, then you may already know some of the amazing things we can do with them.
Most traditional film photographers shoot an event on film and then keep all the negatives so they can sell prints to you at an inflated price. While we do offer inexpensive prints, we also give you all of your images on a CD so that you can do whatever you want with them. Since these images are already edited and saved at full resolution and quality, you can have prints made at the photolab of your choice or even print them for next to free if you have a inkjet photo printer. You can also send any of your images to as many people you want via email or post them on the web for the world to see. You can also get cool products, such as photo books with elegant covers and photos printed directly onto glossy pages or screen-savers for your computer.
Pictures that Stay as True as Your Memories
Film is a physical substance, and with time prints fade, get lost, or damaged. Digital files never fade and as long as there is still a computer to view them and use them, they will look as good as the day they were taken. Accidents can happen, however. Hard drives crash, or your CD's might get lost or scratched. If this happens you can simply contact us because we keep archives of everything we shoot and can replace your lost pictures for only a little more than the price of a CD and with no more effort than a phone call or an email.
Have a Little Money Left Over
If you are in the process of planning an event then you already know how much these things cost. Fortunately, with digital photography you can have great looking images without spending a fortune. The reason for this is that we don't have to maintain an expensive photolab to get you great prints or buy film for every event we shoot. Even if you don't have a computer or don't want to think about getting your own prints made, we can provide you with great packages and products for much less than you would expect to pay elsewhere. Click Here to learn more about our packages and products.