A Princess and her family at the Park ~ {Central Florida Family Photographer}

Posted on November 25, 2009

Another afternoon in the park for me yesterday and little Miss K and her family. Enjoy the sneak peek and I’ll have your gallery up for you soon!

I’m going to have to do some serious work on the Photography Site soon to include all these wonderful new images I’ve got lately! Busy, busy! New year, new site, methinks!

Enjoy…

Perfect day at the Park ~ {Central Florida Family Photographer}

Posted on November 23, 2009

So, this morning I anxiously awoke to overcast skies and drizzly rain. Lovely morning for a session at the park, right? Well yes! The rain stopped and the overcast skies made for absolutely divine lighting on a wonderful family and a little boy with amazing eyes and eyelashes all the girls are going to be jealous of!!

Enjoy this sneak peek and I should have your gallery ready soon! I have been a busy bee! Ha!

Hyperdash! ~ {Central Florida Photographer}

Posted on November 21, 2009

So, Alex and Tom were playing Hyperdash yesterday afternoon. I’ve been editing pictures to go in my family book and I realised that whilst I have taken a whole lot of pictures in the last year or so, more of them are posed than just of the children having fun…. so I got out my Camera.

Quoting from my Flickr Account :

It is always of extreme importance to make sure one is dressed appropriately for ones sport. Of utmost importance is the wearing of swimming goggles. The ability to see? Not so much.

Hehe….

A park session with the “M” family ~ {Central Florida Family Photographer}

Posted on November 8, 2009

So, back to Blue Springs Park this weekend for another family session. I really do love this park and the children were so photogenic as you can see! Lots of fun! Thanks guys and enjoy!!!

Why does Custom Photography cost so much?

Posted on November 7, 2009

People are forever surprised as to how much Custom Photography costs, so I thought I’d explain a little bit as to why it costs so much.

When you pay a Custom Photographer to take your Photographs, you are paying for so much more than just someone to take your picture. When you go to Walmart or Sears, they basically have the studio set up ready for you and all they do is press the trigger and take the picture. That’s what you’re buying and that’s what you get.

With a Custom Photographer you’re paying for them to take your Photograph and then take that Photograph and work magic with it and turn it from a simple Photograph into something magical. You’re paying for the “Wow” factor. On average I spend anywhere from five minutes to a half hour or more editing each individual image. Different Photographers have different methods of processing your images. Each has their own unique style and you have to choose your Photographer based on which style appeals to you the most.

Here’s an example of the time that would be spent on your session so you have an idea as to where your money is going when you book a session with me.

Pre-session preparation : Between 30 minutes to an hour getting my equipment ready and researching ideas and poses for your session.

10-20 minutes driving to the session and I always get there at least 20 minutes early to scout it out and get my imagination going before you even get there.

1-2 hours and sometimes more actually taking the pictures themselves.

10-20 minutes driving home.

When I get home, the first thing I do it upload the images onto my computer and then burn a DVD of your images to make sure I have them in two different locations for security. Then I visually run through your images and discard any that are out of focus or over-exposed etc. etc. or just don’t work for whatever reason. At this time I usually pick about four or five of your images that stand out as being favourites and I pull them up into Photoshop. I normally then spend about two hours or so editing those favourite images and putting together a blog post for you to get a “sneak peek” of what’s available.

Over the course of the next few days I will edit the rest of your images which takes between another four to six hours and then spend another hour or so getting your Website Gallery up for you to view.

Once you place any print orders I will then spend another hour or so double checking the images at the print size requested to make sure they are flawless before placing your print order.

Finally, there’s another half hour or so getting your Print Order ready for delivery and coming to your home to deliver it, or taking it to the Post Office to mail.

And there you have it! At the end of the day if you want someone to just take some photographs of your family and hand you the results, then Walmart or Sears is probably the place to go. If you want someone to take your Photographs and turn them into something more than ‘just a Photograph’, then you want to find a Custom Portrait Photographer. Unfortunately you also have to be prepared to pay significantly more for their work than you would that of a Walmart or Sears type Photographer.

As a final note I thought I’d include a couple of images so you can see for yourself the kind of difference made in post processing from the SOOC (Straight out of camera) image, to the final image.

BEFORE :

AFTER :

Book now for 2010 and secure 2009 pricing!

Posted on November 7, 2009

With effect from the 1st January, 2010, my pricing will be changing and increasing somewhat. Print prices will be increasing a little, there will be print packages with discounts and what you get in with your session fee will be changing. If you like what you see now, then you need to reserve your spot for 2010 now and secure 2009 pricing for your session.

Contact me for more details : kerry@thepaintedtreehousephotography.com

Now finally…. the best. halloween. costume. EVER!! Fantastically creative and brilliantly done and so perfectly fitting the little beauty inside. Brilliant!!!!!!!

More from the ‘T’ Family

Posted on November 3, 2009

I have been playing with a vintage feel to my pictures and I absolutely love how these came out and wanted to share.