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For me, the two most important things about family photography are having the session be enjoyable and getting you the best high quality archival products I can.

In order to accomplish this, I invite you into my studio for your presentation/selection meeting. Here we can work together to select your favorite photographs. I will be able to crop images and enlarge them and show you other variations including black and white or sepia.  Then I will show you a host of beautiful products that will showcase your photographs.

Here are some things to think about before the meeting:

1. Albums: When clients like 20 or more imagines many choose to put them in an archival bound album.  I offer many options (you can see some of them here). Your album can tell a story about your family at the beach, your home or wherever the session was. Duplicate books can be made for the “other house” and smaller book for grandparents.

2. Wall Portraits: If you are thinking about hanging your portrait, measure the wall you are thinking of hanging the photograph on. Typical sizes are 30 x 40, 24 x 30, 20 x 24, and 16 x 20. Since we print almost all of our work on premises, we can custom create any size you need that fits the image and your wall space. We offer many different finishes and you’ll see each option at the meeting (here’s a preview).

3. Holiday Gifts: Photographs make great Holiday Gifts. Do you have anyone that might enjoy a photograph of your children and family? Bring a written list.

4. Your Office: Does your office have space for wall portraits or something for a bookcase or your desk? Consider sizes that work for your situation.

5. Holiday Cards: Does your family send Holiday Cards? If so, how many did you send last year? Did you have enough or too many or too few? We work with several custom vendors so there are many styles to choose from.

Whether you choose albums, wall portraits, or holiday cards, you will be getting the best quality printing and finishing so that they last forever.

 

 

 
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By Deborah Kalas, Hamptons Photographer

As you can probably tell from my website one of the ways people know of me is as a beach photographer. I love taking beach portraits and so may of my clients request to have their sessions on the beach. And why not? There is nothing more magical than the surf and the sand and the sun. And of course the memory of that perfect summer day and the exquisite light in the Hamptons.

Beach photography poses some unique challenges. Too bright and harsh light is not ideal for photographs, and on the beach there are no places to go for some shade. Moreover, the sun’s rays are reflected on the sand and that can also add to harshness. So, the beach photographer has to work with the sun, not against it.

I prefer to photograph on the beach 1½ hour before sunset (that’s my favorite time to be on the beach anyway!) or very early in the morning. At that time, the angle of the sun provides a lovely, soft light that enhances skin tone and color saturation. When the light is warm and golden we get the most beautiful portraits.

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Above is a group of photographs that I created to illustrate the different qualities of light on the beach at various times of day (in this example, it was early June). As you can see, the time of day really does make a difference.

So, when booking your photo session at the beach, try to be at the location as early as possible so we can work with the light to get it just right. Your portraits will be gorgeous!