Friday, January 13, 2006
The Picture People Hints (Part II)
Our picture from the Picture People came out really nice and we were pretty happy with it and the overall experience, with a few caveats (based on my experience anyway).
1) You're not going to get the kind of attention to detail as with a more standard studio. Little things like a shirt riding up or a strange hand position, I don't think they're paying much attention to. The price probably reflects this. I'm sure you get what you pay for.
2) They don't perform digital photo editing. During that same visit, we had them take a picture of our 2 kids. In this case, the posing was a little more difficult - no older cousins to hold on to them - so we held them in the pose until the photographer gave the signal, then we stepped out of frame (almost). I say almost because he got the pose but also my wifes foot at the edge of the picture. It is in the picture enough that it is not easily crop-able. It would be easy enough to digitally edit her foot out, but when I asked them if they perform digital editing, the answer was no. We bought the picture anyway.
3) This is an obvious one - try to find a time when it will not be very busy. Our photographer was good, patient, but still obviously getting us 'in and out.'
1) You're not going to get the kind of attention to detail as with a more standard studio. Little things like a shirt riding up or a strange hand position, I don't think they're paying much attention to. The price probably reflects this. I'm sure you get what you pay for.
2) They don't perform digital photo editing. During that same visit, we had them take a picture of our 2 kids. In this case, the posing was a little more difficult - no older cousins to hold on to them - so we held them in the pose until the photographer gave the signal, then we stepped out of frame (almost). I say almost because he got the pose but also my wifes foot at the edge of the picture. It is in the picture enough that it is not easily crop-able. It would be easy enough to digitally edit her foot out, but when I asked them if they perform digital editing, the answer was no. We bought the picture anyway.
3) This is an obvious one - try to find a time when it will not be very busy. Our photographer was good, patient, but still obviously getting us 'in and out.'
