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This quarter I went with Gap Kids and posted coordinating outfits in gray and rose for a toddler boy, kid boy, and two kid girls sizes.

And for those with a more traditional “holiday” bent, head on over to lilswanky.com for this combo of red, black, and gray with options for two boys and two girls. As always, we love layering! Adding leg warmers in funky patterns for the girls might be a nice addition!

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Albums: all albums expected for holiday delivery must have final approval by November 1. No exceptions.
Holiday cards: all sessions with holiday cards as an expected product must be completed by November 1.
Prints: all fine art prints expected for holiday delivery must be ordered by December 1.

Please note! For the last two weeks of November and first two weeks of December we will be in the office for very limited amounts of time, primarily only for image premieres and fulfilling current orders.

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The very next day, Style Me Pretty published a feature on Francine and Jon’s Jersey Shore wedding.

Joe and I both know that these were great weddings, but it’s nice to see others agree that both couples put together fabulous celebrations!

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We’ve long had leather flush mount albums in our offerings and also had a fine art album on the pricelist, and now we have a combination of both. The fine art flush mount album is printed on fine art paper but still mounted in a sturdy leather or premium binding just like the flush mount albums we’ve always offered. It’s truly the best of both worlds!

This first album showcases the new fine art paper option, as well as a new flipbook size that opens up to a 16″ square.

One more to show off the cover since it’s a pretty, fall-inspired combo:

The next album shows the largest size we currently offer (18×12) and also shows one of our cover upgrades, an acrylic cover that shows through to the first page of the album. The fireworks image from Punit and Nishma’s wedding looks perfect under the mystery glass!

Next, we’ll move on and show you Alex and Darren’s beautiful album showing one of our newer leathers, a deep black with a tooled texture. You can also see the gorgeous texture of the fine art paper here!

Another cover upgrade offering, this acrylic cover has a metallic photograph mounted behind the acrylic for a unique multi-dimensional appearance.

Kathleen and Chris’s wedding has been on the blog a lot lately! Here, another cover upgrade in the form of a wraparound canvas cover for the large album and the duplicate press-printed album is the smaller option. The duplicate press books make great gifts or parent albums. The larger album is our normal flush mount style with medium-thickness pages.

Last but not least, a small portrait album choice now available with our premium leathers!

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The first is from my favorite browsing source, J Crew – or CrewCuts, rather. It’s all taken from their current spring lineup and all currently available. It’s a perfect mix for boys and girls!

The second option is from Naartje Kids and is a bright mix of aqua and a deep red. There’s outfits for both boys and girls of all ages newborn – 10 on their website, and it’s really easy to mix and match similar colors even at different sizes.

I wanted to include a full family look so I went over to the Gap website for this final group of clothing ideas, all in a soft butter, gray and khaki.

That’s it! We still have a couple spots open for portraits in Southern California and plenty in New York when we return!

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Hair and Makeup by Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon

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There are three basic stages of a digital file. The first is straight out of the camera, or SOTC as I’ll refer to it. This is the RAW file exactly as shot and downloaded to our computers. No work has been done to this file. Some photographers will deliver files or even printed products at this stage.

The second stage is what I would call color-corrected. For me, this level is defined by what a photographer can do to this file in any raw conversion program and is usually limited to color temperature (how warm or cool the photograph is), exposure (how bright or dark), and contrast (the difference between lights and darks). Most photographers finish at this stage unless it’s a favorite image, and this is also that level we used to deliver for the hi-res disc.

The final stage is a fully retouched image. This may or may not include more density correction, retouching of skin imperfections, brightening eyes, vignetting, and other artistic enhancements. While far more time consuming, this is what I hope all photographers are doing to any printed work. We are also delivering all products at this stage now, including the final hi-res files if our clients decide to purchase them. As far as I’ve seen, most photographers in the LA and NYC markets do not sell files with this level of finishing.

A few more examples of the three levels of finishing are below. I’ve included a different type of photograph to see the different amounts of work involved. As you can see with baby images, particularly if we didn’t photograph them at the newborn stage before baby acne comes in, retouching can be important.

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First up is Nick and Christina’s show-stopping album from their September New Jersey wedding at The Manor. They chose a metal cover with a silvery croc leather pattern for the back and binding. This is one hot album!

Next are Nishma and Punit’s albums from their June wedding at the Jersey City Hyatt. They ordered two duplicate small copies of their albums for each of their parents (one shown). They did a small photo cover on gold fabric.

Since I never photographed the two new sample albums I’ve made in the last few months, I made sure to do it while photographing these albums the other day. The first is a sample album from Dan and Jordyn’s April wedding at the Inn at the Garrison, and the second is from Chris and Kathleen’s September wedding Hamlet Willow Creek in Mount Sinai. The albums are 14×11 and 12×9 in size. The 14×11 features some of the beautiful new leathers we have available (can you tell we’re in love with them!). The 12×9 features a neutral fabric and two photo cutouts. The first image is the album box that comes with all of our albums.

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