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Category Archives: Showcase

Best of ’09! Get involved and submit your favorite shots!

Well, another season has gone by! Trust me when I say we have seen some of the finest work in the industry pass through our office. We are proud to serve such an astounding group of creatives!

As you know, our new website is in the making and we are looking for new material to showcase on our site. So gather up your favorite 10-20 shots from the year and place them in a folder with your studio name. Then check out the upload instructions below.

Raw files are preferred since we really want to show off our color and retouching skills.

All submissions must be made by January 27th. PLEASE don’t miss it!

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If you are in, here’s the secret password:

Open up your favorite FTP client (Transmit or Filezilla) and enter the info below:

server: colorati.exavault.com
user:  bestof09
pass:   scoc5vor

Upload your folder once you’re in and you are done!

By the way, this folder is a blind drop box. Other people’s files are invisible to you and vice-versa.

We’ll let you know if we select your images and get your final approval before the launch.

Thanks so much for your help (and being such an awesome group of people)!

Real world samples: Wedding

Here’s a look at a recent wedding we edited for Emily Steffen who serves the St. Paul/Minneapolis area. When we saw this one come through, we couldn’t resist sharing it with the rest of you. (With Emily’s permission, of course!)

What a fun, unique and colorful wedding!

Below is the before and after comparisons of the images as they appeared out of camera and after our Standard Color Raw processing.

Enjoy!

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Real world samples

Here is a real world look at some samples we pulled for some new clients, Savady Photography. They submitted their first order, requested some samples and here’s what we showed them.

Our Standard Color gives you a solid base image that you can proof immediately to your client or pull into Photoshop for further editing. We adjust the Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and of course White Balance for a natural and consistent skin tone. But we don’t stop there. Curves and HSL are our friends too.

These samples reflect our Standard Color. No extra Photoshop work, just straight out of Camera Raw, ready to rock!

Enjoy!

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National Geographic Adventure

National Geographic Mag

How awesome is this? We recently did some image consulting with the producers of a National Geographic Adventure video.

This behind the scenes look at a photo shoot for the Fall/Winter clothing preview is beautiful! Photographer Steve Casimiro takes a crew to some of the most beautiful places in New Zealand.

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Take a 4 minute break and escape into the beauty of this New Zealand adventure!

Link: The Art Of Adventure: Wild New Zealand

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(And be sure to watch the credits!)

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Another sweet album design! (Dez you rock!)

There is something amazing about East Coast light. There’s also a vibe about East Coast weddings that I truly dig: elegance.

Recently, Rupert Whiteley from Swansea, Massachusetts caught up with us and had us do some raw processing and retouching. Here’s a quick look at a custom album design:

Elegant Wedding Album Design

Recently we had a chance to do some work for San Diego based wedding photographer Paul Barnett. Paul’s work has been showcased in nearly every industry magazine including Grace Ormonde. He has traveled to the most exotic corners of the globe and I’m honored to know him!

Paul’s style is classic elegance. In album design, it’s important to Paul that the design never goes out of style and showcases his work.

Take a look at a recent wedding where we did the Raw color correction, retouching and album design:

New e.session Album Design

I have some of the coolest clients in the world…

Like Bay Area photographer Jillian Kay! (Blog)

I love the way she uses San Francisco as a backdrop for her sessions- amazing!

We had the pleasure of doing Raw color correction on this session and for fun we created this little album. Enjoy!

Lots of you are asking about album designs!

The more I talk to photographers the more I realize that album design leads them to endless hours of tinkering. So they ask if I do album designs and the answer is, “of course!”

Here’s a look at an album that was actually shot by and designed by our me!

Some quick before and after shots

I’ve been working on some really amazing images lately. Check out these shots from two recent orders: