Tag Archives: digital

New York City with a “point & shoot” or what a professional photographer shoots on vacation

Maine professional photographer

I took a short trip to New York City earlier this week; when I very unexpectedly fell into tickets to a taping of the Colbert Report, I quickly planned a midweek getaway to take advantage of my great luck. Often when we (photographers) tell friends we are going on vacation, someone will respond “Oh, I...

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Is it wrong to get just your high resolution files?

An ongoing (as in ongoing for years) discussion among professional photographers is whether or not photographers should allow couples to own their high resolution files. Years ago, the discussion started along the lines of “should we sell the files at all?” Thankfully we’ve moved beyond that and allowed couples to purchase their own files, but...

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From the time capsule: “film v. digital” arguments from 2004

I chuckled today when I ran across a document from early 2004 looking at the pros and cons of digital photography at weddings. My, how things have changed! In 2004 I was ready to go all digital, but many clients weren’t. With something as important as their wedding day, I didn’t want to appear to be...

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Are you backing up your files on a regular basis?

It was bound to happen eventually. Through some boneheaded move I deleted an incredibly important file. I have no idea how it happened; I simply fired up the Mac this morning, and my to-do list was nowhere to be found. And my trash can was as empty as can be. Can you say “rapidly sinking...

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