Senior Portrait info
by bacma on Aug.11, 2010, under photo journal
October 30 was last year’s deadline for the Westford Academy yearbook. Here’s the Fall 2009 page (official yearbook page). We got some great foliage portraits last year. Here’s a slide show of some portraits.
Here is my portrait gallery.
Westford Academy’s default photographer is Burlington Studios. They offer competent but uninspired photography. All of my senior’s LOVED their portraits. When you page through the Clarion you can tell when the photos are inspired. The difference is clear.
I will take the time to get the shot(s) that you want, and I’ll work to make the images great.
Burlington Studios cannot match what I do. To get outdoor photos you must buy their ‘ultimate package’ Which is $200 WITHOUT any prints. when you add in prints it’s easily (their 2011 print price list) another $100. 2 8×10’s and 8 wallets is over $110. … That’s $310! My comparable service is $155 and includes the following.
- Outdoor photography in a variety of settings
- Comfortable, relaxed, unpressured, and fun
- On-line proofing gallery
- 1 on-site proofing session to help select your photo
- 1 edited color corrected image including blemish removal, airbrushing, etc.
- File to be submitted to the Yearbook that meets Clarion 2011 specifications (sRGB jpg 2.5″x3.5″@360px/in)
- sample prints – 2 8×10’s and 8 wallets
For additional prints, you can either get them from me, or purchase the digital negative (not an option at many studios). I do professional archival (very long lasting) pigment printing on canvas, watercolor paper, and traditional photo paper at very competitive rates. My digital negative allows you to do your own printing, and will be color corrected to print well on the Noritsu printer at Costco.
I guarantee your satisfaction. If you’re not happy I’ll do a reshoot.
contact me at portraits at brucecaldwellphotography dot com
How to prepare for your portrait?
by bacma on Aug.01, 2010, under photo journal
- Time. When do you feel calmest and best? Most folks are usually AM or PM. Schedule your session for when you feel (and look) your best
- Sleep. Unless you’re going for the goth look, get a good night’s sleep.
- Spend a few minutes with post-its and a previous yearbook and mark a half dozen pictures that you really like.
- Wardrobe (what to wear)
- Wear something you’re comfortable in
- Bring a dark solid top, long or short sleeves.
- Bring a white solid top
- For senior portraits bottoms and shoes are whatever is comfortable. Remember that most of our shooting is outside so be prepared for the outside.
- If we are doing full, 3/4, or fine art shooting, you need to coordinate with your top(s).
- Jewelry should be complementary and not eye catching. The portrait is of you, not of your necklace.
- Hair
- schedule the hair dresser at least 7 days before the shoot.
- Wind can be great, but if you don’t like the affect bring the accessories you need to keep your hair the way you like it.
- Use makeup but not too much
- Boys and girls : conceal your blemishes
- Girls easy on the :
- mascara, light eye liner, foundation, lip stick
- Props – If our goal is the Westford yearbook, they have a no prop rule.
- Groups – I really want to get the ‘real’ you. We usually want to see a smile, and we’re really good at seeing when it’s forced. Having your chums around can make it more fun and allow some spontaneity.
- Have fun!
Lorraine
by bacma on Sep.18, 2009, under photo journal



Nicole’s Senior shoot
by bacma on Sep.01, 2009, under photo journal


Some cape cod family portraits
by bacma on Aug.28, 2009, under photo journal
Senior Portraits on Cape Cod
by bacma on Aug.28, 2009, under photo journal

Meahgan


Tracy
for more examples click : Portraits
Katie&Matt
by bacma on Aug.19, 2009, under photo journal
Two great professional photographers captured the wedding and the beginning of the reception.
Hot & Hazy!
by bacma on Aug.18, 2009, under photo journal
vista XP file sharing ridiculousness
by admin on Jun.03, 2009, under Computer machination
this registry addition to the file menu is a great work around
new vista machine checklist
by admin on Jun.01, 2009, under Computer machination
Things to do mostly in the correct order :
- On old computer run belarc advisor
- Create a restore point
- Disable User Access Control (UAC) ( this gets tiring very quickly – we’ll enable it when we’re done)
- Control panel search for UAC OR
- Win-R msconfig -> tools tab ‘disable UAP’
- Disable file indexing
- Win-R services.msc
- find ‘windows search’ Right click properties-> startup type : disabled
- Disable Cyberlink MediaLibrary Service
- Win-R msconfig -> Startup tab
- Connect to the network
- Install Firefox and thunderbird
- run www.pcdecrapifier.com to remove all trial software etc…
- run windows update to get all the latest security fixes.
- create a restore point
- Move Firefox and Thunderbird setup, plugins, etc….
- Windows-R %APPDATA% on your old PC will disclose where the Profile directories are.
- copy the profile directories that you want to use to the new PC %APPDATA% again…
- edit the profiles.ini (in Profiles/..) to point to the profile dir you just copied.
- Install your other apps
- Adobe CS4 & LightRoom2.5 – Normal DVD install
- Office – Normal DVD install
- filezilla
- galleryremote
- putty & tunnelier
- cygwin
- emacs(local)
- Migrate Adobe preferences
- Change caps key to Control
- install Google synch daemon to synch lightning calendar with google calendar
- Enable UAC





































