"The Classic Collection" for Your Wedding

This used to be my most popular wedding package. I have done quite a number of these over the years. The "Classic Collection" as shown here, is a "basic documentary" package with six hours of coverage. Well here's a SPECIAL offering. If you book your wedding with me before April 30, (the wedding can be for any future date) I will give you unlimited coverage with my total documentary coverage. In other words, this will be the same as my "Fine Art Collection" but the album will be a 10 x 10 with 90 images.


What a GREAT deal for $2,995 !!!

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY the best thing . . .

to happen to photography and the WORST thing to happen to photographers. I've been saying this for the last couple of years. As a matter of fact, this is my statement. I coined this phrase. "Digital is the best thing to happen to photography and the worst thing to happen to photographers." Dave Savarino

What do I mean? Digital capture is like comparing High Definition TV to an old black & white TV. The resolution, image quality is the best that I have seen in my 40 years as a professional photographer. I have seen it all. I printed my own photographs in the darkroom for many years. Now I still print my own images, but on archival inkjet printers. These images will last a hundred years compared to the 15 to 25 years printed in the darkroom. Yes, the quality of photography is many times better since digital photography appeared.

Why is it the worst thing to happen to photographers? Everybody who buys a camera thinks that they can do the same that I can do. The photography industry is changing so rapidly. I really don't know where it is going to go from here.

It has taken 40 years for me to accumulate the knowledge of photography that I have today. Lighting, posing, composition and how to process the image. It's not all that easy.

I'm going back to the studio. Classic portraiture.   MODELS WANTED !!!

Do You Remember the Family Scrapbook?

I can still remember the old photo album that my mother had with the family photos of days gone by. All my aunts and uncles, my grandparents when they were young, and the snapshots from family holidays were all there in that book. There was also an old shoebox filled with loose black & white photographs. Of course, all the photos were black & white.

I can't help thinking about the future. How about 10 years from now or 20 years? Will you have a family photo album? or the old shoebox full of photos. I'll bet not.

I am shocked at how many weddings that I have photographed in the past year that the bride only wanted a CD with the images and no album. Think about how fast technology has moved in the last 10 years. First the home computer used 5 1/4" floppy discs. GONE. Then it was the 3 1/2" floppy discs. GONE. What about the home computer you had 5 years ago that has since crashed and all the data on that obsolete hard drive is gone. Oh yes, you backed it up onto CD's. How long will those be readable?

Photographs, photographic prints are timeless. When properly cared for, they will last for generations, even in an old shoebox. Something to think about.

Doggy and the Deer, they are best friends.

I was visiting my cousin today. She needed some computer help. When I was there she received an email from her girlfriend in Utah which led to this link. If you are an animal lover or a dog lover, you will love this. http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/

Enjoy,
Dave

A Composite Sample

This a NEW product for the Bunny Portraits.

More than just Bunnies!

We will be offering multi-pose composites this so there will be a variety of closeups too! These closeups are timeless so they are not just for Easter.

Live Bunny Dates

OK. Here are the tentative dates for our Live Bunny portraits for this year. Since there were some requests for a Saturday, we are including one Saturday this year. The portraits will start on Friday, March 9; Saturday, March 10 and then carry over to Monday, March 12, and Tuesday, March 13.