Photographers

While I have done numerous 500-guest events, most of my assignments include about 100-300 people. I enjoy the intimacy and the flexibility of these smaller events. They are more fun. I usually work alone unless the event is too complex for me to handle, by myself. I have up to 4 additional photographers, at my disposal, all with similar backgrounds and equipment. I have never used un-skilled contract photographers, young students, my spouse or un-needed assistants. I wear a new black tux or I dress to match the approved theme of my events.

You may buy as much, or as little as you wish. You can split your schedule, spreading your time out over several months, if you wish, with no financial penalty. Let me know if you would like to have all of your parties, showers, family dinners and dress fittings photographed, as well as your engagement, rehearsal, ceremony and reception. I will shoot anything and everything you wish. I am available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Instead, I use professional, commercial-quality, Medium Format, Hasselblad H1 and Noblex Panoramic cameras. These are the best and the most expensive cameras in the world.

I shoot with both Medium Format, Fuji Film and with my 22-million pixel, Phase One, P25, digital camera "back" that attaches to my legendary Hasselblad H1 cameras. My Noblex Panoramic camera produces sharp, distortion-free, true panoramic pictures. Your picture colors, compositions, resolution and refined details will be better than anything you have ever seen before.

The larger cameras record 3 or 4 times as much information as do the smaller, less-expensive, 35mm cameras. The smaller 35mm cameras produce soft-looking and poorly-colored pictures, especially with enlargements and creative crops. All too often, the smaller, 35mm cameras only shoot in the JPEG file format, which is the smallest possible file size and the worst possible format. The larger files contain 4x as much color and digital resolution information... giving you a sharper, more vital, better quality picture. Those small JPEG files often need to be "rezzed" up or computer-enhanced before they can be printed. Mine don't.

Regardless of whether I shoot with MF Film or with my 22-million pixel, P25 digital system, I will personally Photoshop every single picture that I shoot for you. You will receive one beautiful, tack-sharp, 300dpi, sRGB, 6mb, TIFF, file-numbered, matte-surfaced, Fuji, Crystal Archive, 4"x5" Photographic Proof Print for every picture I shoot.

I will shoot as much or as little as you wish. I always over-shoot my events, to guarantee that my familes receive at least 10% more than what they pay for. For instance, if you wanted me to shoot 800 pictures, it would only cost you 800 x $1.56/ea. You would then receive about 900 beautiful, 4"x5" pictures. On average, I shoot about 100-150 pictures per hour but that number depends on the event, the budget and on the specific visual goals for each event.

You will NOT receive the typical tedious, low-resolution, locked and un-printable picture CD's. Instead, you will receive all of your original Medium Format Film negatives or High Defintion digital files, all of your high-resolution, proof-printed, Photoshopped digital files and all of your beautiful 4"x5" Proof Prints. You will receive everything. You will own everything. Nothing will ever need to be returned to me.

If I shoot your event with film, your negatives will be processed and individually scanned to color-corrected, 6mb, 4"x5", 300dpi, sRGB, TIFF files.

If I shoot your event digitally, your initial RAW digital files will be converted to 300dpi, sRGB, 7mb, 4"x5" and 25mb, 8x10 TIFFs as well as 150dpi, sRGB, 1mb, 4"x5" JPEG files.

I explain all of this on my web site, www.adagiophotography.com

You do not have to buy a huge, expensive, enlarged album. I would, however, recommend buying a fantastic, professional-looking, Proof Book, to hold all of your beautiful 4"x5" proof pictures. These Proof Books cost about $200.00 and they hold about 450 4"x5" proofs.

However, for those families that want to buy a separate Enlarged Photo Album, their prices and options have no limits. In fact, I offer every album, with every feature, from every manufacturer, in the world. My families can design and build their own albums (such as scrap books) or I can assist them with all of their design and construction ideas. I routinely bring my computer to my familie's homes and offices to help them custom design their own albums. Any size, any shape, any color and anything is possible. Go to my web site for more information and design ideas.

After your event, you will be able to have any professional, portrait-based, photo lab in the country print your images for you... at wholesale prices. A professionally-printed, 8x10 Photograph will only cost $9.00. Or, if you wish, I can do everything for you. However, I will need to charge for my time.

Booking Reservations
It will cost $100.00 to Reserve your date. The rest will be due at the end of your event.

Relax. I will come to you. Any time, any place. No pressure and no obligation. My program quickly sells itself. I will bring my cameras, albums, thousands of proof-sized pictures, lots of huge, enlarged prints, the lab price books, album catalogs and my personality. These initial meetings usually take from 2-4 hours depending on the level of interest and on the complexity of the questions asked. My time will be your time.

We can meet in your home, office, event venue or restaurant. Just give me a call or send me an email. It will be my pleasure.

I look forward to meeting you and I thank you for your consideration.

Paul DeMers
principal