CANVAS

Hi everyone! I will now be offering Canvas prints! If you look at the images below you can see that yes, they are made from canvas material so you get the nice texture but in addition to that, these come in absolutly beautiful resolutions and print.
If you are interested in having some quality canvas prints done of any pictures I have taken of you guys, contact me at sprite41(at) hotmail.com
For now, the following are images of how some of these look in a room. These aren't mine but taken by an awesome photographer Carey of Barefoot Memories who was gracious enough to share her pictures:




I love the huge ones, they look so darn good!

FAQ

Great news! I'm starting to take a small step into my business venture of photography. I want to thank everyone who has helped to contribute in building my portfolio. Now don't fret to those I have already spoken with previous to this that I would take pictures of you at the "lower" rate and haven't yet.
I thought I would start a FAQ on pricing (I'll add more with questions that may come in.)

Q: Why are the prices shown as what they are?
A: The prices set are comparative to those of other photographers within the area performing similar measure of photography, sklls, equipment and knowledge. In addition, the cost of these equipment are of professional level to provide you with the best quality images. To maintain and continue to improve on service and keep up with providing the best level of imagery does cost money. As this is not a full business for me, I try to keep my prices as reasonable as possible but still maintain respect for local photographers who harbor an attitude of giving and teamwork and not stress on competition in the area not to outdo them in pricing. Prices may vary with new year cycles. Contact me at sprite41@hotmail.com for pricing.

Q: Why are the print prices set as shown?
A: In addition to using the highest quality equipment and software for taking the images, Yunna Photography also wants to provide the clients with the highest quality prints available. In addition to this, there are base costs involved that include online hosting, shipping and handling, materials, service/labor, paperwork etc. involved with the online gallery and print company to expedite your order ASAP. The prices are set to cover these costs in addition to labor costs involved with bringing you the best quality prints possible.

Q: Why are you taking only limited number of clients?
A: I want to set forth the best possible quality and work to produce images that truly reflect the moment--as this takes time and care for each photograph. Since I have a regular job on top of other responsibilities, I want to be able to schedule enough time to work on your photographs and provide for you as best as I can.

How it's done

Well, thanks for coming by and visiting my site. Since this is a relatively new site, I thought I would provide an entry on a question many are rightly so curious about.
"Why does it take time to produce the pictures to see?"
The process of creating a picture with impact has many important steps before final presentation.
Typically photoshoots involve from between hundreds up to thousands of photos being taken for a single event. Because the photographer approaches the images through a photojournalistic approach (photographing moments as they happen) they need to act quick and so usually each moment commonly involves more than one shot to make sure the picture is correctly exposed, composed, desired focused is achieved, the appropriate mood is reflected and of course, no one is blinking. ^_^
After the photoshoot, the photographer downloads these image files into the computer. Because mistakes can be made by the photographer with regards to the mentioned elements, I typically take pictures in the RAW mode of the camera. The RAW mode acts like a negative would to film camera. This allows me to adjust the picture on the computer AFTER I've taken the picture incase I need to make minor adjustments on the picture that I may have missed while rushing to get the perfect shot. These RAW files tend to be very large files. I believe they are around 1-3 MB each. With a 512RAM computer + 1-3MB picture + hundreds of these pictures= a LONG time to download pictures.


Are you still with me?
So finally the pictures are downloaded. Well, you may think, just get those puppies out on the net now! Seems simple enough but not quite.
RAW files ( as far as my knowledge informs me) is not compatible with the internet. Due to this fact all of these files need to be converted to files that you may recognize called JPEGS. But I'm skipping ahead.
Before the RAW files are converted into JPEGS, as mentioned before they need to be adjusted to provide the best visual impact for each shot. Oh, but let me take one more step back. Before even all this occurs, the photographer typically goes through every shot (whether hundreds or thousands) from the event picking the best images for each picture taken.
The pictures that are then selected in my case are all adjusted to make the final OOMPH visual impact. Whether it's boosting up the constrast, erasing ugly poles in the background, determining what background lighting would be best to enhance the mood of the image, whether image should be in black and white, choosing from the millions of combinations of b/w images, color, choosing from the millions of color combinations that the image can have, sharpness, etc. I really care for each image and so with many of my favorites, I like to adjust each by hand to create unique and custom effects for each picture instead of plastering each image with black and white.
Many misunderstood the concept that a better camera means amazing images. Though this is true to an extent, the power of touching up images creates a stronger visual message. (I will try and remember to put a picture here of some before and after samples). And yes at times, the images straight from the camera can have incredible color, contrast but just by maybe changing it from for example color to black and white, the entire mood of the image has been changed (note to self to insert image here).
When all of the images have been touched up they are all then converted into JPEG images. Again, because of the large sizes of the RAW files, these conversions typically can take hours to complete. Unless of course, someone wants to buy me a 2GB RAM computer *hint*hint* hehehe!!
That computer would speed things up!
Once all the files have been converted into JPEGS a select few are chosen to be placed on display for the internet. As long as there are no concerns on images being displayed I will post some up on my website. This would include resizing each image to a smaller size as the website allows and then placing my watermark logo on each image (for copyright issues).


That's just the jist of what I do. I wish I can be doing this all the time during all my available time. But because this is a hobby of mine, I have to consider my regular , bongsa time, personal bible study, family time, friend time, work schedule, my personal sanity time to unwind, eating, sleeping, and basic bathroom functions hehe into my schedule. In between I am always looking forward to making the best pictures of all the beautiful images I take with all the fabulous models I have been doing the shoots with. Thanks for reading!! If you read to the end here, man big PAT on the back for you! Alrighty then!