michaelmowery

<p>Wow the photographer shot from the wheel chair. did you get a shot of that?</p> <p>Rob , my comment that you referred to stemmed from the two sentences prior. Meant to be light humor with some truth.</p>

<p>Sam I will answer your question without giving you other advice that you did not ask for. If you have a mac then the easiest thing to do is download the files into iPhoto and you can set up a slideshow. You can google those steps.</p> <p>Most Mac monitors today are more than sufficient in displaying high resolution images that look great and will sell your work. No one today really looks at prints. Albums yes. I ditched my book of 11x14 printed samples over 10 years ago and have never regretted it. I will make a couple 16x20 or 20x30 of one or two special images to wow them and yes that can not be outdone by a monitor. Monitors are great because they show color and detail that a print can not show. Monitors are equivalent to the transparency in the fact that it is back lit and colors and shadows are more pleasing on a monitor than in print. The only way to really show off a print is to bring a flashlight and light up the print. lol Think of a gallery with track lighting hitting the prints. NICE!</p>

<p>It took 14 posts but you got your answer. lol we all like to read between the lines and inquire about all the back stories and give you additional advice you did not ask for. LOL Just answering everyones questions can be boring.</p>

<p>What I am not clear on is did the original photographer provide another photographer to do this job? By the sounds of it you took pictures as added insurance.</p>

<p>Again just make sure you have your original raw files in two different locations. If this is your friend and you did this for free then I would also give him all the raws as well.</p>

<p>export / choose jpeg with quality all the way to 100 with color space sRGB and set resolution to 300. Thats it. I assume you can choose the location for the export.</p>

<p>Yes Mark it does. You confused us by saying you were "second shooting". Thats what the main photographer calls his second photographer in this industry. second shooter.</p>

<p>What I don't understand is why are you dealing with the files and not the MAIN PHOTOGRAPAHER? and why doesn't he know the answers to your question. You should consult him not people on a forum.</p>

<p>First thing to do is make your immediate backup of all your files onto a secondary drive or DVD and do not erase your cards until everything is in place. When you say give to my friend, do you mean the photographer? IF so all you need to do is give him the copied raw files and let him deal with the post production end of it since you do not know what to do. </p>

<p>I feel your pain. If it were me I would give them a call and check in with them and question them about that review. Who knows they may change it. People do like reviews. Some like to read the dirt and others like to read the praises. LOL</p>

<p>Thats what reviews are all about. Good, bad or indifferent. If you can't handle a bad review whether you think its true or not then take it down. IF on the other hand they are lying then you need to contact them.</p>

<p>ok so use a flashlight to illuminate subject</p>

<p>Ok so I have good news and bad news. Good news is Sunny you are beautiful and even though you got an iffy photographer you still take great pictures. More good news is you don't have 200kb files as you first assumed. You can not measure a file's size without first opening it up because it is still compressed. The bad news it is still at best a 5x7 @ 200ppi. Why she decided to reduce the files is still a question. It was apparently ran through Aperture so maybe she exported them out and did not realize it got reduced or she just plain did not want to give you the full 6 megapixel file size which the one picture of your shoes represents 3000x2000 17meg file. Why that file is full resolution is another question.</p> <p>The good news is you can still make an album but limited to the maximum size of 5x7 for each picture. Most digitally designed albums are filled with multiple pictues on each page with pictures much smaller than 5x7 so thats good. The bad news is you can not really do a full page without uprezing it. Have someone who is good with photoshop take care of you.</p> <p>First contact this girl and make nice with her and let her know the files are only 5x7 in print size and you assumed it would be larger so you can make an album. Tell her one file was big but all the rest were too small. Don't get too technical on her from what we say keep your words simple so she does not think your being coached. LOL</p> <p>The contract is a joke and really gives no information to what you were to receive other than edited digital files. She did however add you would receive high resolution files. Now you have a case somewhat because these are clearly smaller files but.... since there is no file size dimensions on the contract there is no obligation. High resolution can very well mean printable in which case it is. There is something wrong here and I hope it is just a mistake on her part and I pray that she still has the full camera resolution files saved somewhere like any real professional would after only 1 year.</p> <p>Oh just making sure that the files you sent me were taken directly from the disc that she said was high resolution and not from the files that were emailed to you.</p>

<p>At this point honey will get the bees or something like that.</p>

<p>Sunny, I want to see pictures too as well as the contract. I have the pitch forks and torches ready if you need them.</p>

<p>Tomasz correct me if I am wrong but the file info is not going to tell you what pixel resolution the camera was set to. It will only tell you the pixel resolution of that file. In other words she could have decreased the file size in post which in that case gives hope to a higher resolution file somewhere.</p>

<p>Who cares what mode it was shot in. The bigger picture is the smaller picture. lol smaller file size</p>

<p>Well the bright side is she does have files that can be viewed on a computer screen and be printed to about 5x7 which can make a nice album. She should find someone or hire someone who can do some photoshop work to enhance the images and design an album. it could be a lot worse like not having any images at all.</p>

<p>Oh yes she sent you a file i see. Did she send you the contract as well? </p>

<p>That is the question and I feel horrible when people get taken advantage of. Number one is there a contract? If not then there is not much here to say. We don't even know if the photographer shot it in raw or at the very least Large jpeg. We will never know so there is no point to go on. Lesson learned for clients is to get everything in writing and educate yourself with file size if that is what you are purchasing.<br> Photographers should also be transparent and honest with the clients and educate them about file size and let them know exactly how big of a print they can make. If photographers feel they are loosing money by offering the files then they should charge more money to compensate but just don't try to be sly and use the word High resolution without giving the dimensions of the printable size.</p>

<p>Last thought.. Whether i have a $60,000 Hasselblad or a $600 iPhone my talent as a photographer is still the same. I think Terry Richardson proved that point already.</p>

<p>By the way the higher megapixel cameras does not mean better pictures. It only allows you to crop into your image more or make a bigger picture. Wedding photographers sell albums for the most part so they don't need a 21megapixel camera because most pages are made up of multiple images. Not like in the old days where it was one picture to a page. That said I only shoot with a 21megapixel camera because of the points that I have made. LOL <br /> The only thing that will improve the quality of the image is the glass in front of the sensor. Better glass equals better images. Medium format digital camera is another story all together.</p>

<p>Peter, Yes, I assumed the Nikon D40 would do the job even though it is a 6mp camera. I went from film to digital and had the latest digital camera which was a 6mp and I got great images. My point with the iPhone was its not the camera its the photographer that makes the great shots. Why this woman has bad images is not because it was from an inferior camera but rather an inferior photographer. The file size that the photographer sold her is a different matter.</p>

<p>The person who commented on your photographers choice of camera used is invalid and only throwing coals onto this fire. I can shoot a wedding with an iPhone and get great shots. Just saying.</p>

<p>The photographer knew it was a dead sale at that point so she should have tried to up sell you on higher pixel size files or at least let you know your options</p>