So what's the deal with one2one portrait images?

Hi Frank, We just wanted to thank you again for our FANTASTIC photos! So Thankyou, not only for the photos but for being so friendly and down to earth. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending you! Furthermore in future Shawn and I will definitely ask you back to get some updated photos. Thanks for helping tell our family story and preserving our memories. Catherine, Shawn, Shaylah & Jazmyne.

 

See if this sounds familiar..............

So, you've decided, you want some professional photographs of your family, maybe just of the kids, individual shots, grandparents, pre birth or pregnancy photos, christening, portfolio images,or you wish to buy someone special a portrait voucher etc, etc, but the sheer cost of hiring a professional photographer puts you off. Even if you muster up the courage to phone a photographer you are then faced with a number of issues straightaway. Can I see their work before I book? How much does it cost? What's this free sitting fee all about, what's the catch, and so on........

Once you have had your photos taken, you return to see your photos and begin the selection process. You may, if you are lucky, get a few small prints free but then you have the agonising task of selecting a few more because the individual costs of the printed photos are colossal. Worst of all, you are not given all of your photographs, instead the photographer keeps them.

Here's what we do at one2one
Let's be honest, there is no such thing as a free lunch. We cannot offer a free photo session because we will not work for nothing. Instead we work as most professionals do, on an hourly basis, the rate being $175 per hour, plus GST. Now....we can usually complete a photo shoot in most cases within an hour, capturing over 100 images, but there is of course no limit to the amount of images that we can capture.

We then begin the process of editing your best photos, which usually takes a further hour. During this time we check every image for accurate light and colour tones. We aim to provide a selection of black and white, colour, duo-tone and so on, but you call the shots with what YOU want. The cost for all of this? 2 hours of our time, $395 inclusive of GST and postage.

So what do you get for your dollars?
You receive all of YOUR digital photos on cd/dvd. Not only do you get all the edited images, you also get those you did not like. We do not feel it is our position to simply delete your unwanted photos, so you get them whether you want them or not. If you want more discs, for family or parents, we will provide more at a cost of $15 per disc.

We always aim to be open and honest with our clients, no matter what we are photographing. We adopted this approach to portrait work in the UK and it encouraged our clients to come back to us on a regular basis.

Can I purchase a voucher?
Yes we offer vouchers. Portrait photography and Christening gift vouchers are our most popular.

So what about printing?
You will of course want to get some, if not all of your images printed. We use the latest Canon EOS digital equipment and the average image size is 12-15MB. What does that mean? Basically, the images are that detailed that you could print to poster size without the image pixelating, i.e. losing its quality. To maintain this quality you really should get the digital images developed professionally. We work closely with Photo Color in Heidelberg and Photo Barn in Burwood and have calibrated our screens to their printers. The quality of their work is exceptional and your images will last for many years to come.

Your place or ours or on location?
In a nutshell, it really does not matter to us. This decision will be entirely dependent upon what you want. All of our professional equipment is mobile. You can either come to us or we will come to you. If we come to you all we need is a working space to set up our equipment of about 3.5 square metres. Conducting the photo shoot at your place has its advantages because you can change clothes easier, you are more relaxed (usually) and we have the ability to take photos virtually anywhere in your home and garden providing more variety for you.

We are also asked to attend other locations for photographic work, and again this is no trouble. If you really wanted some photographs at the beach, perhaps when you are more relaxed, then let's do it there.

We do not charge travel within the metro area of Melbourne. The cost of any additional travel is agreed beforehand, and is calculated on an 80c per kilometer basis, again, to ensure there are no hidden costs. All we ask is that the cost of travel is paid before the intended photo session.