Andrea and Michael:: Cator Woolford Gardens, Atlanta GA

What a beautiful and lucky wedding day Andrea and Michael's was. It kept raining intermittently throughout the day... But each time we had to do portraits and throughout the entire ceremony, it was dry and beautiful. They were able to have their ceremony outdoors in the garden at the Cator Woolford Gardens in Atlanta. I loved their yellow accents in their floras! They had so many handmade touches throughout the day... their slideshow has a good collection of the entire event.

With Andrea and Michael's wedding images, I made myself a new Digital Mastering Visual Guide to take to consultation meetings. Our digital mastering process is the second phase in image editing. We collect all of our images in RAW format and before they are uploaded to your photo store or added to your DVDs, they are each color balanced and density adjusted. After this phase is complete, we begin digitally mastering. With each sitting or event that we shoot, we master our favorite images: the ones that comprehensively tell a narrative portrait of our time with you: we capture images of your relationships, your expression, your environment and decor, the big events and the small moments. This collection of images becomes our portfolio. All of our packages include the cost of digital editing. We also master each image that goes into your album, or that you order as an 11x14 or larger. You can see a sample of some before and afters at the end of the post.






















OK... so here are some examples of before and after digitally mastered images. The mastering process includes all digital retouching, including color enhancement, custom black and white conversions, vignetting, sharpening, dodging and burning, and other special things that make the image the very best it can be.

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