Timethief Photography Digital Imaging

Digital Imaging

These days, it is hard to avoid the word Digital. The word has so many meanings and is used to describe virtually everything! Many people ask us if we think a digital image can be made as good as a photograph printed from a negative. We dare them to find the digital images that we have displayed on our walls!

Guess how many people you don't see in this picture!

At Timethief Photography, any image we need to put into a computer (either by scanning a piece of film, or by using a digital camera) is considered Digital. Sometimes, we are asked to modify a picture to meet a specific need. This family, for instance, asked that a picture of the bride's deceased father be added to the picture.

We are often asked how we use the new technology. While we haven't given up our film, we find more and more uses for our digital cameras everyday. The web allows us to take digital images and show them to a wide audience. When we shoot a portrait session, the images are usually posted online that same day! We even put wedding pictures online for many bridal couples who wish to share their wedding pictures with family and friends far and wide. We use our computers when a client requests that a small flaw be repaired in an image. A lock of flying hair caused this picture to go digital. Can you tell whose hair needed fixing?

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At times, the requested change is a bit more drastic. We were told that this picture was wonderful, but could we possibly remove the people from it? It seemed that they took away from the breathtaking view. Ever ready to take up a challenge, we transformed a beautiful wedding image into a stunning landscape photograph. As the old saying goes,
"For the right money, anything is possible!"

We removed the glass that surrounds the rink

Quite often, the pictures we are asked to work on are not ones that we photographed. Some are old pictures that need to be restored, either from the ravages of time, or the temper tantrum of a four year old! One client brought us a photograph that was 30 or more years old that her little brother had torn up because he wasn't in it. Her mother had used scotch tape to put it back together. Of course, the tape was on the front of the picture and some of the pieces were missing. A few days worth of intense work, and you would never know that you were not looking at the original! We love challenges!

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You may have noticed that there is a distinctive digital feel to many of the photographs that you have seen that were produced either with a digital camera or were worked on in a computer. We noticed the look as well. It took a long time to find a lab that could make prints from digital files that were indistinguishable from ones created from a negative. Have doubts? Come check out some of the photographs we have hanging on the walls of the studio.

Now, to answer the question about the dance picture at the top of the page. This is an image that was emailed to us by a client (in a very small file). The picture, as we understand it, was taken by a guest at a reception in New York with a little point and shoot camera. We were asked if we could remove the photographer and his assistant. After getting up from the floor where we collapsed in shock and horror, we started work. Now, one of the tricks we use when we do work like this is obtain some of the background we need from another picture taken at about the same time at the same place. That was not an option for us in this case. For those of you who are trying to figure out how we did this, we're not telling, but the client was impressed, and we'll bet you are, too!

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We hope you have enjoyed our little introduction into the wonderful world of Digital Photography. Now you've had a glimpse of what this technology allows us to do. If you can imagine it, it is quite possible that we can turn your vision into a photograph. Give our staff a call, and we can talk about what you need, what it will take, and maybe even offer some suggestions. As we said earlier, we are always looking for a challenge!

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