First of all, THANK YOU for coming to us for your portraits. It means alot that you chose us!
So, after our shoot, everyone is excited to see what we captured – including me! I can’t wait to sit down and go through them all and see which ones really pop out at me.
We may have taken hundreds of photos, especially at senior shoots, weddings or extended sessions, but in the interest of time and saving you money on your sitting fee, I don’t retouch every single image that I took. Instead, I provide all the files online in low-resolution format so you can see what we got up to. Then, I retouch some images so you can get a taste for the end result.
You will get an e-mail with a direct link to your proofs, it will be something like: laurenpoussard.zenfolio.com/yourname. But if you misplace that, simply navigate to laurenpoussard.com and use the shortcut at the top of every page “PROOFS AND GALLERIES”. You can use the menu system on that site to drill your way down to your images. There is also the magnifying glass search field where you can search for your name.
In your folder will be two subfolders: “Retouched” and “Lo-res Proofs”, hopefully that naming is obvious as to what’s inside! 🙂 All of your session images will be in “Lo-Res Proofs”. These images are literally everything we took, even if we were just testing or setting things up. They have not had any retouching or adjusting whatsoever. Don’t worry, nothing goes out the door without a little retouching!
Simply hover over the images you like, and a number will appear in the upper right corner – send that number (or numbers) along to me and I will finish them and move the hi-res retouched image to the Retouched folder.
To prevent accidental ordering, the Lo-res Proofs folder does not allow ordering. You can only order from the Retouched folder.
When you first navigate to the folders, you may find a few images in the Retouched folder. That’s me trying to pre-empt some retouching on some images that stood out to me.
When you are ready, let me know which image you want submitted to the yearbook. I work directly with your high school to get their format requirements so that they have a perfect file for print.
You can order prints, canvas wraps, and all sorts of neat things via the website. You are of course free to purchase the download and take the image elsewhere for printing, that’ not a problem at all.
The images are hosted indefinitely, there is no need to rush to order anything.
Enjoy your images!
And thanks again!
