The Rosary Altar Society of Immaculate Conception Church is sponsoring a portrait event at their church March 28-31, and April 19-21. A $25 donation to the Rosary Altar Society covers the portrait sitting fee (three poses, serious and smiling expressions) and an 8x10 portrait of your choice. Refer to our flyer by clicking on the "Newsletter PDF Link" under the "newsletter" tab, and check out portrait samples from 2011 in our Seasonal Specials-I Gallery under the "portfolio" tab.
You may sign up for an appointment time at the Immaculate Conception School on March 5th (4:00 PM – 6:45 PM) and March 6th (2:45 PM – 6:45 PM) or by contacting Tomorrow’s Memories. Families from other parishes are welcome to participate, or contact Tomorrow’s Memories if you would like to inquire about bringing our services to your church.
Tomorrow’s Memories: telephone 908-537-2080 or email TMPortraits@comcast.net
We’ve dedicated our “Seasonal Special-II” gallery under the “Portfolio” tab to demonstrate the retouching improvements we typically make to your custom image(s). Customers are often surprised about our retouching charges, or the cost of a custom (retouched) portrait. Software is becoming more sophisticated all the time, and the general public’s mentality is to “just Photoshop it”! But Photoshop is not a verb, instead it’s a pricey piece of software that takes extensive training and lots of practice to use efficiently.
All retouching work is now done "in-house" to control costs. We purchased the latest version of Adobe Photoshop (CS5), and attended an intense Photoshop training course to improve our skills and efficiency. In past years we have tried contracting out the retouching work, but we believe we can deliver a better quality image at a more affordable cost to our customers by "just Photoshop-ing it" ourselves!
Most of our retouching focuses on three areas of improvements:
(1) Moving a head (or body) from one file to another, to create a final image in which EVERYONE looks good;
(2) Cleaning up hair flies, blemishes, wrinkles, teeth, and/or problem areas in clothing, and;
(3) Cleaning up the background.
When we photograph a family outdoors, the background is not always ideal. The Clinton Mill location is particularly challenging, as we have no control over parked cars, tents erected on Mill property, boaters on the river, gnats flying around, etc, etc. Please check out the images in our “Seasonal Special-II” gallery to see the type of things that are typically done to an image to make it look “picture perfect”.
Will you be ready for the next career move or challenge as the economy comes out of recession? We offer a QUALITY digital image (with retouching, if you wish) for your business card / stationery / website--wherever you need a great photo. We can set up our portible studio lights and background at your business office and provide a mini-portrait session for all interested employees. Call or e-mail us for details (908-537-2080 or TMPortraits@comcast.net).
