QUICK ON THE DRAW

I've expressed thanks lately for all those people who've come to me for their high school senior sessions late in the going. But, while in one respect they might be giving me new business, they're giving me something else at least as important: trust.
They trust that if I do a session less than a month before they host an open house, they'll be able to see, order and get back their pictures fast. That's where the real work starts.
A photo session allows me to use two tools to make people look good: my eye and my camera. I need one more thing to complete the process: my computer. Looking at a person in conversation is one thing; looking at them in a picture is entirely another. That's when there's no two-way interaction. All you do is stare. The longer you stare, the more flaws you find. The most attractive, and the youngest, people have them.
So, after the 90 or so minutes I spend with the client, I spend another two or 2½ hours perfecting the work. When you realize I have several projects to work on at a time, you understand that it's easy to fall behind. I suppose that's why I'm writing this blog after 9 p.m.
Anyway, the point is, because I know they need the work turned around quickly, I make sure I don't disappoint them. I handled a senior session on Saturday whose images were on-line this morning - about 80 of them. Most were tinkered with in some way: cropped, retouched, background changed. I'd hate to post something and think I didn't do everything I could to impress them and the other people who'll see those pictures.
I hope I get the chance to impress you, or someone you know in the near future.