More information on Google Business Photos:

Here is an article that Mark wrote for Tamebay, a leading source of information for ecommerce news and information:

http://tamebay.com/2012/10/introducing-360-google-business-photos.html

Google Trusted Photographer

We are delighted to announce that Mark Timberlake is now a Google Trusted Photographer.

We can now offer Google Business Photos to our client base, which is an exciting new development in the SEO Local searches world.

Studio & Photography Training

We offer Consultation and Photography Training.

We can train general Photography skills.

We can also train general Studio Skills.

We can also provide a consultation service with costings, for setting up your own inhouse studio.

Contact us for details.

Sister Company Launched

So, what else do we do when we are not working hard here at Business Photography?

We run our sister company @rtimberlake.com.

There we concentrate on supplying very high end classic prints for the discerning customer.

Portraits, family events etc are all covered.

We also sell unique artistic prints.

So if you have time, head on over and have a visit.

@rtimberlake

Videography Services on the way...

We have been busy of late developing a number of different lines. We will shortly be launching our videography services, which have been requested by our clients. So more to update soon...

Photoshop Composite For Commercial Use

There are times when you need to create your image beyond the normal out of the camera view.

You may have a model on hire for your photoshoot.

And they might not want to hang around all day.

So one solution is to take that model, place them in a studio and take the shot.

Then...

...The photographer can find a suitable background and drop it in behind.

This is quite a technical skillset.

In this recent example, our client wanted a shot of a skylight, but the skylight was in the studio...

So we took the studio shot and added the roof and background.

The following image is made up of four seperate images:

Compositing as a cost saving.

Not many companies are aware that dramatic shots can be achieved through compositing.

It takes a high level of skill to pull a good composite together in Photoshop, but when done correctly, it can create awesome images.

But the real benefit to business, is that you can get an effect, without paying for extended model booking fees.

You can take a shot in studio, then have the background added later, reducing costs in many instances.

An example of some recent compositing for our creative portfolio:

Lighting clear plastic on a white background

So here was a client request.

An item with clear plastic on a white background, a very difficult shot.

So what did we do?

First we lit the background.

Placed an acrylic base in front of it.

Placed the item on the acrylic.

Used black to either side.

Then lit the item from the front.

But here is the clever part.

The shot was taken with the white balance slightly off.

Then we masked the plastic and corrected the background white in photoshop.

So the plastic has a slightly different white coming through it.

A little bit more editing and tidying up and you can see the finished result here:

Be careful taking pictures of Red Buses...

Apparently someone has sued someone else because their images were similar.

The world of licensing can be quite confusing and is often the reason a professional photographer with knowledge of licensing laws should be used.

Full story here:

Be careful where you point your camera!

Soggy Dogs and all that...

It seems a fellow photographer has found a niche photographing "soggy dogs".

At $1,000.00 (Australian) a pop, he seems to be doing quite well.

Not an avenue Business Photography will be pursuing however...

Link:

Soggy Dogs

The Faces of Business Photography

It has just occured to me that our customers might actually want to know who the owners are at Business Photography.

Well, this is us...

Mark and Philomena

New Portrait Service now available.

We now have a new set of packages for our Corporate and Business Portrait clients.

Studio portraits ranging from Basic, to Standard and Premium.

Competive prices and full details here:

Corporate Portraits

New Portraiture Studio

So we have been busy and not posted for a while.

We have just finished our custom built portrait and small product studio:



So we are taking bookings for portraiture, more to come on that soon!