Adagio Photography Prices

I am available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.

Call me, any time, from 9:00a.m. until 10:00p.m., Pacific Coast Time. Just leave a message if I am not available. I'll get back to you within hours of your call.

Or, send me an email and I'll respond later in the day.

For more than 38 years, I have personally provided nation wide, low cost, high definition, film-based or digital (22 million pixel and 60 million pixel), medium and large format, professional photography services for a wide array of clients.

I am the only low cost, medium format, high definition, Orange County California photographer. Low cost Orange County California professional photographers, Low cost Orange County California wedding photographers, Low cost Orange County California bar mitzvah photographers, Low cost Orange County California bat mitzvah photographers, Low cost Orange County California special event photographers, Low cost Orange County California event photographers, Low cost Orange County California red carpet photographers, Low cost Orange County California debutante ball photographers, Low cost Orange County California medium format photographers, Low cost Orange County California large format photographers, Low cost Orange County California digital photographers, Low cost Orange County California Hasselblad photographers, Low cost Orange County California Phase One digital photographers, Low cost Orange County California debutante ball photographer, Low cost Orange County California photography.

Hourly Rates

Professional Photography Services:	$150.00/hr
Extended Drive Time:	$35.00/hr
Destination Travel Time:	$35.00/hr
All extra, non-basic, Photoshop Editing Services and Custom Album Designs	$100.00/hr

Material Costs

Discs: Sony -R CD's or Fuji DVD +R, Thin Hard Shells and labels:	$15.00/ea
100-year Gold DVDand CD's:	$25.00/ea
High Resolution Film Scans:	$1.50/mb
Shipping and Insurance:	Variable
Permits, parking, fees, travel costs and lodging as needed	Variable
Travel Expenses: You will need to advance airline tickets, rooms, rentals, professional services, fees, permits and car rentals as required to meet the needs of your assignment.	Variable
60 million pixel, Phase One Rental	$600.00/day
22 million pixel, Phase One System	No Charge

These are the lab wholesale prices, at AV Partners.

This is what you will pay for your prints, if you take or ship your selected files to AV Partners yourselves. These prices are always subject to change. Check with Frank Parra, President, before you place your orders.

AV Partners Print Prices

As of 7.1.10

4x5	$.25/ea.
5x7	$.50/ea
8x10	$2.50/ea
11x14	$5.00/ea
16x20	$12.00/ea
20x24	$18.00/ea

Finances

When you get ready to book my services, I will need a simple $100.00 deposit to hold your date. The rest will be due at the end of your event.

I no longer accept credit cards.

However, I do accept cash, checks and American Eagle gold or American Eagle silver bullion coins, PAMP Suisse gold bars. ( I recommend APMEX.com )

With that said, I urge you to invest the thousands of dollars that you will save, by working with me and to buy gold and silver bullion, ( bars or coins ), from APMEX.com or someone similar.

I will give Active Military personnel a 50% discount on all of my professional photography services.

I guarantee that you have never seen sharp, High Definition pictures like these before.

If you are active military, I will give you a 50% Discount off of my photography services.

"FREE Services"

If you buy 8 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you a 2-hour Engagement or Family/Child photography session, at the location of your choice. This will include all of your 4x5, 300dpi JPEG files, 8x10 TIFF files and a beautiful, finished, Photoshopped, 300dpi 11x14, un-mounted, photographic print, for FREE.

If you buy 12 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you the same 2-hour photo session plus a huge, Photoshopped, 16x20 photographic print, including a double over-mat and a thin, metal frame, for FREE.

If you buy 16 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you the same 2-hour photo session plus a huge, Photoshopped, framed 30x14 "Triptych" picture, including 2 8x10 and 1 11x14 photographic prints, a double over-mat and a thin, metal frame, for FREE.

If you buy 20 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you the same photo session and triptych prints plus 2 wonderful dinners at an upscale restaurant near your home, my choice, for FREE.

If you buy 30 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you the same FREE services as the 20-hour offer plus 2 FREE Annual Passes to Disneyland.

If you buy 45 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you the same FREE services as the 20-hour offer plus a 1-hour helicopter tour of the Southern California coastal and valley cities. Your sexy, black Robinson R44 Raven helicopter will depart from Fullerton, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Cherry Valley or Long Beach airports and can carry up to 3 passengers. Your tour can be at night or during the day, all for FREE.

If you buy 60 hours of my Photographic Services:

I will give you the same FREE services as the 20-hour offer plus a FREE, 2-hour helicopter tour of the Southern California coastal and valley cities. Your sexy, black Robinson R44 Raven helicopter will depart from Fullerton, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Cherry Valley or Long Beach airport. Your tour can be at night or during the day. All for FREE.

You will get the highest resolutions, the best colors and the largest prints... for less!

Before you make your decisions, based solely on costs, I urge you to compare all aspects of your assignment.

For instance:

I have seen other shooters selling 5x7 prints for $37.00 each. If, however, you work with my recommended, local, professional, photography lab, called "AV Partners" (949.955.3699), your Fuji, Crystal Archive, Luster-surfaced 5x7 prints will only cost $.50 each.

I have seen these same, consumer-grade, 35mm camera shooters selling their 8x10 prints for $125.00 each and their 16x20 prints for $450.00 each.

Why waste your money?

There is no reason why you should have to pay more than a couple of bucks for a professional, thick-paper, Fuji 8x10 print.

If you paid me to make your beautiful, Fuji prints, for you, I would use the exact same 300dpi TIFF digital files and the exact same lab, paper and printer. My prints would look identical to yours.

Remember:

Print from your 300dpi TIFF files ONLY! DO NOT use your smaller, 300dpi, JPEG files for anything except the internet. Your 300dpi TIFF files will produce better colors and sharp details.

You can walk in your orders or use UPS or the US Mail. Just copy your selected and already Photoshopped, 300dpi, TIFF files from your USB2 External Hard Drive to a CD/DVD. Then, just tell AV Partners what sizes and how many copies of each print will be needed. Sometimes, they can be done within an hour. Otherwise, go back the next day to pick them up.

I'll probably see you there.

AV Partners charges about $2.25 for their 8x10's and $12.00 for their 16x20 prints. These are professionally, photographically, printed on beautiful, Fuji, Crystal Archive paper.

These are NOT cheap inkjet or pigment prints. These are professional prints that will last a lifetime. Inkjets and pigment prints will fade quickly, are not continuous-toned, are spotty and do not have realistic colors.

AV Partners does all of my work. Also, as you can see, I highly recommend them to all of my clients. AV Partners makes me look good. I rely on AV Partners. I am a success because of AV Partners.

I am not financially related to or rewarded by AV Partners for my heartfelt endorsement of AV Partners.

I buy my wonderful picture frames from Michaels Art Supply stores and Target. A thick, beautiful, 16x20 frame, with glass, will cost about $30.00.

My custom mats are personally cut by Michael, at "On The Wall Gallery", in Santa Ana (714.543.9811).

Give me a call.

I would love to meet with you, in person, any time and any where. I will show you huge albums, framed 20x24 prints and camera equipment like you have never seen before.

There will be no pressure and no obligation.

My photos and my prices sell themselves.

I would love to work with you and your family.

My style is polished and professional, studied and meaningful. I shoot with a purpose and my images will stand the test of time.

Low Cost, High Definition,

Professional Lab Services

Prices quoted ( below ) are for standard, Fuji, Crystal Archive, thick stock, luster-surfaced, true photographic paper, 300dpi, Adobe '98 RGB, TIFF file sourced, professionally printed pictures.

Except for billboards and huge "Point Of Purchase" display prints, I don't use inkjet or pigment printers at all. Overall, they produce very low quality, non-continuous toned prints.

I don't recommend any discount department store or "Big Box" store to print your professional photo work.

Typically, they use a very thin photo paper and can print on 35mm sized paper stock only. Your prints will flop easily and the 4x6 paper stock will leave a 1-inch strip of white paper at the end of your 4x5 pictures.

My professional, Hasselblad cameras record in the professional, 4x5 / 8x10 ratio instead of the 4x6 / 8x12 ratio used in the amateur, 35mm, cameras. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to find 8x12 picture frames.

These are the lab wholesale prices, at AV Partners. This is what you will pay for your prints, if you take or ship your selected files to AV Partners yourselves. These prices are always subject to change. Check with Frank Parra, President, before you place your orders.

AV Partners Print Prices

As of 7.1.10

4x5	$.25/ea.
5x7	$.50/ea
8x10	$2.50/ea
11x14	$5.00/ea
16x20	$12.00/ea
20x24	$18.00/ea

Custom Albums

I offer you any album, any size, any shape and any color, from any manufacturer in the world.

You can have your albums at wholesale costs plus the cost for shipping and Sales Tax.

Depending on the variables, professional albums range in price from about $800.00 to $4,000.00.

I charge $100.00 per hour for my album design services. Typical albums will take from 8 to 40 hours to complete. You will assist me in this design process.

There are as many different design options and incredible album ideas as there are people to buy them.

The bottom two links, in the chart below, are for beautiful canvas picture wraps.

I will be giving you 300dpi TIFF files. These will be perfect for making your own album. There are a huge number of on-line companies offering to do this for you, with your help.

If this interests you, let me know so that I can process all of your files at the proper size. I can process all of your files at 11x14 or 16x20 if needed, no extra costs.

World-wide Album Manufacturers

www.tuscanyalbums.com

www.collages.net

www.albumsinc.com

www.zookbinders.com

www.graphistudio.com

www.candid2000.com

www.renaissancealbums.com

www.whiteweddingalbum.com

www.visionartbooks.com

www.hhcolorlab.com

www.classicalbum.com

www.weddingalbumdepot.com

www.artleather.com

www.picaboo.com

www.blackriverimaging.com

www.albumsunlimited.com

www.simplycanvas.com

www.fineartprofessionalimaging.com

How much will you want to spend and what will you want to buy?

Once you have established your budget and your "wish list", let me know. I would be pleased to meet with you, in the comfort of your home, office, Hotel Lobby, Restaurant or Event Venue. We could go over any particulars with your schedule and your objectives for the event.

Thank you for your consideration.

I am the only low cost Orange County California photographer. Low cost Orange County California professional photographers, Low cost Orange County California wedding photographers, Low cost Orange County California bar mitzvah photographers, Low cost Orange County California bat mitzvah photographers, Low cost Orange County California special event photographers, Low cost Orange County California event photographers, Low cost Orange County California red carpet photographers, Low cost Orange County California debutante ball photographers, Low cost Orange County California medium format photographers, Low cost Orange County California large format photographers, Low cost Orange County California digital photographers, Low cost Orange County California Hasselblad photographers, Low cost Orange County California Phase One digital photographers, Low cost Orange County California debutante ball photographer, Low cost Orange County California photography.

Prices

This is simple!

No complicated and overly expensive packages.

$150.00 per hour to shoot, $300.00 to process,

any album in the world ( if you want an album )

and you'll own everything!

I am honored to offer this wide range of professional services to all of my families;

Aerial Photography, Legal Photography, Medical Photography, Industrial Photography, Commercial Photography, Advertising Photography, Food Photography, Architectural Photography, Product Photography, Construction Photography, Scientific Photography, Public Relations Photography, Political Photography and Special Events Photography services.

My professional services

Thank you for your time and your consideration. I appreciate this opportunity to present my work to you.

During the last 38 years, I have personally photographed more than 6,000 Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Weddings, Debutante Balls, Private Parties and huge Corporate Special Events.

Some of my events have only lasted for an hour or so while others have gone on for more than 80 hours, spread out, over several months.

I have worked with Representatives from the White House, Congress and Senate, as well as with government agencies, ad agencies national corporations, local businesses, non-profits and with thousands of individual families.

. My goal, in every assignment, is to capture the very soul of everyone and everything that I shoot. I am fast, quiet, obsessively detail oriented and professional.

. I will own nothing. You will own and you will receive everything that I will graciously create for you and your family.

. The Copyrights, for your images, will be transferred to you upon payment in full. I will retain a limited reuse authorization, allowing me to use your images to help market my services online, in related publications, in my trade show booth and in my meetings. Nothing will ever be offered to anyone, at any time or for any reason, for reuse or sale.

. I will charge you $150.00 per hour, with a 1-hour minimum, plus expenses. Beyond that 1-hour minimum, I will bill you in 15-minute increments. With my help, you will decide, for yourselves, exactly how much time you will need to buy.

. Depending on how much actual time you buy, I offer thousands of dollars worth of FREE gifts, including free time, free helicopter rides, free meals and free pictures.

. If you are active military, the least I can do, to show my utmost appreciation, is to give you 50% off of your final cost for my services.

. I can work with almost any budget.

. I will charge you an additional flat rate of $300.00 to "post-process" all of your original 25mb or 65mb RAW picture files. This post-production, RAW file conversion process, has to be done and it takes me an extra day or two to complete.

. As required by the State of California, Rule #1528, Sales Taxes will be charged for all of my time and materials, for in-State assignments.

. This is my company and I will work alone unless the job is too large for me to complete in the time allowed. I will be your professional photographer. I never sub-contract with other photographers. I don't need an assistant, which will save you money. I don't need a second shooter. I shoot more usable images than do teams of two or three 35mm shooters, at any event.

. I will arrive a couple of hours, or, in the case of a Destination Event, a couple of days early, at your event, at no extra cost.

. I will personally shoot, post-process, Photoshop, sharpen and deliver all of your files. No one else works for me.

. I will shoot your wonderful, high definition pictures with the best, 22 or 60 million pixel, medium format, cameras in the world... Hasselblad H1's.

. I will use my studio-quality, soft, flattering, body-wrapping, Lumedyne, on-camera flash system. I will also use multiple, powerful, Lumedyne, off-camera flash systems, with huge umbrellas and "soft boxes" to light up dark reception ballrooms. This is what makes my ballroom pictures look so good. These are the same kinds of lights and controls used for professional magazine shots.

. NOTHING will be shot with the smaller, lower cost, consumer-grade, lower quality, 35mm cameras. 35mm cameras can't synchronize their film plane shutters with flash, at higher shutter speeds. So, 35mm shooters don't use flash fill and that makes their pictures look dull and dark, especially outside. Very little professional or ad agency work is actually done with 35mm cameras. 35's are good for sports or the less important "breaking news" kinds of assignments. Many 35mm shooters just put their cameras on "auto" an "bang" away, hoping to get about 25% usable stuff. Typically, they throw away the majority of what they shoot. None of them color balance on the fly.

. Human skin is wonderfully transparent. My softly controlled fill flash exposes the millions of delicious colors visible through the skin. Even animals have a marvelous range of tones and colors in their skin. Without the fill flash, there are no "catch lights" or "sparkles" in the eyes and skin is just a boring skin color.

. My very sophisticated 22 and 60 million pixel Hasselblad cameras record 16 colors and 16 subtle shades of each color, for every one color recorded by the lower quality, amateur-style, 35mm digital cameras. That's why my pictures look so incredible. It is not so much me. Mostly, it is just the incredible equipment that I use.

. 35mm cameras record white wedding dress fabric, for instance, as a solid mass of rather stark white. 35mm cameras can't hold onto the wonderful tones and subtle shadows that make white fabric so beautiful to see. My 22 million pixel, Hasselblad camera system, on the other hand, records all of the subtle folds, individual tones, soft white shadows and each individual thread.

. 35mm cameras record black tux fabric, for instance, as one big mass of black, with very few, if any, details or shades of black color, other than flat black. With my high definition, 22 million pixel, Hasselblad camera system, I can see black buttons on black fabric and each of the black threads that make the black tux pockets.

. Black and brown skin tones, for instance, have a fantastic array of colors deep inside, under the skin. I can shoot into that color range while the 35mm cameras will only record the most basic black or brown tones. Black and brown toned people have darker eyes and darker "whites" in their eyes. They need the wonderful little "catch lights" to help make them sparkle and to separate their various darker colors.

. 35mm photographers often record their digital images as tiny, highly-compressed, 4mb or 6mb JPEG files. I record my pictures as huge 25mb and 65mb RAW files. Those are huge files, holding a huge mass of digital data. 35mm cameras physically can't record as much visual information, vibrant color information and fine detail information with their smaller, highly-compressed, JPEG picture files. Essentially, that is why 35mm cameras produce such low quality pictures.

. This "color thing" is just something that has to be seen to be appreciated. Look at the larger pictures, at the bottom of my web pages. Then, look at what the other shooters are showing you, on their web pages. Think that is amazing? Wait until you see it in person!

. I will shoot from 100 to 200 beautifully composed, creatively lit, properly exposed, color-balanced, 25mb or 65mb, RAW file format pictures... per hour.

. I'll shoot creative candids, perfect personal poses, wonderful documentaries, tiny details, professional studio setups and emotional, sentimental stories. I will give you "shot sheets" that will help you to decide, before your event, what you would like to shoot and exactly when it will be possible.

. I urge you to take the time to take the shots.

. I will shoot your original pictures as huge, 25mb and 65mb RAW files. Then, I will convert all of your original 25mb or 65mb RAW picture files into high definition, beautiful, vibrantly colored, sharp, 300dpi JPEG and TIFF files, at any size you wish, up to 20x24.

. This RAW file conversion process, called "post-production", has to be done. It can take me an extra 2 or 3 days worth of time to convert 1,200 to 2,000 original RAW pictures. This is why no one else shoots RAW files. They don't want to spend the time to improve their pictures.

. All of your incredible pictures will be color-balanced, cleaned, cropped, density-controlled, Photoshopped and sharpened before you ever see them.

. In about a week, you will receive and you will own all of your RAW, JPEG and TIFF files. All of your files will be transferred to your provided external, USB2, Western Digital or LaCie, 300GB-1TB hard drive.

. Your pictures will be delivered to you ready for printing. They will all be 300dpi, which is the highest possible resolution for current digital photographic printers.

. You'll be able to print your own sharp pictures at my preferred professional photo lab, called "A.V. Partners", in Santa Ana (949.955.3699) or at any professional photo lab in the country... or I can do it all for you.

. You'll be able to print as many beautiful, sharp, high definition, color-corrected and properly composed pictures as you wish, at any size you wish ( from wallets to 20x24) and whenever you wish... all at wholesale prices.

. Your professionally-printed, Fuji, luster-surfaced, Crystal Archive, photographic, 8x10 prints will only cost about $2.50/each. 16x20 Fuji prints will only cost you about $12.00/each.

. I do not recommend any inkjet or pigment prints because they will be lower resolution, soft, muddy, spotty, non-continuous and artificially colored.

. The bigger my pictures get, the better they look. That is when they start to reveal all of the tiny details and fantastic, 3D colors not possible to see in the small prints.

. Prints made from the small, lower quality, highly compressed, un-Photoshopped 35mm JPEG files look best when they are kept small.

. Your professionally-printed, photographic pictures will last a lifetime.

. You can build your own album, or, through me, you can buy any album, from any manufacturer in the world... at wholesale prices. Beautiful, professional album materials start at about $800.00. The cost for the album design service will be extra. There are as many different albums and album design ideas as there are people to buy them.

. You can Google "Do It Yourself" (DIY) digital photo or digital wedding albums to compare the basic prices. Some look like High School Yearbooks, so be careful. You can go to my "Price" web page and see a list of every album manufacturer I can find. My list is linked to all of their web sites.

. You can design your own albums, with some album companies. With other companies, you just send them your selected picture choices and they do the design as a feature of their albums.

. If you need my help, I will charge $100.00 per hour for my album design services. Most albums take between 8 and 40 hours to design, with your hands-on help. You will have to sit with me to "assist" me with the approved ideas and picture selections. I don't like the album templates, so every album page will be totally custom. It is a fun process if you have never seen it done before. The cost for the album design time will be in addition to the cost for the actual album materials. I never markup the album materials.

Like I said, I am obsessive about the tiny details and I have no secrets. I need for my families to know about every aspect of my business. I let my families run my business for me. It's easier that way.

How may I help you?

Call me.

$150.00 per hour, $300.00 to process, 1-hour minimum and any album in the world... at cost.

I would love to meet you at your home, office, church, temple or Hotel lobby. Then, you will be able to see, with your own eyes, the amazing colors and details of my huge sample pictures. I urge you to compare my work with anything you have seen from any other photographer around the country.

There will be no cost, no pressure and no obligation. It will be my pleasure to meet with you. I'm not a picture "salesman". I'm just a professional photographer. My wonderful work speaks for itself.