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Dear Subscriber,
May is graduation month. There will be both joy and tears on graduation day. It's a day you will never forget.
Here are a few tips you might want to try if you're the family photographer or a working pro. You'll find these tips are applicable to pictures of confirmations, communions, proms or any "coming of age" event.
The important thing is to capture the joy of youth and preserve those images as archival prints that will be cherished through the years.
Take advantage of our 11" x 14" sale at the end of this newsletter. This May special is our way of helping you to save and share the important pictures of your life!
Dale
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 Tip #1: Remember That You're Telling A Story About Some Very Special People!
Graduation is a rite of passage for young people. They're leaving one phase of their lives and moving on to another.
Be sure to make the day's story about them. Nobody will remember the speeches. What's important are those few seconds when your grad walks across the stage to receive his or her diploma.
Pictures of your graduates in the prime of their youth...especially goofing around with close friends...will be treasured for a lifetime.
So, our #1 tip is to forget about Pomp and Circumstance. Take happy pictures and tell the story of a day that your graduate has worked years to achieve.
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Tip #2: Anticipate Important Shots. Shoot Favorite People & Places. Record Campus Traditions.
All grads throw their hats up in the air. So, you need to be ready before it happens. It is best to be on higher ground to capture this image.
Be sure to get pictures of your grad with favorite professors and close friends. Shoot the photos in front of campus landmarks that hold warm memories.
Find out if there are other significant happenings around campus. Do students climb on some special statue or participate in some funky senior ritual?
Maybe your grad will join some friends in a group yearbook signing.
Perhaps some guys and gals will be throwing around a football.
Look for fun, memorable events where your grad will look at your picture years from now and say, "Hey, do you remember when we..."
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Tip #3: Take "Before" Images and Follow Up With the "After" Shots
 A lot of preparations take place before the actual ceremony. Take some pictures before the activities begin. The student in this photo and her friends helped set up the auditorium before the guests arrived.
See if you can join your grad at a fraternity or sorority party or a get-together in the dorm the night before graduation.
Then, take family pictures as you celebrate over dinner after graduation.
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Tip #4: The Graduation Ceremony
You'll only have a split-second to snap a picture when your grad receives his or her diploma. Here's how to get that all-important shot:
- Campus security is probably not going to let you get on or even close to the stage.
- If you can get high up on a balcony with a long lens you might be able to get the shot. Then, crop in tightly when you order your prints.
- The school will probably have its own photographer on the stage. He or she will have the best angle and, hopefully, will capture the moment. Try to buy prints from the pro or...better yet...purchase his digital files for us to print.
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Tip #5: Shoot More Than Just Family Portraits
- Showing hands and a program is a lovely way to express feelings of joy and thought, while showing the school name to give a sense of place.
- Try to catch a long view of the ceremonies. If you can, show how the scene looks from the vantage point of the graduates. Perhaps you can go to the top of a building or stadium and shoot downward.
- Inanimate objects such as the bouquets girls carry during a graduation can add an artistic look to your story.
- Look for emotions and you'll get stunning candids. Graduations are about the joy of achievement. But, they are also about the sadness of leaving old friends and surroundings. Capture those feelings in your pictures and you will have truly told the day's story well!
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Our May Sale: Half Price on All 11" x 14" Enlargements...Including Metallic
We're going to make it easy for you to get some great 11" x 14" enlargements of your family event. From now through Sunday, June 5th, we're offering our 11" x 14" prints at half price on our
iPrints.com online site!
The sale price for lustre/matte or glossy 11" x 14"s will be just $2.50 (rather than $5). Metallic prints will cost only $3.15 (instead of $6.25).
There are no discount codes or anything special for you to do. Just place your online order at iPrints.com. We'll give the same deal to pros on our iPrintsPro.com site.
I promise you top-quality, color-corrected prints on all your print sizes. You snap the pictures...we'll do the rest!
Best wishes,
Dale
Dale Farkas
President, iPrints.com & iPrintsPro.com
(Online services of Dale Laboratories)
Questions? Call (800) 327-1776. We're here to help!
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