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About CLG Photography |
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How we started |
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CLG Photography was founded in September of 2007, just months after the
birth of our precious daughter, Genevieve. CLG stands for Chris, Laura, Genevieve
and Gabriella. We're so thankful that God has blessed us with 2
beautiful, healthy little girls.
It's wonderful that Laura can stay home with them as they grow, and
this business is the result of our decision for Laura to be a
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 Photography is a passion for
us, and we believe the Lord, Jesus Christ, has blessed us with our
abilities; we can do nothing good without Him! As time has passed, we've
learned, improved and have become more enamored with photography. We're serious about
this business; our recent weddings and sessions, along with our
improving equipment list, should prove this. 
We've steadily upgraded our equipment, originally starting with two
Canon consumer level Rebel cameras and one high quality zoom lens. In
2008 we added a Canon 40D, a more rugged, semi-pro level camera body. We
also purchased a Canon 200mm f/2.8L prime lens...fantastically sharp and
fast focusing, making beautiful background blur (bokeh). It's one of our
most heavily used lenses. We later traded one of the Rebel's for another
fast prime lens. In 2009 we added the Canon 50D, expanding our low light
capabilities and quality, and bringing more accurate color with a delta
E score an entire point better than the 40D.
For 2010 we've added the Canon 5D Mark II, which at the present is
Canon's highest rated camera for portrait image quality - tied with the
1Ds Mark III, but beating the Mark III at high ISO (typical wedding
ceremony and reception territory). We've traded our 40D for another
professional, though common lens - the Canon 24-70 f/2.8L. We're very
happy with our equipment choices and are looking forward to this season
of photography!
We'll continue to improve
our equipment as we go. Each decision we've made has included a great
amount of research and careful consideration of cost/benefit, so we can
continue to keep our package prices competitve. |
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- In the 3.5 years that we've been in business, we've
improved dramatically. Our techniques are better, our equipment is
better, and no one can argue with the value of experience. There are
many self-taught photographers producing great work. The quality of
work is subjective - it depends on what you like.
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- CLG Photography has a portable studio system, but not a
static studio. What does this mean? A backdrop system and three
studio strobes can be assembled in your home or location of choice
in 15 minutes. We do aspire, in the future, to have a studio.
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| How we work |
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these points, what makes CLG Photography different from the many others
in our area? Laura and I have established a style drawn from the
inspiration of some East and West coast photographers, in regards to
framing, posing/capturing and processing/editing. We make use of off
camera lighting and very narrow depth of field. We use medium and long
telephoto lenses to add flattering compression to portraits and good
background blur (bokeh) along with reflectors to bounce fill light back
onto the subject. In indoor events, such as wedding receptions, we shoot
with diffused or bounced flash balanced with a higher mix of ambient light than you
traditionally see in this area. Why? Because it more closely resembles
what you'd really see, and we're not in the days of 400 and 800 ASA film
anymore. We do not like photos of brightly lit couples and black
backgrounds. |
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Photography's workflow consists of shooting in RAW, archiving to DVD and
external hard drives in case of disaster, culling lack-luster or
redundant photos,
processing those we feel are strong and then editing and, finally,
posting to the our proofing site. We do this to every proof! In fact,
the photos you see in our portfolio are simply proofs moved over to
another gallery. We believe this is an advantage, and though it's a time
consuming workflow, we've established an efficient pattern; most, if not
all of our clients have been pleased with our turn-around time. |
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| For every client (of one of our usual
listed packages) we will include a CD (or DVD depending on the volume)
of the proof pictures at no extra cost. Our wedding negatives were
destroyed years ago and we no longer have a chance to get more high
quality large prints...we don't want that to happen to you!
There are no session fees, just a package price and an option to order
extra prints. There are no re-shoots and no refunds. |
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| Our Equipment |
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| Camera Bodies: |
Lenses |
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| Canon 5D Mark II |
Canon 24-70
f/2.8L |
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| Canon 7D |
Tamron 17-50
f/2.8 |
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| Canon 50D |
Canon 50
f/1.4 |
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| Canon
Rebel Xt |
Canon 50
f/1.8 |
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| Other: |
Canon 85
f/1.8 |
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| ST-E2, 430EX
(x2), Vivitar 285HV |
Canon 200
f/2.8L |
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| Strobes, backdrop system |
Canon 70-200 f/4 L |
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Various white
shoot-through umbrellas, Silver Umbrella, Vagabond II |
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86" PLM (Parabolic Light Modifier),
, 42" 5in1 reflector |
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Gold Level
Member of CPS (Canon Professional Services) |
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CHRIS AND LAURA ADAMS |
cadams9200@yahoo.com |
| All images are copyright protected ©CLG Photography |