Booray's Better Picture Class!!

Are You Still Taking Pictures on "AUTO?"


You need Booray's Better Pictures Class!

So many of my clients tell me that they have a nice, expensive camera (like the Canon Rebel) but they just don't understand how to use it. They want to take better pictures but the vast array of buttons and dials is so confusing!

Sign up for my class and when you're done you will be taking better pictures than you ever thought possible. I start at the beginning and teach you about composition and what makes a good picture, then move on to understanding your camera and making it work for you. Among the things you'll learn:

• How to freeze motion when taking pictures at your child's sporting events.
• How to take a portrait of someone where the background is all soft and blurry.
• Good composition and how to take great pictures of your children.
• How to take pictures in low-light
• Your camera's "metering modes," what they mean, when to use them.
• "Selective Focus" ... how to make the camera focus on what you want it to focus on..
• ... and a whole lot more!

Owning a nice car doesn't do much good if you don't know how to drive it... the same applies to cameras. The most important thing you will learn from my class is how photography works. Once you understand that, you'll be confident any time you pick up a camera and that means great pictures!

This class makes a great gift for someone who received a nice camera over the holidays.

The course will take place on three Sundays. (1/29, 2/5, 2/12) Class is from 1:00-3:00 P.M. Cost is $50 per class. Space is limited.

Contact me today at booray@boorayperry.com to sign up. Or call me at (813) 728-7110. Visit my website at www.boorayperry.com

Save $50 on Headshots in January!

Get a great start on the new year with a new, vibrant headshot for your website, business cards and social media!

January is Headshot Month so we're discounting headshot sesions by $50!

Your cost is just $100 an hour ( normally $150) for the session and we can photograph as many as 4 people per hour! Hand retouched, Hi-Res digital files are just $100 each and can be used for all your business and social media needs.

The best part is that we come to you! Just schedule a time and we will come to your office to do the session. No outside appointments or travel involved at all. It's quick and easy and (especially this month..) very affordable!

Example: Headshots for 4 people with each person getting a hand-retouched digital image of their choice would cost just $125 per person and you never have to leave your office!

If you need a lot of people photographed you'll save even more... 12 people would save $150 off our usual session price, etc..

Contact us today to schedule your session!

Email me at booray@boorayperry.com

Call me at 813-728-7110

Booray Perry is an award-winning wedding photographer in Tampa Florida.Getting married on the beach? Here's how to have the perfect florida beach wedding!

Nothing makes a party more fun than The Vogue Booth. Tampa's Best Photobooth!

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St. Paul's and Rusty Pelican Wedding - Lauren and Scott

I recently had the priveledge of photographing Lauren and Scott's wedding.  The wedding was held at St. Paul Catholic Church on Dale Mabry in Tampa nd the reception was at The Rusty Pelican.  Below are some of my favorite images from the wedding:

Click on any of the images below to see full-size!

The theme for the wedding was "Vintage."  We created a special photo Guest Book for the couple that included pictures from their ancestor's weddings.  This is the cover.

Since the wedding had a vintage theme, Lauren asked if we could print the Photo Booth pictures in sepia-tone.  Of course!

Booray Perry is an award-winning wedding photographer in Tampa Florida.Getting married on the beach? Here's how to have the perfect florida beach wedding!
Nothing makes a party more fun than The Vogue Booth. Tampa's Best Photobooth!

Don't settle for a bad headshot on your website or social media pages. Get the best professional headshot in Tampa bay..

Why Do Digital Files Cost So Much?

I just got off the phone with a client who wanted a photo shoot at the beach and all the images on disc, full-size and hi-rez, with a release of copyright so she could print them or post them online.

She was surprised at the cost.

So, I thought this might be a good time to explain how digital files are priced.  Let the questions begin!

Why are digital images so expensive?
Actually, they're not.  They just seem expensive because you are buying so many of them.  First, let's talk about how photographers make their money;

Most photographers charge very little for a photo session.  Their goal is to take such amazing pictures of you and your family that you will want to buy a lot of prints, wall art, or digital files.  It's a gamble every time.  We don't know how much money we will make from a client until they come see their images.

We like to offer a lot of different product so that we can make our clients happy (and make more money, of course). But here's the problem;  Most of these products can now be purchased online or at a local store.  So, when a client buys a digital image, it's very rare that they will buy anything else.  For example, we used to sell a ton of wallets but now most people don't send them to family anymore.  They just put the picture on Facebook.

What are digital images so expensive?  Because you are buying the whole cow.  I had a client who wanted to buy her digital images so she could make a guest book.  Well, I sell guest books.  So you can bet that I'm going to charge you at least as much as I would for a guest book, especially when you consider that you can use the images for so much more (prints, slide show, post online, "Thank You" cards, etc.)

Imagine going to McDonalds and asking for all the ingredients to make 30 cheeseburgers, already cooked, because you wanted to put the cheeseburgers together yourself.  Would you expect to pay less than the normal cheeseburger price?  Now, imagine they gave you the ingredients to make 30 cheeseburgers as well as hundreds of other types of burgers.  Less than the cost of 30 cheeseburgers, or more?

I started by saying that digital images aren't actually that expensive for what you get so let me put that into perspective.  If you were to buy 35 4x6 prints from me it would cost more than buying 35 digital images.  With the digital images you can do anything you want.  That's a great deal.

But I know a guy who will shoot a portrait session and give me a disc of images for X amount.  Why don't you do that?
The real question is:  Why don't you use that guy for your portraits?  I think we both know the answer.

You can buy a Kia or a Ford or a Lexus or a Mercedes.  Only you can decide which is right for you but don't expect the Mercedes to cost the same as the Kia.  (By the way, I'm not the Mercedes.  I know photographers who charge a lot more than me for their digital images and some who refuse to sell them at all.)


Well, I hope that I have shed a little light on why digital images cost what they do.  Just remember:  When you get everything on disc you are getting everything.  It's going to cost more than a few prints.

 

Booray Perry is an award-winning wedding photographer in Tampa Florida.Getting married on the beach? Here's how to have the perfect florida beach wedding!
Nothing makes a party more fun than The Vogue Booth. Tampa's Best Photobooth!

Don't settle for a bad headshot on your website or social media pages. Get the best professional headshot in Tampa bay..

Wedding at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg

I thought it might be nice to start posting "Idea Boards" from some of my weddings.  Just a collection of some of the style elements from an event so brides can get ideas.

This wedding was held at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg:

Click the image to see it full size.

 

Booray Perry is an award-winning wedding photographer in Tampa Florida.Getting married on the beach? Here's how to have the perfect florida beach wedding!
Nothing makes a party more fun than The Vogue Booth. Tampa's Best Photobooth!

Don't settle for a bad headshot on your website or social media pages. Get the best professional headshot in Tampa bay..

Trevor and Jillian at Hyatt Clearwater Beach

I just finished a wedding album for Trevor and Jillian who were married at The Hyatt, Clearwater Beach.  They decided not to do some of the traditional things at their wedding (garter toss, bouquet toss) which meant there was more room in the album.  So they filled it with their favorite pictures from The Vogue Booth ( Tampa's best Photobooth )!

It was a great wedding and a real privilege to be a part!

For more Clearwater Beach Wedding Photography, visit my website...

Wedding Pictures and Retouching

One of the things that can be confusing when you start searching for a wedding photographer here in Tampa Bay is the level of "retouching" that will be done to your images.

The problem is that "retouching" can mean different things to different people.  It's hard to know exactly what a person means when they say that they "retouch" your images.  It's a little like someone saying that they are going to paint a room.  Are they going to paint it all one color with a spray can?  Are they going to faux-paint with sponges and special applicators?  Will they being doing something in between those two extremes?

I can't speak for every photographer in town but I can tell you what I do and what I call it... so that you will at least understand what to expect from me.

But first, some technical mumbo-jumbo that will help you understand the process:

Professional photographers shoot in a format called RAW.  Your pocket sized, point-and-shoot camera shoots in a format called .JPG. So does your phone.

What's the difference?