Description
Photo Restoration
is taking old photographs and giving new life to them.
Removing blackened age spots, strains, folds, tears, and
doing overall color corrections. Eliminating any damage or
wear-and-tear that has been done over the years. Once a
photograph has been restored to look new again, it can take
its rightful place on the fireplace mantle or family photo
albums.
Photo Editing
is improving the color balance of the photograph. Correcting
the lighting and contrast of the photos and other editing
methods such as removing red-eye, that bring out the best quality of the photograph.
Editing also consists of cropping, rotating, alignments;
file compressions and saving in different file formats.
Photo Artwork
is taking
photographs and making them even more memorable by making
artwork out of them. Different artistic effects could
include water-painting, oil painting, pencil sketches,
charcoal sketches, colored pencil, etched in wood or stone
look and even just far-out wild effects. Having a painting
of yourself, or a pet or even a favorite vacation photo to
hang on the wall isn’t something just the elite should have
the pleasure of. So should everyone! And they can through
computerized digital artwork. Turning a photograph into an
art image is a process of using different filters and effect
techniques that alter the pixels in raster images. All
photographs are raster images that consist of thousands of
individual colored pixels, that when put altogether make
your photographs. With graphic editing software a person is
able to make such changes, in the colors and appearances of these
pixels. The possibilities of what can be done with pixels
are endless! Of course it helps to have an artistic eye for
what looks good and what doesn’t. The resolution of a
photograph also will determine what can be done with it. You
cannot turn a 4x5 photograph into a 20x30 poster, but
there may be ways or working around that such as taking a
digital photo of the photograph.
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Digital Hand Paintings are done
with Painter IX. It is a very realistic painting process,
except for your medium is digital rather then canvas or
paper. I use a Wacom table and pen and paint the artwork
stroke for stroke.
Photo Manipulation
consists of removing unwanted items in the pictures or
completely changing a background in a picture. This kind of
work takes a lot more time and patience then regular photo
editing. In order to eliminate things lurking in background,
glares on glasses, blemishes, scratches, your ex-mate from a
photograph, you need to make sure that what you remove is
replaced by something that looks like it belongs there in
the first place. For instance, to remove glares from
glasses, you have to literally repaint the eyes behind the
glasses, until the entire glared look is gone. This can be
tedious work making sure you get the exact color, blending,
shading and sizing correct. This type of work can take
several hours to days to finish but the time spent and final
results are always rewarding.
Logo &
Illustration Designs for business cards or website.
Ideas!
Well they are endless, but a few
suggestions would be: Matting & Framing, T-shirts,
Sweat-Shirts, Mugs, Posters, Mouse Pads, Tote Bags, Neck
Ties, Puzzles, Baseballs, Business Cards, Note Cards,
Greeting Cards etc..etc..etc. :)
All the online printing companies offer a wide variety of
gift or photo printing. You can check out some of them from
the Resources page.
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Pricing & Policy
All graphic/photo work with the exception of
Logo/Illustration Designing and Digital Hand Paintings
are estimated at $45 an
hour with a one (1) hour minimum charge. Full payment is required
before a graphic job begins. Thank you for understanding :)
Once you submit your job request (or just questions) on the
form from
Ask a Question page,
you will receive an e-mail with options on how to send your
files. Make sure you submit a valid e-mail address to
receive a reply. After reviewing what the
job requires, I will send you another e-mail, letting you know
if I am able to do the work and what the charges will be.
If you agree to the charges then you will receive an invoice quote through PayPal
to your e-mail address with
instructions on how to pay through PayPal. You do not need
to be a PayPal member or sign-up to pay through their
service.
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Small Jobs average about 1 to 2 hours
Medium Jobs average 3 to 6 hours
Large Jobs are 7 plus hours with a cap price of $360
Logo/Illustration Designs are $350 per
design for the file.
Digital Hand Paintings are $250-plus depending on subjects
matter.
If I give you a job quote for 4 hours, total
$180 and the job takes me 6 hours to complete. Your job cost
is still only $180. REMEMBER.. this is for the graphic
work "only" and does not include any printing cost or
shipping and handling charges. Your input is expected and
appreciated while working on your graphic job. If you are
not satisfied with a job, I will do my best to correct it.
If you are still not satisfied, you may receive a refund of
75% of the beginning total charges. Once your
job is complete you will receive your file by email or on a
floppy or CD disk. Then you can have the file printed
any place your heart desires.
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As a "courtesy" to my customers you will
find a list of printers on the
Resources page.
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To ask questions or discuss your graphic job
with me is always Free.
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All prints in the
smk Store are priced at a
different rate, then the other graphic work advertised
within this website. The smkStore also uses cookies to keep
track of what is in your shopping cart.
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