After Your Shoot
About four business days after your shoot you will receive an email from Reproductions. They will be hosting your images online. You will be able to create a favorites folder, see them in color and black and white, email them to friends and agents, and add them to your Facebook page. Additionally, you can have Maurice at Reproductions (646 502-3721) burn you a high resolution DVD of all the images for $25.
If you've chosen to have me select my favorites ($50 additional charge), the first 25 images will be named FAVORITE (they will not be numbered in order of preference, so don't assume FAVORITE 1 is better than FAVORITE 25). Please include all of these selections in your favorites folder or Facebook gallery, even if you completely disagree with me. If I have not selected my favorites, make sure to email me the numbers of your final selections before you retouch and reproduce them.
*If you haven't received your headshots after a few days, check your SPAM folder. If you have a gmail account, you should add uploads@reproductions.com to your Contacts list, otherwise it will be blocked as SPAM.
You should make an appointment with Joe Barna for retouching before ordering reproductions. He can be found at Colorworks, 55 West 39th Street, Suite 706 (between 5th and 6th Avenues), (212) 382-2825. He will make suggestions for retouching if necessary. He’s very thorough, and he won’t retouch unnecessarily, but it’s a great idea to have him look it over. He can help fix hair concerns, distracting elements in background, etc. He can do everything via email if necessary. He will give you a CD with your retouched image in black and white and in color.
Once you have the retouched image, take the CD to Reproductions, 70 west 40th street, and they will guide you through the reproduction process. They’re open M-F, 9am-6pm. Their phone number is 212 967-2568, ext. 0. Their rates can be found online at reproductions.com. I suggest ordering the MasterPhoto for 8x10’s and comp cards, and the MasterPrints for postcards and business cards. If you live out of NYC, Joe Barna and Reproductions can easily work with you online. Just give them a call and they’ll take you through the process.
A brief word about image quality when reviewing images on the web: every monitor has a different color and contrast balance, and web colors are different from print colors. So the images might look slightly too dark, too light, too yellow or blue, etc. Don’t worry about that. Only consider your facial expression and the composition of the photograph (background, cropping, angle and clothing) when making a decision. Reproductions will color correct the image you choose for the best balance of color and contrast. Just use your computer to review the images, but don’t worry about the quality of the color and contrast.
Enjoy your photographs. Please send copies of your reproductions to-
JM
200 Pinehurst Ave, #3A
New York, NY 10033
Sample page of proof sheets. Video footage of this session can be seen in the See A Shoot section.
