Modern Kids Photography

Heath Ceramics galleries are up!

November 28, 2011

A very big thank you for participating in our Heath Ceramics photobooth. We always have so much fun at Heath and hope you did, too!

The gallery is up (LA images start on page six). There are a few images missing from the gallery as of 10AM PDT. We’ll have those up by 5pm today. Here are a few things to remember:

• The 20% off code will work today through this Wednesday, November 30th (at midnight).
• The gallery will remain open until December 7th.
• print orders will arrive well in advance of the holidays and digital files will take 48 hours to be delivered

MODERN KIDS CO. + HEATH CERAMICS GALLERY:
http://modernkidsphoto.nextproof.com/galleries/heath-ceramics-2011

Photographs are an easy and quick gift for the holidays and there’s still time to make holiday cards. We can even upload the files for you if you use Minted (see details below). If you have any specific questions about prints, orders, or holiday cards don’t hesitate to let us know.

Thank you again and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

MINTED Holiday Cards, click here
• choose a holiday card, place your order
• email us your order number
• we’ll upload the image for you (no need to buy the digital file)

by Sarah

2 comments

April 3, 2012 - 12:03 am

Sarah - Hi Kap! Thanks so much for the comment. I love The Glow and have admired it from afar for a little while. Thanks for sharing and for all the kind words. Please stay in touch.

April 2, 2012 - 6:58 pm

Ka-poon Chan - Hi Sarah

Love your pictures, instagram and your blog, anyway I’ve seen a recent article about a N.Y photographer Ben Watts and his partner and daughter were on another site and thought, I would like to share with you too it’s; http://www.theglow.com/

Bests

Kap

Healdsburg ranch shoot // sneak peek

November 26, 2011

Hey there. I wish I could share more from this shoot but need to hold off a bit longer. I’m just loving the results though and I can’t say enough good things about being patient and shooting film (when you can). It’s really magical.

Happy holiday weekend to you!

by Sarah

9 comments

April 8, 2012 - 8:42 pm

Joyce Alexander - Stunning. I can’t wait to see more.

January 2, 2012 - 6:21 pm

Sarah - Patricia, so sorry for the delay! I’ve been a little extra busy with the holidays. RPL does make a huge difference on using film. I didn’t want it to be true but the extra money and time it costs there is worth every penny. I love everything that comes back. I’ll ask twitter about NY labs but I have never heard of a great lab there. If I lived in NY I’d probably still use RPL. Thanks for the comment! S.

December 14, 2011 - 4:07 pm

Patricia - Sarah,
Been bringing my contax aria along to shoot a roll alongside of my digital (nikon). My mistake is not having a pro like Richard Photo lab develop and scan. thanks for the advice. But even so, I still do very little to my images and love them because I took an extra breath before clicking the shutter or an extra moment composing.
Any suggestions for NY lab? I’m in Boston.
Are you medium format here? Can’t wait to dig into your other images. REally fresh and uplifting!

November 28, 2011 - 8:43 pm

kasandra - thanks so much for the detail Sarah! that was so helpful! you really have beautiful images and your film work is outstanding. I agree with your ‘shoot film often’ advice … I’ve been so slow to get through a roll … it’s intimidating
thanks for sharing all you do … your blog and pinterest are two of my favorite inspiration spots.
take care!

November 28, 2011 - 10:40 am

Sarah - Hi Kasandra! Thanks for the comment. Aside from other benefits of film the real joy is that there is very little that is done to them when they get back from the lab. I use Richard Photo Lab in LA. I’ll be honest and say that I’ve tried many other labs as well and years ago I used a great lab in San Francisco called New Lab that went out of business. Richard Photo Lab is above and beyond the best option out there (other than maybe in NY) that I have found. I ship them the film and about 7-10 business days later I get a link to download the files. I edit my selects using the rating system in Bridge and I open each file individually. Typically the most I’ll ever do is adjust the levels a tiny bit and I might dodge/burn here or there but I only spend a few seconds with each file. Then I re-size them in Bridge so they are web-ready and that’s it. It’s pretty wonderful to save hours and hours of processing and on top of that I think the results are better than when I shoot digitally. However, it’s a trade-off because it’s a slower process and it’s expensive to buy and develop film. I’m finding though that I’m moving more towards film this year than other years. It’s all relative so it might not work the same for you. The most important thing is to shoot film often or you won’t see the benefits. I’d say that you need to shoot at least 30 rolls to get started. Hope this was helpful!

November 27, 2011 - 8:12 pm

kasandra - thanks for sharing … cant wait to see more!
I’d love to hear your workflow with film … such as, do you get digital negatives from your lab, do you edit (photoshop or Lightroom), or do you let the lab make adjustments? I have my first roll of color film sitting in my Nikon f100 and I’m not sure how to process it … I know I’m making it harder than it really is
thanks … kas

November 27, 2011 - 1:45 pm

Sarah - Thanks Erika and Janine.

November 26, 2011 - 8:55 pm

erika verginelli - wow!!! Love it Sarah

November 26, 2011 - 7:41 pm

Janine - I love this. I just ordered me a new film camera. I hope to try it out as much as possible.

thank you Heath Ceramics!

November 22, 2011

A big thank you to Cathy, Robin, Adam and the rest of the Heath Ceramics gang in Sausalito and Los Angeles. We always have so much fun hanging out and doing the annual photobooths. Also, a big thanks to all the kids and families who participated. I’ll have the gallery up tomorrow evening – just in time to share with friends and family over Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

by Sarah

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