Sanning Your Family Photos!

The other day I posted that we are now offering bulk digitizing of your family photographs also known as scanning photographs. Shortly after making that post I was digging though my own family photos and discovered one album had badly faded. This was one of my favorite albums from when I was 8 years old which was the year of the 1978 blizzard and the same year my parents took me to Hawaii. I have no idea what format the camera was at this point, it was small and produced square images. The negatives were half the size of 35mm. It was my first camera and I remember I broke it a year after getting it. Never would have guessed I would be a videographer and photoshop expert back then.

My dad walking down a street with walls of snow, this is how the photograph looked before our equipment performed the basic color correction included with all our digitizing.
The photograph returned to it's original glory!

Anyone for some red snow?

Color correction applied to the scanned photo. But the photo is more than just faded, it is damaged and requires repair and retouching once it is color corrected.

Besides scanning and color correction we offer photographic repair and retouching. This is an additional service besides the bulk scanning with color correction. We can return heavily damaged photographs to their original pristine condition and reprint them for you!

Bulk Digitizing of your photographs.
Presently we are charging $0.75 per photograph for 300 dpi scanning and $1.00 per photograph for 600 dpi. Most digitizing completed in one business day.

Photograph Repair and Retouching
We charge $50.00 per hour to repair and retouch photographs. Includes same size reprinting.

A few more of my 78 memories below returned to their original colors.

A traditional Hawaiian Canoe in Hawaii.

Snow anyone? We think we had it bad this winter, but nothing compares to the 1 story tall drifts in the blizzard of '78.

Palais Royale

I was digging through the archives today when I ran across this wedding photograph from a first dance in the Palais Royale. Without a doubt, Palais Royale is the most elegant, beautiful and photographer friendly reception hall in South Bend. There is no bad angle to photograph at in the Palais Royale. From the magnificent chandelier that is the center piece of the room, to the opulent details there is nothing that compares in the local area. Modern architecture just does not compare.

Digitize Your Family Photos!

We are offering a new service, photo scanning at a bulk rate to convert your treasured family photos into digital images! Until a photograph at a high quality and adding basic color correction meant about 10 to 15 minutes a picture. Technology has changed and we are now offering scanning services at a bulk rate! 30 photographs for $15!

Why should you scan family photos? Because you never know when you are going to need another copy. Digital files are great for Scrapbooking! We have a new product to offer I will be blogging about shortly, inexpensive, high quality coffee table books to print your photos into and share with family and friends!

With our digitizing services, we scan your photos in at 600 dpi. The scanning software does some minor color correction as demonstrated in the images below and we burn them to disc. Or we can have them reprinted, bound into a picture book and drop them into a video montage. The possibilities are endless. Call us today!

Brian

Happy Saint Patricks Day!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! To celebrate this Irish day of the year here is a little clip from a 2004 wedding. This wedding is one of my all time favorites weddings. The bride and groom were a joy to work with. They were married in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame. But the standout moments were later that night at Knollwood Country Club, as the bride and several guest demonstrated Irish Step Dancing! Enjoy this clip of Irish dance on this Saint Patrick's Day.

Wedding Photography Special!*

Allure Films is having a special! If you are getting married between now and the end of July 2008 we have a photography deal for you!

6 Hours of wedding day coverage.
One Photographer
Image files burned to a DVD as Jpegs the next day to do with as you want!

$1100

*Restrictions apply, must be available for your date.

Weddings at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Notre Dame Campus

I just noticed, tomorrow is Basilica Day at the University of Notre Dame when the books are open for those wanting to have their wedding at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 2009! For all those brides and grooms who will be rushing the phones in the morning and dialing until they get through, Allure Films wishes you the best in getting the dates and times that you desire!

And once you have your date and time, please consider River City Productions / Allure Films for your wedding photography and videography needs! We love working in the Basilica and are at ease working within the restrictions of the Basilica wedding day rules.

Check out a full wedding video that took place at the Basilica on our Notre Dame page. For photos check out below some of my favorite pictures from the Notre Dame Grotto. Enjoy!