Creative Solutions

Have you ever started editing an image and after hours of frustration, three different attempts and a headache, given up saying, "i'll come back to this", but never do?

I have spoken to lots of creative photographers who, with Photoshop and other such products becoming easier to use and more readably available, feel the need to master and become the whole creative solution for their images. Most however when they are truly honest with themselves struggle with being too attached to their images. They love the process of taking the photo but when it comes to seeing the potential within that image or fine tuning it for printing they are left frustrated.

So why would you invest in someone else doing your photo's when you have the means to do it yourself? Ken Duncan can often be quoted saying "if you want to be the best use the best" but what sets anyone, or in Ken's case CFL, apart to make them the best? Think about the skill of riding bikes. Lots of people own a bike and even if they haven't ridden one in a long time, at some stage in their life they have probably given it a go, others however, like those you may see on TV, ride all day every day and the bike could almost be seen as an extension of their body. You may be aware if you have used CFL for a while that most of the staff have been bringing the best out of images  (or riding bikes to draw the comparison) everyday for more than 5 years, some individually for 9 and 15 years. You could almost say that seeing and bringing the best out of your images is an extension of who we are.

Colour matching and retouching is only the beginning of what CFL offers. We love to be creative ourselves and if given the opportunity would love to bring this passion to your images. Consider again the analogy of the bike rider, the rider is a skilled artist and has all sorts of stunning tricks they practise to be able to perform at any moment. This is the same for CFL's staff, we want to show off these abilities and help bring out the potential we see in your images. Some clients who have realised these talents have enjoyed the fruit of their investment and now trust CFL to the point of giving us complete creative control with the image and sometimes even suggesting radical alternatives. Look at some of the images that have been achieved through working together with us at CFL.

Peter Denton, a client of ours, constantly shoots amazing content and even though the weather may have been against him or the light not as he'd prefer while at the location, we help him realise the potential in the images he has taken.

What about taking your portrait and studio photography to a whole new level and have images look like those you've only seen in the photoshop magazines. We can help by compositing the background you have shot and love with your model image shot in the studio.

So rather than saying "i'll come back to this" let us help you discover the hidden potential in your images. Call up and arrange for a creative consultation today, let us turn your images into an artwork!