I often get asked why sometimes photographs that are being viewed on the web don’t look “right” to some people on their computers…
Color management in professional photography is a very important step in the digital post process that occurs after your photographs are taken.

John Andrews Photography uses both MAC and PC systems that are calibrated regularly with a hardware calibration device.  This calibration device calibrates the output
of our studio editing station displays to be consistent and accurate.  What does that mean?  It ensures that the color in the photographs that we see on our monitors
is accurate.  However, since we have no control over the computer that clients use to view the photographs, the color on your end may be slightly different.
Rest assured that any prints or albums that you receive will look awesome, as our color management process is very well refined all the way through printing at our
lab!

That being said, there are some things that you can do on your end to adjust your computer display to more accurately display color in general.

For those of you that use a MAC, Apple has some great information on color management here.
For those of you that use a PC, Microsoft has additional information here.

-Andrew

Our transition to a new hosting provider is complete! All of the John Andrews Photography related sites and content has been moved to MediaTemple’s new (gs)Grid Server. If you are looking for a new web host, please do check these guys out! I am really impressed at their hosting infrastructure and it is definitely helping with our load capacity. For those of you that didn’t know, this past year has brought in lots more web traffic, both to this blog and the John Andrews Photography site. Tons of people have been viewing the online slideshows and the client proofing… Media Temple will allow us to grow and provides us with plenty of bandwidth to spare so we can do some more really cool stuff!

Stay tuned!

-Andrew

Mike and Meg were married at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Chicago. They held their reception at West Loop Studio, a cool loft-ish space in where else? The west loop

I posted a sneak peak a few days back for Meg (as she was anxiously watching the blog for photos)…

Here’s a link to their web slideshow!

Watch Slideshow

-Andrew

I just want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

-Andrew

As my weddings for this year start to wind down, I’ve been going over the images that I’ve shot in the past year and picking out a lot of my favorites. One thing I am going to start doing is documenting some of the beautiful churches from around the Chicago area that I’ve had the pleasure of shooting at. One such church that is always on the top of my favorite list is Holy Name Cathedral. I have a few weddings already scheduled for 2007 that will take place there. It truly is a gorgeous place to get married!

Here is a slideshow of images from Holy Name.

Watch Slideshow

-Andrew

I’ve just updated my packages and pricing for 2007. These prices will take effect November 1, 2006 for all weddings booked in 2007 and 2008.

However, if you’ve already been in contact with me regarding your wedding date for 2007 - I will honor the 2006 prices if you book before the end of November! So if you want to save a few $$, please let me know soon!

-Andrew

If you are looking for an awesome Chicago wedding band, look no further than the Underwater People. I’ve heard of them in the past
but never had the opportunity to hear them first hand. They were the wedding band for Todd & Meghan’s wedding on October 15th. (Photos and blog post to come shortly!)

I just thought I’d give Jim and the guys (and gal) a shout out on the Blog as I was very impressed with their music! Here are a couple shots that I took during the evening.

-Andrew

Those of you that are currently in the process of evaulating and looking at photographers for your wedding in 2007 should take note.  I’m in the process of refining my service and pricing structure for 2007.  There may be slight package price increases, as well as changes in my Album/Print pricing.  I’m also adding some new products to my album offering (the Graphi Studio albums that I mentioned in a previous post).

The cut off for the 2006 pricing vs 2007 pricing will take effect November 1st.  So if you are on the fence with regards to your photography decision, book before then to lock in the 2006 pricing on packages and products.

Have a nice day!

-Andrew

I’m on the virge of offering a beautiful new wedding album collection that will just take your breath away.

The Wedding Book by Graphi Studio.

Click here for a cool trailer video.

Look for an update within the next week or so!!

-Andrew

This is a follow up to my previous post about switching to a soft cover magazine style perfect bound proofing book.

The good news is that my switch over is complete and all proofing magazines will now be in the new soft cover format. The last few weddings/couples that have received these books love them! So they are definitely here to stay!

I’ll be updating my product information soon to reflect the change to the soft cover books from the older spiral bound ones. Keep in mind, there is no added cost to you! These books will be the new standard proofing format for my packages that include proofing magazines.

On another note, I’m ramping up to begin offering “Memory Books” in this same soft cover format. These books will consist of 1 image per page of my artistic selections from your wedding (roughly a 150 page book). I’m envisioning these to be a great item for guests to pick up to have a great collection of images from your wedding day! It’s a great alternative to more expensive albums and will be priced at around $100 or less!

Look for another announcement and photos soon!

-Andrew