Who We are
John Douglas Photography is comprised of John and Mary, two photographers who are passionate about photography and memorializing your special occasion through creative and imaginative imaging.
Our Philosophies
- Our passion is creativity and artistic expression. Our motivation is to memorialize your special occasion to the best of our abilities. We believe it is of the utmost importance to provide you with the benefits of our experience, training, and expertise. We believe that quality images are more important than the quantity of images that are presented to our clients.
- We believe that it is important for photographers to constantly expand his or her abilities by experiencing all types of photography including; family/maternity, children, families, events, sports, nature, and landscapes. Having this variety assists in composition, color, lighting, and technique.
- We believe that effective communication is key to producing great images. When you retain our services you can be assured that we will remain in contact you as often as you wish to assure that we capture the images you seek.
Our Equipment
We shoot Canon. Our camera bodies include a 5D Mark II, a 7D, and a 40D. All of our lenses are Canon “L” series lenses. Our lighting equipment includes four 580 EX II strobes, as well as studio lights, power packs and light modifiers.
We utilize two 27 inch Mac desktops for photo editing, and we use Lightroom 3 and Adobe CS 5 for editing. The Macs have beautiful monitorsfor editing purposes and is kept calibrated for accurate color representation. We offer proof viewing via website, however we prefer to use in person viewing of photos to obtain immediate feedback from the client.
Affiliations
We are members of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals as well as a members of the Lansing Bridal Association.