Metropolitan Imageworks

I am so glad to have the opportunity to capture your beautiful children at these precious moments in their lives. I am also very glad I do not have to choose the winner for this contest!!!

I do want to remind clients of a simple fact: though I provide you with a photo release, Metropolitan Imageworks retains full copyright of all work. I am happy to provide you with a digital copy of the images so that you may make gifts for friends and family, prints for personal use, and on your personal websites. However, you may not enter my images in contests such as the GAP Casting Call.

Oftentimes these contests include a small clause in the fine print that says the company may use all submissions in any way they see fit, without notice or compensation to the creator. That means that a company such as the Gap can take the image and use it in a multi-million dollar marketing campaign without giving me credit or compensation!

I would love to see your child’s face in a GAP ad, but please do not use my images for the contest entry!

I like to kick-off my Midwest wedding season by overhauling the images on the website.  I spend an entire day (or two or three) culling images from the previous wedding and portrait season and put them up on the website in all their glory.  This is my showcase. This is my work. This is my style. And whew, it’s not an easy job trying to narrow down the selections because, after all, it’s ALL fabulous work!!!  Seriously, I spent an entire afternoon going through my sent mail and copying the Teaser images I had emailed after every portrait session.  Once that was done, I opened the folder to where I had copied the images and found 350+ waiting for me.  Oops, only room for about 40-50 in the portrait gallery and from there I had to pick and choose.  No offense to any client who was replaced this round, there will be room for more new images in a few more months.

So how do you decide?  Most importantly I want to show the variety – weddings, portraits and commercial work. From there I want to show different lighting, indoor and outdoor portraits, black and white images, color images. For the wedding images I want to be sure to show action, emotion and detail. I want to show a variety of wedding images that take you through the day and also show the multitude of weddings, venues and couples I have the pleasure of photographing.

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Happy viewing!