New DGP Website is Launched!
Finally!
After a lot of hard work, our new website is launched and we would love your opinion - especially as we now have the ability to add images easily and frequently - whether from travels around the world or editorial work in the entertainment industry or the fine art and books that are now available for purchase.
Over the years, we have been invited into your homes and businesses and to your special or family events and occasions to capture images that represent who you are and what you do in the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of your life.
We have designed the site so that you will be able to share future photographic experiences that we capture for you with your family, friends and colleagues more easily online as well as order those images that you want to display.
After 27 years in the business, many of you have asked me how to take better images yourself in addition to using our services for really important moments in your lives. We heard you and are thrilled to announce DGP photography coaching services. While my class at UC Irvine offers a way for you to learn how to take better people pictures using your own camera, many of you have asked for additional "one on one" help to become better photographers yourselves. DGP now offers private and semi-private coaching in a single session or a series. It's a really great gift for the photography enthusiast in your life!
My intention for this site is also to engage you in a conversation about photography - whether as part of this blog or in a class, as your coach or on one of the photography tours that we will launch in 2008. I want you to feel comfortable connecting with me about your questions - from technical questions about your own images to those about the industry in general.
I remain as passionate about being an image-maker today as when I first began. My hope is that you will be inspired to visit our site again and again and that you will consider Doug Gifford Photography for your photographic needs for many years to come.
Let me know what you think!
Cheers!
Doug
2 comments:
This is my first response to a blog. I took Doug Gifford's class at UCI and highly recommend it. I am a amateur photographer armed only with my sharp wit and tiny Canon Digital. Yet "Professor Gifford" tailored his class to meet all the levels of expertise, from the Safari photo expert to newbies like me who just want to get a picture of a sunset ot two.
Take his class and you'll be "exposed" to new ways to capture memorys.
In April 2008 I hired Doug Gifford Photography to take pictures of my wedding. I have a small background in photography and finding the perfect photographer was more important to me than my dress. After researching photographers from Sacramento to Southern California I chose Doug Gifford Photography, based on his work and his experience.
I am disappointed to say that I was not at all satisfied with his work. On the day of my wedding we ran 30minuets late. I thought this would be no problem for a professional photographer with Doug Giffords background. During the whole time we were taking picture we were very rushed. I had to repeat myself several time just to get Mr. Gifford to listen to me. When I asked for a particular picture ( one of the flower girl and ring bearer to cover their eyes while we kiss) he completely blew me off. There also is no picture of my parents together, and there are no pictures of our families together.
When I tried to enlarge some photos, such as the ones with the bridesmaids holding their bouquets in the air, I noticed they are blurry. Several pictures are not centered or the lighting is off. I decided to get some other opinions other photographers I know. After looking at the pictures on the website and consulting others, I came to the conclusion that I was ripped off. The pictures you took at our wedding are nothing like the other pictures on the website and defiantly where not done by an award winning photographer.
My wedding picture look as if they where shot by someone who bought some expensive camera equipment, not by an award winning photographer with an artistic background. Anyone can learn how to work a light meter or a flash and change lenses on a camera, it takes a photographer with an artistic eye to take breathtaking pictures.
I thought I was hiring a professional artist to take our pictures. Instead I spoke with a salesman who fed me a bunch of lines so I would pay him so he could make some money.
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