Mark Nicholas Photography

Purpose-Driven Photography

Purpose-Driven Photography

Look at What We Can Do!

Ultimately, a great image can be used for years to come. The real magic, however, is found in the way the photographs are used. This is at least, if not more, important to the success of any project.

I use a variety of specialty, cutting-edge tools to turn these great images into even more brilliant web content. I call it “Purpose-Driven Photography“; focusing not merely on the obvious, but working hard to future-proof your images. In doing so, we can easily provide web-ready portrait 360 animations, animated GIFs photo book layouts and so much more. Check out a few of these outcome-oriented products:

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Photo Book, Brochures, Posters, Merchandise and Other Layouts

I believe that an image that is not seen is often not worth the effort to capture that image. For instance, tamily photos sitting on hard drives or private online accounts can be lost permanently among the clutter of life. Business projects that go unfinished can cost thousands of dollars in wasted cost, time and effort. We will do everything possible to ensure that this doesn’t happen.

Through our pro accounts with Blurb, ProDPI, Jak Prints, brochure print shops, Smugmug, Marco Fine Arts and others, practically any merchandise you desire can be prepared and delivered quickly and efficiently. My vendors are truly the best in service and quality.
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E-Commerce Stores, Images and Admin

Selling through the Internet can seem remarkably complicated. With great images, color variations, animations and links it can become as easy as pie. We can not only capture the images, but assemble them into a shopping cart/store front to help you truly connect with your clients online.

In general, we’ll focus on clean, crisp images.

There are many shopping carts available and you have quite a few choices. I do have a preferred cart with a ton of options and a low price tag. Whatever direction you go, you’ll have great ready-to-go images.
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Green Screen

Shooting in front of a green screen allows backgrounds to be easily swapped. Choose a studio background or put yourself right into a photograph or movie.

Green screen photography requires diligence to make the effect realistic. In general, we light the green screen with bright even lights to make the process very easy when editing. I use green screen software to allow lots of different backgrounds to be compared.

My library of green screen backgrounds includes more than 1,000 options in approximately 20 different categories. We can construct practically any scene that can be imagined. IF there is something you have in mind, please let me know.

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Flip And e-Books

Speaking of books, photo albums and e-commerce, show off your products, catalog, book or anything else you can think of; provide online access, deliver content and much more. I create really cool flip books; even with ads, links, hotspots and much more. Share your personal books with families, or create amazing web catelogs, brochures and much much more.

Flip books are generated from a PDF file, and eBooks converted in Somewhat more arduous process. Typically both layouts are done in inDesign. Regardless of format, your images and layout can be Assembled into whatever format you’d like.

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Animation/Hover Options

From professional backgrounds and traditional lighting to moody, environmental, eclectic, alternative and character shots, portraiture can be great fun. Still, combining portraiture and other images with animation can produce remarkable results. Using animation in corporate head shots can show personality. It can help customers understand how to assemble products and show clients before and after images. Let the visuals do the talking, or in the case of animation, the showing. GIF animations are easy to assemble and remarkably effective.

Here are a small collection of ideas for the types of final web images we can put together. From automatically played sequences, Hover mouse-overs and time lapse sequences, We can put pretty much anything together. Think out-of-the-box on this one!
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360 Panoramas – for Real Estate, Restaurants, Resorts and Much More!

Amazing 360 degree panorama tours can be created with maps, images, floor plans and PDFs for download. Multiple panoramas, maps and layouts can be linked and even audio and video can be included.

360 degree tours are delivered web-ready and can be used right on your site or you can link to them. Use them in presentations or to allow potential clients a true experience. They are even VR (Virtual Reality) ready. Your clients can tour your space, decorate and plan efficiently saving you time and money. These are an incredibly powerful tool to help you and your business.[/three_fourth_last]

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Creative Edits

I enjoy doing fun things with images, both in terms of editing, restoration and creative compositions. Here is a 2d to 3d look with a step out of the photo (note the dirt spilling over).  Also, this is a wind blown effect that works well in creative and advertisement pieces. In this world pretty much anything seems possible. I have helped trouble shoot video, film, music and photography problems and am comfortable assisting in always striving to find excellent solutions and opportunities for any problem. No limits but our creativity.
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Advanced Printing Options

When it comes to prints, apart from limited edition prints, everything is customizable. While I recommend a couple of options, the sky is the limit. I’ll happily help match colors, and find the best print options available to suit your ideal look. It is fairly simple and routine to convert a 2d image to a 3d composition and I do this routinely; with books, media packaging, boxes/layouts, wall prints and much more.[/three_fourth_last]

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Advanced Image and Painting Looks

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Videos and Slideshows

I have an extensive background in video work with Vegas, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and a variety of sound and music editing tools. In fact, my background editing sound and film dates back prior to my photography. We can create some really cool displays for your personal, commercial and/or website use.[/three_fourth_last]

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