Welcome to phototurbo, your professional commercial, corporate, portrait, sports, event, architectural and product photographer!

Equipped with the latest digital imaging equipment and a creative eye for bringing out the best in your product, personality or location, phototurbo is ready to help you successfully complete your project.

Contact us today to discuss fulfilling your unique photographic needs!

                   Drew Persson
                   Professional Photographer
                   phototurbo

capabilities

• In-studio or on-location professional high-resolution digital photography.
  
  
• 1:1 macro capability for extreme close-up photos of tiny subjects, such cosmetic products or electrical components.
  
  
• Vast experience as a commercial product photographer specializing in white-background photography for web sites, catalogs and promotional materials.
  
  
• Fast & easy service: just ship us your product, we'll photograph the product and process the images, and quickly return your product via your preferred shipping method.
  
  
• Need a non-disclosure statement signed for a patent-pending product or new design? No problem!
  
  
• 16mm wide-angle to 600mm telephoto lenses in standard 35mm format, which are used to cover everything from large groups of products or architecture at short distances to "in the heat of the action" close-up photographs from great distances.
  
  
• Non-interpolated RAW images up to a massive 100 megapixels (stitched macro panoramas) are available, which are perfect for large product photographs, packaging, posters, banners, vehicle wraps and trade show booth backgrounds.
  
  
• Images are available in popular file formats such as TIFF, JPG, PSD & more, post-processed with your print or web needs in mind.
  
  
• Wide variety of image editing options available, from color correction based on intended usage to clipping paths that allow you to layer the subject of your image over a new background in the future.
  
  
• Convenient in-house printing capability.
  
  
• Easy online proofing and event photo services! Your clients, friends, family & associates can view & order prints (or download images) directly from our secure Client Access Portal. All you have to do is email them a link to your unique online photo gallery. Galleries can even be password protected for privacy.
  
  
• Electronic image delivery via email, FTP or CD/DVD.

portfolios

• Products
  
  
• People
  
  
• Places

testimonials

• Your method and your artwork are both very appealing. I will be happily referring people your way.
  - Andy O., Eternite Medical Spa
  
  
• Our glossy varnished wood products are very difficult to photograph, yet Phototurbo was able to really bring out the fine wood grain and make the rich colors pop! Outstanding.
  - Pat S., Evergreen Enterprises
  
  
• Thanks so much, you do an outstanding job!
  - Wendy E., Auto Visuals
  
  
• Love the shots...thanks so much Drew you make our world so much prettier! :) Thanks again.
  - Mary A., ilovecerise
  
  
• Bitchin' photos.
  - Joe R., Comanche Custom Cycles
  
  

about commercial photography

If you're new to commercial photography and are looking for some dynamite images to really represent your company or its products, you're probably hearing terms such as "creative services" and "usage fees" and are wondering what it all means. Fear not, these are just industry terms rarely heard outside of the niche!

Let's use product photography as an example. The "creative fee" is charged for the labor of actually laying out and photographing your products, which typically includes cleaning ink overspray and label residue, removing as much microscopic lint as possible (you don't see it, but the camera does), meticulously arranging and aligning groups of products, positioning products at the best angle with all sorts of little hidden supports, setting up the lighting for the look desired based on the reflectivity and color of the products (which may be different across products in the same group), eventually taking photographs, making lots of adjustments to all of the above, taking more photographs, getting client approval on proofs, and finally post-processing the images using specialized software to clean up the backgrounds, remove product packaging defects, erase lint and dust spots, combine products that couldn't be photographed together due to reflections, etc. In addition to the extensive labor, a portion of this fee also goes to camera and lighting equipment costs and studio overhead, which are significant. Last but not least, time must be spent carefully packing up your products and shipping them back to you.

The "usage fee" is based upon how you intend to use your product images. For example, say you start a home-based company that makes soda and you need a product photo of your bottle for your web site and limited printed promotional materials. For the first few years, only a few hundred thousand people will see your products and your usage needs are pretty minimal. So the usage fee (licensing) portion of your photographer's invoice will be extremely small. Compare that to a similar photo of a Coca-Cola bottle used in a national TV and print campaign, which will be seen hundreds of millions of times. The creative fee for your product and for the bottle of Coca-Cola will be roughly the same, but the usage fee for Coca-Cola will be tens of thousands of dollars. That's usage; you only pay for what you need.

Another aspect of commercial photography to consider is the photographer's skill, experience and equipment investment, which has a profound effect on image quality. Do you want mediocre images to hopefully "get you by" temporarily, or do you want images that you can use for decades, that are just as great ten years from now as they are on day one? Can your business really afford "cheap" images that don't present your personnel or products in the best possible light? How much will it hurt sales? Product photographs are your salespeople when you can't be there - especially on the internet, where your products can only be seen and not touched. What are your photos saying about your product or service? Are they creating buyer confidence and embarrassing your competition?

phototurbo is here for you, contact us today with your questions and to discuss fulfilling your unique photographic needs!

services

Commercial
Product Photographer
Automotive Photographer
Automotive Aftermarket Product Photographer
Jewelry Photographer
Commercial Photographer
Cosmetic Product Photographer
Advertising Photographer
Architectual Photographer
Virtual Tours
Executive Portraits
Corporate Photographer
Editorial Photographer
Product Review Photography
Freelance Photographer
Fine Art Reproduction
Fine Art Photographer
Product Photographers
Studio, Still Life & Stock Photography
Sporting Goods Products
New Product Photographer
Macro Product Photographer

People
Event Photographer
Portrait Photographer
Engagement Photographer
Couples Photographer
Children & Family Photographer
Maternity & Pregnancy Photographer
Infant, Baby, Child & Newborn Photographer
Model Headshots
Glamour & Fashion Photographer
Lifestyle Photographer
Actor Headshots
Actress Headshots
Club & Dance Photographer
Music & Band Photographer

Sports
Motorsports
Soccer, Baseball, Football
Surfing, Skiing, Snowboarding
Road & Mountain Biking
Skateboarding & BMX
Rock Climbing

Places
Travel Photographer
Landscape Photographer
Location Photographer
Wildlife
Nature
Outdoors

Pets
Pet Photographer
Dog, Cat, Horse / Equine Photographer
Pet Products

Miscellaneous
Photo Restoration
Product Photo Enhancement
Product Photography Studios
Photo Studio
Product Photography Consultation
Digital Product Photography
Product Photographer Wanted
Product Photographer Needed
Model Mayhem

resources

Professional Photographers
PhotoClicksPro-Photography Directory
PhotographyHomePages.com
@LA: The Guide to Greater Los Angeles and Southern California
Photographic Libraries Index

photograpy tips & industry articles from Rob Galbraith DPI

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