Graduation Portraits

Graduation Portraits Christchurch, New Zealand.

You've done the hard work, now it's time to celebrate! 

Your graduation day is an exciting day, I will strive to help you capture the memory of this day with as little fuss as possible. 

It is a proud and memorable occasion – for you, your family and your friends. One that I Kurt Langer can perfectly capture in portraiture of the highest quality.

I can take an individual portrait of you as well as photographs with family members and friends. We can do some shots with the gown and cap and also some or all with not. In my opinion graduation time is just as important time to get a personal and family portrait recorded.

At the graduation photo session we allow 30 min. to an hour. During this time we take a variety of pictures for you to choose from & any special requests you may have. I will photograph you individually of course but if you wish you can also take the opportunity to have pictures taken with your family and friends too. 

You are welcome to have your family portrait taken in my studio or choose your favourite place. It maybe a place that has meaning to you. Your family home is an excellent option; it's comfortable, personal, and accommodating for changing wardrobes if need be. I can come and set my portable studio up in a jiffy, and or use your natural home surroundings. I highly recommend the Art Centre for the obvious reasons and also the Botanics across the road. Or at the institution you have studied at. There is no fee difference on where you choose to have the pictures taken.

My focus is on beautifully presented high resolution digital images for you to get any prints of any size on any medium you choose to have anytime in the future, or share on social media. I also offer high end pieces of artwork for your walls, mantle piece or bedside cabinets. 

I always work with maximum passion and professionalism to capture the emotion, the details, and the love in photos that will make your memories last forever. You are guaranteed custom-made work of the highest quality. I would love to hear from you; please feel free to get in touch for more information.

You may just be after one awesome image of yourself or many different images if you include your family and friends. It all depends on what I'm shooting for how many images you get, but no good images are left out and no two images are the same. It's definitely quality here and not quantity. I also provide you a 6x4 inch (postcard size) print of every digital image you receive. 

My goal is to give you the best service and product possible. So if we got around to photographing many different ideas you get all the great images we took from our session. 

There is no extra fee for location portraits within Christchurch as I love to get out of the studio and I think some folk are more relaxed and happy at a spot they like or that has meaning.

Providing you with a 6x4 inch print is so you get a hard copy to know (by not just looking at the screen) what you may want more reprints of, or to enlarge for the wall in the future. The 6x4 inch prints are also great for most small frames you have lying around and are easy to buy everywhere.

My fee is really good with this flat rate = no hidden costs like many other portrait photographers who charge you a small or free sitting fee then push you to spend up to even thousands for the pictures and that's maybe not even including the digital images. 

Portrait Price List:

My fee for just individual portraits of yourself is $345. This includes at least 10 completely different amazing digital images. I also provide you a 6x4 inch (postcard size) print of every digital image you receive. 

My fee with including parents is $495. With all family $545. This includes up to 15 completely different amazing digital images.

Extra Info:

Booking - You're very much welcome and I think it's a great idea to make a time to meet up in advance under no obligation so I can help you plan your session in person. If time or distance is not easy than we can chat via phone / email. Upon booking you will be required to pay the full amount anytime until 24 hrs prior via internet banking or at the start of our session in cash. I provide a 100% money back cancellation fee. So do not worry if someone not feeling well or the weather is terrible and you need to postpone or cancel. On the day of the photo session we will meet at the location you have chosen and the creative fun will begin. It's important for you and your family to be yourselves. A fun and relaxing photo session results in great portraits you can treasure. 

What to wear for family portraits - Just wear what you and your family / friends think you look good in. Wear what you are. For a family it definitely doesn’t have to match. It's all about feeling good in what you're wearing. Dressing smart is good. But it's fine if its the latest fashion for your daughter with ripped jeans. Or a surfing logo on a shirt. Someone can be smart and someone can be casual. It's what is the person is about. Maybe a good idea to bring 2 or 3 tops. Extra bling if you're not to sure and then we can choose. It's all up to you. If you do all want to match then that's cool. As long as everyone digs their outfits. A favourite hair do and lippy or no lippy is good. Bling is totally fine. My only thing is no creases in the tops. Tough to photoshop out on some with tops with patterns. Best to check prior and iron if need be. 

Hair and Makeup - Totally up to you. How you like. If you are not sure I can recommend and organise the best makeup artist & hairstylists I know in this town. $150 for makeup or $190 for hair and makeup. You may want to visit your hairdresser / makeup store just prior the shoot for a quick style or feel confident getting a friend or just doing it all yourself. 

The session - Expect the entire session to be an hour but it's so much fun it seems very quick. We shoot as much as we can as many ideas we can to get our awesome bunch of images.

After the shoot - I will spend a couple of hours reducing the hundreds of photos we took down to a nice manageable number for you to view. We then make a time to come on in to pick your favourites. You are also welcome to leave it up to me and my well trained eye. I then spend a couple of hours ever so slightly improving the image quality. That is exposure, colours, framing, taking out anything distracting, photoshopping your requests of the images.. Then email you the high / full resolution images for you to download on your computer to have forever. I suggest you share the images to other computers and stick on an external hard drive i.e. create multiple backups. We do keep back ups here in case you ever lose the images.

Reprints & Enlargements:

You can order reprints and enlargements easily through me for no fee (only what the lab charges for the cost of printing). This is excellent after sales service. So a 6x4 inch reprint = $1, 5x7 inch = $3, A4 (8x12 or 8x10 inch) size print = $10.

If you're after getting great quality photo prints yourself up to 16x12 inch in size then I fully recommend going to Photo & Digital in Addington. You can go in with your digital images on USB or order online. 

If you are after really big prints for the walls now or anytime in the future there is Kens Cameras on Victoria street. If you do choose to order at Kens I can meet you there for no fee to see what images you would like printed to what size and what medium as in prints that you can frame, canvas, metal, acrylic etc. Or just pop in yourself as they are very helpful and have samples and sizes and no obligation to get any printing done if your still deciding.