There is more to a custom print than meets the eye... a look at color correction on a print by print basis.

Quality is everything...
Our customers are number 1 and we do this for each and every one of them.

1. First we retrieve the source of the image from millions of files in our files archive.
2. We examine the source image and prepare it to go to the lab.  Cropping instruction are given, color notes are made, clients special requests are noted, images are spotted, etc.
3. The lab receives the order and creates a computer file for the job.
4. Each source image is then individually analyzed for its cyan, magenta & yellow characteristics.
5. Notes are added to the computer job file for that individual source image needing corrections.
6. They move through the entire order this way until all of the source images have been analyzed and their data stored.
7. The batch of source images then moves to the printing area of the lab and a test print is made of each with the specific instructions stored for that job and for each source image.
8. Once printed the stack of test prints are taken to an inspector who will review each one for color balance. They mark with a grease pencil on the face of each print what they see is needed. e.g. (-2c, +3m, +1y).
9. The stack of marked test prints is then taken to an input technician who updates the job file with all this new data.
10. Images are then sent back to the printing area of the lab for printing again. (go back to step #7) The test prints stay in this loop of step #7-#10 until all make it through with the OK from the inspector.
11. The entire order is now printed in the quantities and sizes that the photographer has requested.
12. The order is accumulated in storage bins until it is complete and is then shipped back to us at the studio.
13. We receive the images and our team at the studio inspects every print in the order to see if it matches what we were expecting from the lab.
14. If we are not happy with a print we send it back to the lab and they starts over this whole process on that print. Go back to step #3 and work your way through #14.
15. When we are satisfied and with the order it is assembled and we contract the customer.
     

It matters to us!
Imagine this for a couple of hundred source images for each and
every album we produce and you will get a sense of how much we care about our clients.