We are consistently challenging ourselves to work toward using new techniques and technologies to use the best editing practices that we can for image consistency and tonality. While implementing new processes provides a better end product for our couples, sometimes these extra steps can add to the overall time it takes for us to edit. This is one of the key reasons we keep our delivery times as estimated timeframes, as it allows us some flexibility to employ new processes across all our upcoming deliveries at any time to provide a higher-quality end product. As is always our commitment to our couples, we will never rush editing galleries and videos as we know how important it is to thoroughly review and work through every image and frame. Please know, though, that if you need the earliest of these times listed below to be a hard stop, just send us an email to let us know!

Photos

Sneak Peeks: Next Business Day

Weddings: 4 to 6 Weeks

Intimate Weddings/Elopements: 3 to 4 Weeks

60-Minute Sessions: 2 to 3 Weeks (i.e. engagement, family, boudoir, and maternity sessions)

Indoor Mini Session: 48 to 72 Hours

Videos

Intimate Wedding Videos (60-Second & Highlight Film): 6 to 8 Weeks

Documentary Videos: 8 to 12 Weeks

Ceremony/Speech Videos: 2 to 4 Weeks

60-Minute Session Video: 4 to 6 Weeks

Have these dates passed and your gallery or video hasn’t been fully delivered yet?

It is always our goal to deliver as many photos and as much footage as possible within our gallery and documentary videos.

• If you notice a delay on specific panels of your wedding gallery, chances are we are taking a little more time for Photoshop adjustments. While these aren’t included in our packages, if you have a wedding day breakout, dress stain, or lipstick transfer, we will always try our best to give your gallery as much time as possible to resolve these before we deliver your full gallery to you.

• Video is a much more extensive editing process than photos that requires a lot of planning and quite often several restarts/readjustments to make footage work with the music selected while providing as much footage as possible. In total, videos will typically take three to four times the amount of time in editing than photos.

Please know, in these cases, you’ll typically see an additional two weeks in editing time added, but you will be able to access all of the other videos and panels of your gallery not being worked on during this time.

Photography

For image galleries, below is an expected number of images that are delivered based on the type and number of photographers you selected as a part of your package:

• Mini-Sessions: 20 Images

• 30-Minute Studio Session: 50 Images

• 60 Minute Sessions: 60 Images

• Intimate Weddings, One Photographer: 300 Images

• Intimate Wedding, Two Photographer: 500 Images

• Large Weddings, One Photographer: 600 Images

• Large Weddings, Two Photographers: 1,000 Images

Please see the “Requesting Additional Images” section below for additional image requests.

Videography

Below is what to expect from videos delivered for the type of package selected. Please note that our video packages are each different in exactly which videos are included. Please refer to your specific package selection to confirm the chosen video package and the videos included.

Intimate Weddings

• Cinematic Video: 3 to 5 Minutes

• Ceremony Video: Length of the Ceremony

Large Weddings

• 60-Second Trailer Video: A minimum of 60 seconds

• Documentary Video: A minimum of 5 minutes

• Ceremony Video: Length of the ceremony

• Speeches Video: Length of the speeches that took place at the pre-determined speeches timeframe

• Cinematic Video, if selected: 3 to 5 minutes

Please note, that any additional requests for footage outside of those included within your package will come at an additional cost.

Understanding the difference between sRGB and CMYK printing.

Please know when printing, it is super important to find vendors who specifically specialize in printing pictures. The reason for this comes down to the color space that their equipment has been designed and calibrated for. For publications, such as flyers and posters, printers use a color space called CMYK which uses four elements of color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and key), whereas photos as an industry standard use the sRGB (red, green, and blue) color space in 8 or 16 bit.

It is super important that your printer of choice uses printers that print in sRGB or it will create a distortion in the color of your prints. This is one of the reasons that we recommend using your gallery store over the use of other printers as we keep the pricing so low there that chances are, if you find lower pricing, it is going to be from a printer using the wrong color space. sRGB printers are much more expensive to operate and require specific papers to be used.

Did you know? We always quality-check our prints before sending them along to you and will replace any items that do not meet our high-quality standards.

Calibration

We edit our photos on calibrated screens to reflect exactly how they will look in print. This is why prints that we order through our print providers will look exactly how they look on our screens.

Photo Paper

Photo paper plays a huge role in how color saturates onto a print. All of our prints are printed on paper created by big names like Fuji and Kodak who have spent years perfecting this science. This ensures that prints look identical in coloring as they were edited.

Image Size

To help ensure easy mobile phone usage and ease of storage space, our galleries are predesigned to download single images in a smaller, social media-friendly resolution (please see downloading and storing your images below). It is important to make sure images are downloaded in high-resolution when printing which can only be done through downloading your favorites list of your whole gallery. Ordering from us just ensures the right file size is being used when purchasing your prints.

• Please note photos are edited in a queue based on their delivery date. While we know there may be an image that you are just dying to see, please be understanding that pulling a gallery out of order could cause delays for not only your gallery but also those galleries due out before. For this reason, we do not release additional images outside gallery sneak peeks before full gallery delivery.

• Galleries are delivered between Mondays through Fridays. Almost all of our editing occurs during business hours, so it is super rare for galleries to be delivered on weekends and holidays.

• Uploads occur overnight with completed gallery emails going out at 9 AM each business day. As we upload a massive amount of data each business day, uploading for completed galleries and videos is usually done overnight to allow for us to have the fastest internet possible throughout the day. Email notifications for these uploads are automatically set to send out at 9 AM each morning.

• Christmas Deliveries. Please expect events and sessions held after October 31st and November 15th (with the exception of our indoor mini sessions), respectively, to not be available within a timeframe for print orders to arrive by Christmas. Please use images from your sneak peeks for print orders for sessions/events after these dates.

• We close out any pending items by December 31st. If you have a gallery/videos that are due out prior to December 31st or have made a request for additional editing, this applies to you! The last two weeks of December, when we close to outdoor sessions, are some of our busiest of the year. This is a time when our office hours are at their longest and we are working tirelessly to ensure any open items are closed before the end of the year. So please know, if you have any open items, you can expect them to appear in your inbox/gallery/video delivery panels by December 31st.

• Want to know what happens to your images in our editing process? Our images undergo six editing levels: culling (sorting out duplicates, test shots, and unflattering images), color balance, cropping and straightening, fine-tuning adjustments review, light PS editing for photographer-selected key images, and a final review before your gallery is delivered.

Below is an outline of cutoff dates for sessions and orders to be delivered by Christmas.

IMAGE DELIVERY

• Weddings — Photo Delivery, Weddings on or before November 5th | Video Delivery, Weddings on or before October 25th

• Sessions — Photo Delivery, Sessions on or before December 1st

• Indoor Mini-Sessions — On or Before December 23rd

IN OFFICE ORDERS

• In-Office Pickup — December 21st

• Shipping Within NC — December 17th

ATLANTA, DAHLIA, AND ART JOURNAL ALBUMS

• With Standard Shipping — November 22nd

• With Expedited Shipping — November 29th

CARTER ALBUMS

• In-Office Pickup — December 21st

• Shipping Within NC — December 17th

GALLERY-ORDERED PRODUCTS
With the exception of gallery-ordered albums, large format prints, square prints, framed canvases, bamboo panels, cards, and wood prints.

• In-Office Pickup — December 21st

• Shipping Within NC — December 17th

GIFT CERTIFICATES

• Digital Delivery — December 25th

In most cases, you’ll access your gallery as a guest.

Enter As Guest — This option will allow you and your visitors to access your gallery with only an email address.

Enter As Client — This option is specifically for hiding images from your gallery that you would like not to be displayed with visitors entering as a guest. The password to enter as a client can be found at the bottom of the “Your Gallery is Ready” email you will receive when your gallery is complete.

Helpful Tip — Marking your favorites as you go is the easiest way to place print orders or download specific images later on, so be sure to hit the heart icon anytime you see an image you love!

Want to know more? You can also find a step-by-step guide of selecting favorites and how to share those favorite lists with us at https://www.atlantadahlia.com/selecting-favorites

Your gallery will remain active for at least two years during which time you will be able to download or sync your images. The options for download will include downloading in two options:

• High-Res - This is the resolution you would use when printing your images and is the exact size of the final file as it is on our computer when editing.

• Web-Size - This quality is smaller in size and designed for use on social media, on websites, or in any digital form. This is also the quality that displays on your gallery to allow for ease of use with mobile devices.

For storing your images, you have the option to:

• Download to Your Computer - Your gallery will allow you to download your images as often as you want to while your gallery is active (two years).

• Sync to Google Photos - This is a one-click option that will allow you to sync your gallery photos with your Google Photos account.

• Sync to Dropbox - This is a one-click option that will allow you to sync your gallery photos with your Dropbox account.

Helpful Tip — Single image downloads are always in web-size format to ensure mobile usability. To download images in the high-resolution version, use the full gallery download option (or your favorites list).

Videos are accessible for viewing and downloading through a personal video delivery page on our website. If you selected to have both photography and videography with us, you can find your unique link under the videos tab of your photo gallery. This personal page and video access will be available for up to two years from the date of your event.

Throughout the course of each office day, it is rare for us to not be actively in the process of uploading videos. Please note that due video’s large file sizes, it can take several hours for uploads to fully complete so while we do add links as soon as this process begins, it is rare for us to send out email notifications for video additions as oftentimes they are finishing outside our office hours. Please be sure to check back to your personal delivery page often for new video additions.

There are several ways to share your gallery with your family, friends, and vendors. These share options will be available in the white bar on the right side of your screen.

• Copy the URL Link - This link will quickly provide direct access for your family and friends that will not require them to request access.

• Share on Facebook - At the top right of your gallery will be a curved arrow. This arrow will display options for sharing on Facebook and sharing on Pinterest.

• Send Email - Using that same arrow, you can find an option to send an email. This option allows you to send specific photos directly to your family and friends instead of your entire gallery. See a picture of a person that you love and want to share. This is the best way to send it without having to download and reopen it in a messaging app.

• Sharing with Vendors - Please feel free to share your gallery link or images with vendors! When passing along images to other vendors, please include a link to our vendor’s image use page that will provide all the information they need for sharing.

• Tagging Atlanta Dahlia Photography - Please feel free to tag us! You can find our social media pages below. YOU are what helps us continue in this business, and we sincerely appreciate shout-outs, follows, and referrals!

  Follow On Instagram | Follow On Facebook

Did you know you can hide images you don’t want others to see? When you receive your gallery invitation, a client password will be provided at the bottom of your email. This password provides you access to your gallery as a client and will allow you to hide and mark images as private within your gallery and will make these images inaccessible for those visiting your gallery as a guest.

Did you know that phones and laptops display color and vibrancy differently? When visiting your gallery, check the settings on your device. For example, on devices like iPhones, turning off true-tone from your device settings and increasing the brightness of your screen will help to make pictures appear more closely to the way images are meant to be displayed. On other devices, settings like power-saving and blue filtering will significantly change the way your photos will be displayed.

As a standard package offering, all of our images are released with printing rights. While we always recommend and encourage you to order prints from your online gallery (the vendors there have been carefully vetted to ensure the best quality), please know you are always welcome to print anywhere! From time to time, some printing locations may ask for a print release providing permission from the photographer to print images. If you need this print release, you can find it by clicking here.

If you prefer to see products firsthand, ordering prints in person might be the right option for you! We provide in-person consultations at our Jacksonville, NC office so you can view product samples, including print and canvas finishes. Most of the items purchased in person are available for pickup from our office within two to three business days.

Click here to schedule an in-person print consultation.

Did You Know? — Our print products are backed with a product replacement guarantee. Simply return incorrect items back to us for a full replacement.

Album design is included complimentary with any session or wedding captured by Atlanta Dahlia Photography. You can find a full list of album options and view pricing by clicking here.

Flash drives are available for purchase from your gallery store or by contacting us. All flash drives come engraved with your wedding date and start at $35.00 + 7% NC Sales Tax.

Shipping options include:

• Local Pickup in Jacksonville, NC - $0

• Economy - $5.00

• Expedited - $10.00

• Rush - $17.50

Don’t see an image you thought would be in your gallery? Please know we are always happy to reopen your gallery to check! Below you can find more information about our photo selection process and timeline for these requests.

Our Culling Process

• Culling is a photographer’s process of sorting through images to select images delivered within final galleries.

• For our culling process, we cull our photos by hand, and to err on the side of caution, the only images we remove from this process are duplicates (with the exception of family photos, where our goal is to deliver a minimum of two for each set), flash misfires, images where there main subject’s eyes are closed/mouth is awkwardly open/highly unflattering photos, RBF (resting bored face!) on candid/reception photos, and test shots. All other images are delivered as a part of your final gallery.

• This is one of the reasons why our galleries are so large and are typically much larger than those quoted in our packages.

• While we are always happy to check for these requests, more often than not, if you don’t see an image in your gallery for the request you are looking for, chances are it is not available.

Processing Timeframes

• Requests made within one week of the original gallery delivery (this is the timeframe before we save these files to our archival system) have an expected turnaround time of two to three business days.

• Requests for galleries delivered more than one week ago will require retrieval from our archive files and placement back into our editing queue. Please note that for any requests requiring retrieval of our original archive files, your edits will be placed inside our editing queue with videos and images currently being edited. As wedding files are large, we do this to ensure galleries and videos are completed in a seamless flow while providing the time, space, and system resources we need to provide our full focus on each project as it is being edited. As these requests are edited on a first-in-queue, first-serve basis, please allow up to four to six weeks for your request to be completed.

See an image you would like to have manipulated?

As a part of being able to deliver as many images as possible while keeping our packages affordable, photo manipulation is not included in our wedding packages* and is instead available for purchase after your gallery is delivered. This includes blemish removals, lipstick transfers, stains, background element removals, etc. You can find a breakdown of options and pricing by clicking here.

*With the expectation of our all-inclusive packages which include our Tier One editing.

FAQs

• What is photo manipulation? Photo manipulation is the alteration of the original contents of a photo. It can be something small like removing a blemish or hair that is out of place, all the way to something more drastic like airbrushing or creating a new photo altogether. These manipulations add anywhere between 5 minutes to two hours per photo.

• What type of editing is included in your package? Included within all of our packages is editing for white balance, cropping, straightening, and coloring to ensure consistency with images displayed across our brand.

• Why is pricing designed this way? So often we hear this misconception that photographers should be creating images with pure perfection. In so many ways, this idea is truly so far from the truth. While every photographer is different, we feel it’s our calling to create authentic, candid images that fully capture every moment, smile, and tear in their most natural beauty. Not always are these beautiful moments in perfect places, conditions, or lighting which is where photographers are faced with a choice - One, deliver perfection by delivering very few, highly manipulated images (often increasing the cost of their packages to consume the hours added by additional editing), or Two, deliver broader galleries of more images, allowing couples to have as many images to choose from as possible while giving them the option to purchase these advanced manipulations only as they need to. We’ve chosen the latter. This allows us to deliver more images, all while keeping our packages affordable for you!

We provide a $15 retouching/editing credit for all our galleries that can be used toward the purchase of any of the services below:

• Retouches (Standard, Plus, Premium)

• Editing Style Conversions (Bright & Airy, Film-Style True-to-Color, Film-Style Brown Tones)

• Converting Images to Black & White (Full Gallery, Single Image)

To redeem, use code YMJT4 at checkout.

Did you know? We offer the ability for your images to be edited in an entirely different editing style!

More than just clicking a button, most of the time we spend on images is spent in the days and hours following to style an image for editing. Over the years we’ve watched photography styling change so much, and while we continue to edit using the same color forward, timeless style we have used from the beginning, we fully understand editing is a highly subjective art form, and everyone gravitates toward their own style. For this reason, we want to ensure that you always have access to images in different editing forms.

Click here to learn more!

Did you have an amazing time with us and would like to leave a gratuity after your event or session? You can do so by clicking here.

As part of the Atlanta Dahlia Photography family, we are always working to develop partnerships to give you more. Below you’ll find some of the special offers and discounts available for clients and their families.

$50 OFF Future Sessions With Us

As a member of the Atlanta Dahlia family, you’ll receive a $50 discount on future 60-minute sessions with us. (Please note: Restrictions may apply with an additional travel fee to be charged based on the session's location. Discount does not apply for events or indoor mini-sessions.)

25% DISCOUNT on Purchases from Von Creative Co.

Receive a 25% discount on future purchases from www.voncreativeco.com. Use offer code ATLANTADAHLIA at checkout.

50% DISCOUNT Allons-y Photo Booth

Mention Atlanta Dahlia when booking to receive a 50% discount on photo booth packages from www.allonsyphotobooth.com.

15% DISCOUNT on Purchases from MINTED.com

If you’re looking for more printed gift cards or gift options, this link will take you to our Minted storefront. Use the offer code PHOTOPROATLANTADAHLIA to receive 15% off Minted photo cards and stationery.