Wedding Images on a disc

[nicolabryans]

Hi,

wondering if anyone can help me, I am a photography student and my friend has asked me to shoot her wedding for her which is fine, what I am not sure about is once I have edited the images she wants them all on a disc so she can go and get her own prints and possibly a canvass/picture. If I save the images as 300dpi will this be ok for enlarging for a canvass and also if I am taking approx 300-500 images will these all fit on a disc? Also we were taught when saving an image to save the image size so if you wanted a 10x8 you select that, but if you are giving a disc then they might might different pics at different sizes, how do you deal with that? Is there anything else I need to factor in?

Thank you for your help.
Nicola

 

[swanseamale47]

You'll easily get 500 jpeg images on a dvd, the sizing is a different question, as your unsure it might be better to ask them what size they will want.
A bigger question for me is if your asking basic questions like this are you sure you'll be ok taking on a wedding, I don't know your experience but a wedding is a lot more than just taking pics. I's advise you only do it if your confident in your skills and equiptment.
I really don't mean to offend by saying this, I just don't want to see someone get themself into hassle.
Wayne

 

[nicolabryans]

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for reply and I totally agree about not doing it unless confident. I am more than capable of taking the image but just incase any problems I have my friend assisting me as she was a wedding photographer for years and worked for a reputable studio so she has kindly agreed to come with me. I am fine taking the images and using photoshop its just the saving of the images that confuses me as never had to hand over a disc to anyone, did 2 years assisting and have picked up lots of good tips but have never seen what happens after this.

Thanks
Nicola

 

[swanseamale47]

You might want to give a covering letter with the disk giving the B+G the right to print the images for their own use. Some places won't print professional looking images thinking theres a copyright issue.
Wayne

 

[Scarecrow]

And saving at 72dpi, 300dpi or any other figure has no bearing on how big the images can be printed at. What is important is the image size in pixels. The bigger the original image, that larger you can make a print before a drop in quality becomes apparent.

 

[OlyPaul]

The only advise I will give you on top of what has already been said is, if you do not know what sizes they are printing them at and your camera takes 3:2 ratio images then do not crop in camera and leave room around the subject for cropping to the print format/formats chosen.

I say that because if you crop close in camera at 3:2 (6x4in) and they print at 7x5 or 10x8 then you are going to lose head, feet or some important part of the image.