WeddingPhotography
Beautiful matters.
Excerpt from: "The Ceremony"
This is the part that really matters, for it is the part you won't be able to remember afterward because your heart will be beating too fast for you to concentrate on anything else. This is where life begins, and ends, where all loss and longing is forgotten-- at least for a little while. For a few minutes, you and your guests will be able to experience true purity, emotion, and most of all, love, like it exists in few other places. For a few short minutes your soul is laid bare, and your breath is all that matters. You don't want to forget a thing like that.
-Frank Rapant
"A Portrait of a Day"
October 2008
About me: I work in photography because I love it. I love everything about it, from thoughtful conceptualization and shooting, to the crafting of finished prints. The entire process excites me, and I find that even though it brings me closer to the world, it also separates me a bit from it—which can be nice sometimes; even if it is the thin separation of the glass of the lens. However, I prefer to work with people whether it is the cool candid on the street, or the intimacy of the studio, photographing people helps remind me that every man is my brother, and every woman my sister.
I believe in the beauty of the moment—in love, in loss, and in longing. These are the things I look for in my lens. I also believe in technicality—in the perfection of an image. So often we find some of these things, and not others. I believe that when properly applied, all of these things must coexist in an image. Call it Zen? I don’t know what to call it, but I know it when I find it, and it is what I strive for.
Frank Rapant
Nassau, NY
December 2006
The Wedding Day:
For an additional $100.00 all packages can include the use of black and white 35mm film, (120 film available), which will be scanned and printed digitally. All digital prints are archival quality. For silver prints (of B&W’s) see below. Only state- of- the- art equipment, techniques, and materials are used to document your day. You can always expect the utmost courtesy and respect from me, and as much or as little involvement in the process as you wish, and is possible.
Full-color, black & white, sepia, monotone, or selective color options are available for most digital prints.
Package 'A' or 'B' includes your choice of either an engagement or bridal boudoir session, ask me for details.
Please email me at contact@frankrapant.net to further discuss what you need, and how I can help you; or to schedule a portfolio viewing. The below prices are negotiable. I have no problem working to your budget, within reason.
(I make the prints and keep the copyrights.)
7- hour coverage. You pick the start and stop times.
Travel times between locations counts against your 7 hours. 'Constant shooting.' $1,650.00
Additional hour(s) can be added 'on the fly' at a rate of $250.00/hour.
Post production (color correction, crop, resize).Standard retouch on all close- ups of bride & groom is included
- Images viewable and prints are purchasable online.
This package does not include any prints, but I will offer you a $50.00 credit toward digital prints/ enlargements when ordered from my website. This does not apply to silver gelatin prints, they are a different thing.
Included
(You make the prints and keep the copyrights.)
7- hour coverage. You pick the start and stop times.
Travel times between locations counts against your 7 hours. 'Constant shooting'. $1,950.00
Additional hour(s) can be added 'on the fly' at a rate of $300.00/ hour.
Post production (color correction, crop, resize). Standard retouch on all close- ups of bride & groom is included.
Unlimited orderable reprints from website.
(I will post the photos, the rest is up to you.)
-Copyright free, full- res, finished tif files on DVD or CDs (1 set of all photos).
- Email/ web sized watermarked electronic files.
Included, additional disks available for $20.00 each.(At the end of the day I hand you a disk of pictures. You keep the
copyrights, you do the work, you make the prints.)
7- hour coverage. You pick the start and stop times. Travel times between locations counts against your 7 hours. Constant shooting. $1450.00
Additional hour(s) can be added 'on the fly'. $250.00
(1) set of all untouched NEF + JPG images on DVD (s). You get them straight out of the camera.
Digital print pricing:
4 x 6
$3.00 each
5 x 7
$8.00 each
8 x 12
$15.00 each
12 x 18
$25.00 each
Hand- Crafted Archival Gelatin Silver
Black & White Prints
It is time to slow things down, it is time to go back to basics, it is time for zen and beauty.
The fine printing of Black & White images in Gelatin Silver is a craft which is rapidly
declining in the world of high- speed connections and digital imaging. A black and white
negative can be printed digitally on regular paper, but then it loses something it once
possessed—I would call it the ‘soul’ or ‘magic’ of the image.
A fine B&W negative
deserves a fine print. Images in silver will last indefinitely, if properly handled, and
actually look better as they age. The best digital papers and inks can guarantee is 150 years.
The following prices apply to gelatin silver prints. These prices reflect the fine- art quality of the craft as well as the paper. You can expect an additional wait- period for these prints, as they are all hand made using light and silver.
Dry mounting or over- matting is available for all gelatin silver prints. Ask about pricing for 2- ply board. If you choose to use 120 film (medium format—better quality negative, and bigger prints possible) the price will increase by 1 ½%.
4 x 6
$10.00 each
5 x 7
$17.00 each
8 x 12
$40.00 each
12 x 18
$65.00 each
Larger sizes available depending on film format. Ask about pricing.
Additional Services for Before and After the Wedding Day:
Scroll up to see packages.
Portrait/ Engagement/ Bridal Boudoir/
Rehearsal Dinner, etc... Sessions
(I make the prints and keep the copyright.)
2- hour shoot
- $375.00
- $ 150.00 each additional hour (can be added 'on the fly').
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Feel free to email me at contact@frankrapant.net for the password to view full weddings, or to request a printed copy of my portfolio.
