Consultation by mail – photo instructions for viewing and digital image processing
Better photos get better, more detailed color results.
Taking care to follow these guidelines will be appreciated!
Digital Image Processing: Call me, or send email to find out more!
Want to see what your house will look like with new colors, before painting?
That’s possible! Just remember, the simpler your view, the better the results.
- In addition to the following tips, try to keep ‘visual clutter’ to a minimum.
- For this purpose, the focus is on your house and how it will be painted.
What to photograph
- Your house or other building as seen from ‘across the street’ or other approach
- A view of your house that fills the entire image area
- All sides of the building
- Detailed Closeups of all architectural features like
- Windows, doors, casing details (millwork/moldings)
- Porches, stairs, railings and balusters
- Eaves, brackets
- Other architectural details or embellishments
- Fences: gates, posts, finials
- Ornamental and functional ironwork
- Chimney detail or general closeup
- Walkways
- Chimneys
Please include views of the neighborhood looking away from your house
- Neighboring homes, nearest and across the street (a few)
- Include notes about their location in relation to your home
Please include any significant landscape, hard-scape, and decorative items
- Patios, flowering shrubs, gardens, pools
- Artwork, like sculpture, exterior color tile mosaic, or anything else of note
- Other features
Label your pictures
Most people send good quality digital images, but if you send prints, please label them on the back or on front with post-its. Digital files can have filename_description.jpg
Technical Tips
Bright sunlight creates hard shadows. Take your photos on an overcast day. Shoot all sides of the building with details as above. If there are shadows you can use flash for the close-ups of details. Zoom in as much as possible for details of all architectural features noted above.
If you only have sunny days then shoot when the sun is on the side you are looking at. Be aware of shadow areas.
Closeups: Remember, even for roof-line pictures you can use your zoom.
Sending the images
Digital images: Send via email. Zip all together into 1 file and use http://www.YouSendIt.com
Follow the direction on the YouSendIt.com site. It’s Free and the best way to easily send large files.
Email to: bjacobs@integralcolor.com
Using 35mm film? Send the actual prints in 4×6 or 5×7 size, or take to a processor and make a CD. Then, you can either load it into your computer and zip/email it, or just send me the cd in the mail.
If you are sending prints or a cd in the mail, you can include your completed Integral Color Profile Questionnaire and your check, in the package.
