This is why you need my help with the printing process…

We’ve all been there (myself included)… We have gone to the effort to arrange and experience a family photo shoot and then swooned over the digital images we received via email, which have then just sat in our inbox, forever. Or we have taken a beautiful photo of our loved ones for it to only stay on our phone or computer and NEVER be printed. Or how many of us have photo albums filled with old family photos that our parents passed on to us which we pull out of the bookshelf when feeling nostalgic to flick through and tell stories from our childhood to our own kids…..but we don’t actually have our OWN family photos to hand down to our future generations. I think it’s SO SAD that there are SO MANY important photos out there screaming to be printed but have sadly been forgotten.

This is why all of my session packages include some form of printed memory – so this never happens again to you and your family.

We all know we can get cheaper and faster prints from the big name department stores. And we all know how poor the quality is of that final product. For starters the colours are usually grossly off and it soon fades, curl up at the edges and doesn’t really look how it should. You pay for what you get, right! Please have a little read below about why I have chosen Atkins Photo Lab to print your legacy and the stunning products they provide….

Atkins Photo Lab

Atkins is based in Kent, South Australia and has been a family run business since 1936. They have the best team in the industry with many of their staff being with them for over 30 years. They have seen the change to digital and bring that knowledge and history to everything they do – they really are experts in their fields. They produce photographic products that will last for generations, heirlooms to enrich the memories and stories of families for well over a century. Their products are hand made, carefully crafted, and truly special.

Matte Art Prints

The 100% smooth white cotton artist’s paper has a wonderfully soft feel and produces outstanding prints that feature brilliant colours, deep blacks, striking contrasts and perfect reproduction of detail. This acid and lignin-free paper meets the most exacting requirements for age resistance which means they will last a lifetime and more.

Leather Envelopes

Your printed 10x15cm images will be presented and stored in a handmade envelope (10×15.5cm) in your choice of natural or vegan leather and finished with a brass stud closure. There’s nothing quite like the smell of true leather and how soft and buttery it feels in your hands.

Framed Prints

The style of framed print is the kind that will hang anywhere and will look like it has always been there. A white mat surrounds your photograph and it is then framed in your choice of Satin Black, Satin White, Miltwood or if you prefer a raw timber finish then you can choose from Tasmanian Oak or Heartwood. Your photographic print will be carefully mounted to board with archival adhesive, then finished in your choice of frame with a lightweight acrylic glazing that protects your picture. All frames are custom made by hand and on site by Atkins Photo Lab.

With the smaller framed prints, you can use adhesive strips to attach them to your wall, but larger pieces will need a single hanging point. All frames have hangers on the back ready to go!

Satin White/Black: This moulding is coated in satiny matte gesso, made from sustainable timber. A very smooth and consistent texture, made in Italy.

Miltwood: This moulding has a thin timber veneer over a sustainable timber body. It gives a very matte and very textured look and feel which is also very consistent. 

Raw Timber – Heartwood: This moulding is a raw pure timber moulding made locally in Australia. It varies a lot in colour as a natural product it will always have variation. It feels real and raw and like something from another time. It’s colour could be described as an earthy, warm ochre.

Raw Timber – Tasmania Oak: My personal favourite. This moulding is a raw pure timber moulding made locally in Australia. It varies a lot in colour as a natural product it will always have variation. It’s texture and finish is the same as Heartwoods, but it’s colour could be described as a light, neutral oatmeal.

What is even the point of investing your valuable time and money into a photo session if you never actually print the photos?