BENEFITS OF DIGITAL

• Seeing the results of a digital headshot session immediately saves time spent on a reshoot.
• If you procrastinate, a digital headshot session has a quick turnaround time.

Saves money:

• Seeing the results of a digital headshot session immediately saves money spent on another reshoot.
• Unlimited digital headshots within the session time alloted.
• You receive “digital negatives” in CD format as opposed to film negatives. Some photographers keep your negatives or sell them to you for an additional $25–150. Worse, calling the photographer a year later only to learn they are out of business and you can not get reprints. Save more money and reduces aggravation.

Reduces Anxiety:

• No more worrying if you got the headshots you need.

Image Quality:

• Unlike duplicated film negatives or slides, digital copies are an exact copy.
• Digital has a greater dynamic range then film because it records more information in highlights and shadows).
• Digital images have greater color fidelity and consistency.

I have been working with digital images for 12 years as a web/graphic designer, and I get calls from clients saying they have been told digital photos dont print as well or look as nice as film prints. This is not the case. Unless someone tries to print a digital file larger then its maximum resolution or perhaps the digital photographer chose an aperture/shutter speed/lighting that resulted in a bad digital image from the start—would not look good if printed in any case. There are many photographers who know little or nothing about the digital realm and therefore have negative viewpoints instead of taking the time to educate themselves on the subject. Every image you see in magazines, CD covers, posters, etc., is a digital image. The image either originated as a digital image or as a film negative that was scanned and turned into a digital image. This process is the standard in the graphic design industry. When it comes to photography the most important thing is that the photographer takes a good digital image with enough details in the highlights, midtone, and shadows so that it will reproduce nicely when printed—This goes for both film and digital photography. I migrated to digital photography because I've discovered the many benefits it has over film. Film still has some benefits, although as digital technology continues to advance, film will have very few benefits over digital. I would not offer digital headshots unless I felt the benefits out weigh that of film.