Costs

Custom Photography/Light-painting

One full resolution, digital photo £10*

Two full resolution, digital photo's £15*

Three full resolution, digital photo's (plus one edit**) £20*

5+ digital photo's (minimum of 5) £25* (plus £2 for each subsequent photo)

Note: The final resolution of the photo (primarily trackside) may vary due to potential cropping.

What do you get for your money?

Track-side Photographs

Trackside Photography

One full resolution, digital photo only £5

Two full resolution, digital photo's (plus one edit**) £10

Four full resolution, digital photo's £15

5+ digital photo's (minimum of 5) £20 (plus £1 for each subsequent photo)

* Additional costs may be incurred, such as travel.

**An 'edit' is taking one of the purchased photo's and creating an alternative look with it, e.g. a black & white or duo-tone version.

I attend many events, during the year, and regularly walk the track for different angles and positions. These photo's vary in size, due to the image cropping necessary in some track-side locations. As is to be expected, some photo's will be in a similar location and position on-track, and I am happy to count these as one photo (as long as they do not vary too much). I will perform some basic editing to bring out the best of the image.

The photo's will be uploaded to my Facebook page, scaled down and watermarked, in an album, and you can decide on the photo's you would like to purchase from there.

Custom Photography/Light-Painting

I will come to a location of your choosing (where practical) and spend a couple of hours taking as many photographs as I can fit in (you can assist in this!) I will take the photo's and give them a basic level of editing to make the most of the photo's taken. This will typically be some slight colour-correction, and slight tweaks to the luminance, clarity and noise of the images. I can also add a simple graduated filter and/or vignette, if you so wish?

The photo's will be scaled down, watermarked and sent to you by either email or the Painted Pixels Facebook page for your perusal.

How to pay?

After you have chosen the images you like, I will send the full-resolution images to you in an email attachment. These images are watermarked, but allow you to see the final image quality before you decide to buy them or not. If you decide to go ahead, I ask for full payment in advance. Paypal is the easiest/quickest way, but bank transfer, cheque or good 'ol cash-in-hand is also acceptable

Once funds have cleared I can either send the full-sized, final images via email, posted as a CD/DVD for a small, additional cost or to a cloud site where you can download them yourself* They can be provided in a variety of output formats at no extra cost, such as JPEG, TIFF, BMP, TGA, PNG. Digital Negative (DNG), RAW or NEF files will be included in your purchase (where possible).

* Uncompressed files can be big. So be prepared for large downloads.

What else can I do?

Digital Retouching and Visual Effects

I am a trained computer animator, visual effects producer and University lecturer in both subjects, with over twenty year's experience in Adobe Photoshop and 3D modelling software amongst others.

If you require more extensive editing, retouching or digital manipulations of the final images, we can discuss the additional costs, based on the time needed to complete the desired effect. This could be for things such as: -

Removing blemishes to the vehicle, such as dead bugs and/or minor scuff marks

Replacing the scenery with a new background image.

Replacing reflections on glass

Compositing more than one image together

Adding text or graphic logo's

Adding 3D scenery/objects created in a 3D software package

Note: If the lightstick has been used, the editing may be very intensive (if not impossible), due to the amount of reflections and colour it creates.

Printing Facilities

I have printing options for large-scale output - up to A0 height/width and banner printing, on various grades of weighted paper or canvas. I create my own wooden mounts in-house, up to a certain size, if needed.

Prices for prints vary, based on height, width and materials used. Please, email me or send me a message via the Painted Pixels UK Facebook page.

Legal Bits:

You do not own the copyrights to the photograph/image. Outright ownership remains with Painted Pixels and the photographer at all times. Photographs/images are sold for personal use only.

What you CAN do with the images

1. Any photographs/images are bought for the sole purpose of being used by the purchaser for personal use only.

2. You can use the images on your media pages, such as Facebook, Instagram or personal websites.

3. I grant you the rights to print out the image on photographic paper, tee-shirts, mugs, mouse-mats, jigsaws, etc.

What you CAN'T do with the images

1. You cannot sell the photograph/image.

2. You cannot enter the photograph/image into any competitions where there is any monetary reward or prize of significant value without the express, written permission of Painted Pixels.

3. You cannot edit, in any way, the photograph/image.* This includes cropping, colour correction, adding text & logos, etc. *This excludes using the image as an avatar or banner image where you are forced to conform to a certain resolution, such as a Facebook profile picture.

4. You cannot claim the photograph/image as your own work.

5. You cannot use the photograph/image for business. Should you wish to use the photograph/image for business use, such as corporate logo's, banners and/or vehicle livery, there are additional costs. You must contact Painted Pixels to release further rights to you by means of written consent.

Painted Pixels hold all rights to the photographs, including editing, and may be used for promotional purposes on its website or other media associated with it.

Original files may not be available after the initial purchase due to available storage space.

Thanks,

Neil