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Behind the scenes of Charles and Jennifer Maring's photographic careers.

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Name: Charles
Location: New York, New York, US

I have been a professional photographer for nearly 20 years, and adopted digital photography very early on. My wife Jennifer and I divide our time between the small town charm of Wallingford, CT., and New York City.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Giclee Albums

It's been a creative few weeks here at the Connecticut studio and lab as we have been inventing.
Jennifer and I are so excited about a new fine art product line we are rolling out. It won't be for every one's taste, but we created some new one of a kind wedding albums in which every single print is a Giclee. These books have a very clean design, and the complete opposite of the coffee table style books. These books are also very delicate and need to be treated like the world class work of art they are.

This product takes photography to new heights artistically and technically as we are printing using archival inks and both the black and whites and the color images are tremendous. These books will cost much more than photographic printed books because the printing process alone takes days for one book and the cost of these luxurious papers and ink is so high. The binding of these papers is work of art in itself and we have literally designed the binding of the books from scratch.

One of the collections is bound in house by us personally in luxury leathers, so we take on every step of the creative process including capturing the images, designing the images, designing the pages, digitally mastering the color, artistically rendering the masterpiece, printing the Giclee's, hand cutting the papers, gluing the spine of the book, binding the pages, cutting the book board for covers, wrapping and gluing the leathers, and pressing the book in an old world press. So, as you can see, it is an arduous process, yet is part of our passion for creating one of a kind works of art.

We wanted to roll out something new that would be the ultimate statement of luxury and art that simply couldn't be found anywhere else. And, we have certainly managed to do just that. These fine art books are only available here at Maring, and we look forward to sharing them with all of our couples soon.

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