Visit Paradise Photo & Video for an updated executive portrait.
During your studio session we will shoot a variety of shots and poses – from a traditional to modern to business casual depending on your profession and requirements. Change outfits or accessories. Once you choose your favorite shot we will create a high and low resolution image. Ideal for websites, email newsletters, brochures, business cards, Yellow Page ads and if needed a specially cropped image for professional networking sites such as linked-in. Need your entire office staff photographed? Paradise has set up studio lighting and backdrops in the conference rooms (and hallways!!) of local real estate and financial planning offices.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Thank you for your interest in our professional Bar / Bat Mitzvah photography services. Our photographers have been photographing Bar and Bat Mitzvah's since their own!!! We are sure that the photographic services and products that Paradise Photo & Video will provide for your family will bring many happy memories of your son or daughter's Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
Our Philosophy
We will capture the spirit of your celebration.
While we will concentrate on your child and family, we also capture your relatives and friends enjoying themselves with stunning candid photographs. We mingle in the background and then step forward, capturing the image of unsuspecting guests and then we blend back into the background. Our journalistic style of candids will capture your guests at exactly the decisive moment and are combined with traditional photographs to create lasting memories of this special day.
Standard Photo Coverage
Standard coverage includes the Temple photos and your primary reception. You will receive a 4x6 proof of every photo taken. We can also post your proofs on our website for 90 days. Family and friends will be able to order directly from this web site. includes:
Traditional Temple Photos
prior to the actual day, or morning of (Varies by synagogue)
"Formals" of your family, immediate and extended families
Complete Candle Lighting ceremony
Toast and Motzi
Cake, centerpieces, invitation, sign-in board and overall room set-up
Dancing, games and lots of kids having fun
Group photo of the kids
Table options available as well
All proofs in chronological order in a proof book
Paradise Photo & Video
Paradise Photo & Video also offers a complete line of optional services and photographic products that you can choose from including:
Leather bound custom albums
Grandparents albums
Ipod Photo Proofs
"This is Your Life" videos
A wide variety of enlargements, reprints and novelty items
Albums
The Deluxe Album
Each photograph is mounted onto each page. Each page displays 1 5"x7" enlargement, or 2 4"x5" photographs. This 100% genuine leather album is available in Ivory, Gray, Black, Brown, Navy Blue and others. Your childs name and date are embossed in gold on the cover.
The Storybook Album
Each page displays 1 8"x10" enlargement, 2 - 5"x7" enlargements, or 4 - 4"x5" photographs. Create your album using any combination of these page formats. This 100% genuine leather album is available in Ivory, Gray, Black, Brown, Navy Blue and others. Your childs name and date are embossed in gold on the cover.
Grandparent Albums
These fine mini albums display one matted 4"x5" or 5"x7" photograph per page. "This is Your Life" Music Videos Combine your favorite family photos, video clips and music to create a montage of your child's life. Perfect for either cocktail hours or as a special showing during your reception. Three version offered depending on the number of photos, songs and video clips. DVD player and projector rentals available if needed.
Sports Photography
Paradise offers individual and team photos of youth sports league.
A wide range of photo and novelty items are offered at reasonable prices. Sportsmates, press printed trading cards, photos on sports balls, game tickets and more. Photo days are coordinated with league officials and photos can be delivered to the league, picked-up in our studio or mailed (shipping charges apply). Custom collages also available as well as wallstars that stick to the walls of your home or child’s bedrooms!!
Paradise photographers shoot from the sidelines of the action!
to check out the Natick High School events we've shot recently. You can order photos online and pick them at Paradise Photo & Video! If you want action photos of your child, give us a call to schedule a shoot.
A portion of all sales are returned to the schools or leagues.
Commercial Photography
Commercial & Product Photography
Paradise photographers can capture your company's products, locations, events, meetings, group photos and more. Projects have included website redesigns, annual reports, brochures, press releases and candid photographs of meeting speakers, presentations and special events. We also specialize in large and small group photos and can provide photographic quality prints (5x7 or 8x10) overnight for you to present to your attendees before they depart your meeting for home. These prints can include your logo and meeting info if desired and include cardboard folios.
Dance/Performance
Dance Photography
Paradise offers individual and class photos for area dance studios including Impulse Dance Center and the Nutcracker presented by the Walnut Hill Community Dance program in Natick and for the Brandi Rae School of Dance in Framingham. We also shoot stage photos for Impulse as well. A wide range of photo and novelty items are offered at reasonable prices including dancemates, sculptures, show tickets and more.
Pricing & Information
Packages
Sitting Fee - $40. Note: The Paradise and Prestige packages include all proofs from your sitting. Package Includes:
With the quality of digital cameras getting better everyday a professional printing job on real photographic paper is the only way to make your prints last. We pack enough high-end technology and chemistry into our production equipment to keep inkjets shaking in their cartridges. Whether it's the blue of the Caribbean Sea, or the yellow from the candle of your child's first birthday cake, we have what it takes to make those memories last.
Prints from All Digital Media
Looking to have prints made from your digital camera, or that overflowing folder of image files on your computer? Be it from a camera, CD, or any digital media we take your images and turn them into high quality photographs to insure they will last for years to come. Bring in your CD, media card or even just email the images, it's that easy.
Why Paradise?
Are you a technically inclined? Have you calibrated and made profiles for your monitor, printer and scanner? If not, that could be one reason why home printing is so frustrating and expensive for you. At Paradise our equipment is calibrated and balanced every morning and periodically throughout the day. We check every image and correct for some common problems such as exposure and color balance. Our cutting edge technology and professional printers ensure your images are the best and brightest possible. Paradise uses Kodak Royal paper so that your prints look and feel great. Image how long it would take you to print hundreds of your vacation photos at home. At Paradise it's no time at all!
Paradise
Latest technology ensures the highest quality from your files.
Trained technicians correct the color and brightness of each and every image.
Ease of dropping off your order and picking it up at your convenience.
Less expensive.
Home
It's expensive to keep up with constantly changing technology.
Learning curve to make a great print is very difficult.
Time consuming to print great photos.
Costly inks and papers add up quickly especially if it takes many attempts to get a great photo.
Anything from wallets to poster prints, between our top of the line digital technology and experienced printers, at Paradise Photo we make your reprints, enlargements and memories crystal clear.
All Photo Prints
Including Photos from Digital Images / files & Photos from Negatives. Glossy or semi-gloss finish up to 8x12. Semi-gloss only on 11x14 and larger.
3.5x5
(1-5)$0.45
(6-12)$0.35
(13-50)$0.30
(51-99)$0.25
(100+)$0.20
4x6
(1-5)$0.65
(6-12)$0.50
(13-50)$0.35
(51-99)$0.29
(100+)$0.25
5x7
(1-5)$3.99
(6-12)$3.49
(51-99)$2.99
(100+)$2.79
8x10
(1-5)$7.99
(6-12)$7.49
(51-99)$6.99
(100+)$6.79
8x12
(1-5)$8.99
(6-12)$8.49
(51-99)$7.99
(100+)$7.79
11x14
(1-5)$12.99
(6-12)$12.49
(51-99)$11.99
(100+)$11.79
12x18
(1-5)$16.99
(6-12)$16.49
(51-99)$15.99
(100+)$15.79
Additional Prints & Services
Wallets
(/ pair)$1.50
Panoramic Reprints
4x12(each)$1.25
Panoramic Enlargements
5x14(each)$12.99
6x18(each)$16.99
Red Eye Reduction
(/ head (available only on reprints))$1.00
Custom Cropping
(each image)$1.00
Color to Black & White or Sepia Toned Prints
No Extra Charge
Contact Sheet
$5.99
8x10 cost of development not included.
Scaning Services
Whether you want to preserve your memories for years to come, are looking for an easy way to email those captured moments to friends and family around the globe, or you need digital files for manipulation or to upload to your website, putting you pictures onto a CD is the way to go. At Paradise Photo we can handle all of your scanning needs: rolls of film, cut negatives or slides and medium or large format negatives. We do it all. Images are saved in JPEG format; resolution 1024x1536 (higher resolution scans available upon request).
Family Shoebox of Memories
Turn that box of family photos into a digital archive that will last a lifetime!
( for the first 300 photos)$99.95
(for every 100 after)$29.95
35 MM Negatives At time of developing
(first roll)$7.50
(each roll thereafter max 5 on a single CD)$3.50
From cut negatives
For negatives and images of non standard sizes.
1 to 9
(+ $1.00 per scan)$7.50
10 to 24
(+ $0.95 per scan)$7.50
25 to 49
(+ $0.90 per scan)$7.50
50 to 99
(+ $0.85 per scan)$7.50
100 or more
(+ $0.80 per scan)$7.50
Other Formats
Slides
color and b&w.
(scan charge)$2.00
Prints
color and b&w.
(scan charge)$2.00
Photo Greeting Card
When your long awaited newborn finally arrives, when he or she has their first birthday or first Christmas all the way through High School Graduation and beyond, every occasion deserves an announcement. At Paradise Photo you can share all your special moments with our wide variety of photo cards. Cards can be made from negatives, pictures, slides or any digital media. Pricing includes personalized greetings and envelopes. We offer:
Standard Card
Premium Card
5x7 Card
Folding Card
Photo Restoration
Photo Restoration
When you are looking to give new life to those old cracked and ruined photographs bring them to Paradise Photo. Between the newest digital technology and our trained professionals we can restore your damaged photos to what they once were - fresh and vibrant. Make those old photos look new!
(per 1/4 hour + print price)$14.00
Passport Photos
In addition to standard US State Department passport photos, Paradise can also provide digital images for submission to the State Department for green card lotteries and naturalization applications.
Canadian Passport, Immigration or Working Documents Photos?? Need a foreign passport??
Paradise is recommended by the Canadian Consulate as a provider of ALL Canadian photos.
We receive regular mailings from the embassy allowing us to remain up to date on the latest requirements for all Canadian government photos. Please call before stopping in so that we can be certain to have a photographer available to shoot and process the photos.
Paradise also can provide passport photos for any country in world!
Copyart Services for Artists
Learn to SEE the light! As photographers we write we light, (photo meaning light and graphy meaning to write). Light is the most important aspect of any photography, without it.
Photo Basics
Film Speed
Film Speed is the measure of a film's sensitivity to light, and is indicated with an ISO number such as 100, 200 etc. The higher the number, the more sensitive the film is to light. Therefore, lower speed films are much better geared toward bright, sunny days, whereas higher speeds are better for indoors and lower light situations. One thing to keep in mind is if you are planning to do enlargements, 8x10 or greater, slower speed films have finer grain and look significantly better when printed larger.
Composition
A common rule for photographers and composition is the rule of thirds. It states that as you compose a photograph you should mentally spilt the area into thirds. This means in your minds eye you should see 3 horizontal lines splitting up the scene and 3 vertical lines perpendicular and crossing the horizontal lines. From that point try to position your subject or a visually interesting component on one of those crossing lines. Therefore you should never have something directly in the center of your images, also called bull's eye composition and considered visually boring. Try composing with the horizon close to the bottom of the image if there is some interesting clouds or making a portrait off center to add a sense of place to the photograph. However, as the old saving goes all rules are made to be broken so once you master the rule of thirds then try to find ways to break it without making boring centered images.
Lighting
Different Qualities of Light.
Direct
Light directly in front of the subject tends to flatten out the light.
Directional
Light towards the side of the subject adds more depth and reveals textures.
Backlit
Can often times underexpose the foreground subjects but when used in the right situation can create a great dramatic image.
Helpful Photo Tips
Remember to Keep Extra Film and Batteries With You
You'll need them when you least expect it and want them the most.
Get Close to Your Subject
If you are photographing your kids, your brand new car, or some flowers in your garden don't be afraid to fill the frame with your subject. Eliminating some background that isn't essential to the subject makes a stronger photograph.
Look For a Unique Perspective
Don't hesitate to explore different ways to photograph the same old subjects. For portraits, try getting eye level with your subject, it helps to make the image more engaging. Photograph everything off center, do things you wouldn't normally do and see if you like it!
Use Your Flash Outdoors
During mid-day, direct sun creates harsh shadows that look unnatural and unpleasant when photographing people outdoors. In these situations turn on your flash, called a fill flash, which will soften out the light and eliminate the shadows creating the same quality of light on a cloudy day. This technique is also helpful with extremely "backlit" situations, such as a portrait of your child on a beach with the sun setting in the background. The camera will read the sunset as a sufficient quantity of light to make a good exposure, however because that main source of light is behind your subject, your child will end up being too dark, or underexposed. The fill flash will help to correct this problem, but you have to be able to recognize the situations where you need it.
Know the Range of Your Flash
Your latent images, or exposed negatives, will begin to loose quality after around a month of sitting in your camera. By developing the film sooner you can help to ensure the highest quality in your images and prints.
Develop Your Film Promptly After Exposed
Your latent images, or exposed negatives, will begin to loose quality after around a month of sitting in your camera. By developing the film sooner you can help to ensure the highest quality in your images and prints.
Be Conscious of the "Decisive" Moment
Whatever it may be that you are photographing, there is always going to be a specific moment, expression, smile, laugh or way that the light is hitting the subject that is more telling than the rest. The ability to foresee that moment is extremely challenging and comes with experience so keep your finger on the shutter and make a lot of pictures!
Specialty Services
Please come in to the store for pricing and availability. Paradise Photo offers a wide variety of photo related items including:
Photo Mugs
Photo Sculptures
Photo Mouse Pads
Photo T-Shirts
Photo Calendars
Video
Now you can preserve your irreplaceable memories on videotape and enjoy them on DVD. Save your original tape from wear and tear. We use the DVD-R format for greater compatibility with DVD players.
With the quality of digital cameras getting better everyday a professional printing job on real photographic paper is the only way to make your prints last. We pack enough high-end technology and chemistry into our production equipment to keep inkjets shaking in their cartridges. Whether it's the blue of the Caribbean Sea, or the yellow from the candle of your child's first birthday cake, we have what it takes to make those memories last.