Holiday Sessions, Beginning September 1st!

I promise I am not crazy....It's never too early to schedule your holiday session.  Some photographers start scheduling them right after Christmas!  Every year I fill up completely...usually by Halloween I have just a small handful of weekday sessions left.  Weekends fill up first.  Each year I am booked up faster and faster.  Because of this I have to turn lots of people away who were really hoping to get one of my awesome Christmas sessions (I have more Christmas props/backdrops then I know what to do with!)   The earlier you set up a session, the best chance you have of getting your preferred date.  I typically start shooting "Holiday" sessions September 1st (that is when I pull out at the Holiday props, outfits, etc).  I open up my schedule more from September-December, pretty much tripling the normal amount of sessions I shoot the rest of the year.

I will not have special holiday packages this year, but as some of you know, I added back on portrait collections year round now.  But if you know for sure you want to schedule a session with me, please do not wait!  

Also if you are considering a snowy session, please contact me to get on my waiting list for that as well.  Snow sessions will no longer be booked as normal sessions.  I now have a waiting list that you must get on.  When we get a good snow, and I am available for a session, I will start making contact, going down the list. These are on a first come, first served basis.  I decided this will work best for our crazy, unpredictable weather up here.  Please call or email to sign up for my 2012-2013 snow session list! (this is due to the lack of snow we got last winter, and actually only being able to shoot about 4 snow sessions all winter!)  If it happens to snow for your on location session, then you luck out and do not have to be on the waiting list, as I am always willing to shoot in the snow!

My normal holiday season will go from September 1st-November 30th 2012.  That is THREE full months of holiday sessions.  After November 30th, I will be doing "Extended Holiday Pricing". This will go from Dec 1-10th.  Basically these sessions are going to be put into "rush mode", and so there will be an extra charge, and will still be completed and prints returned before Christmas.  Once I am filled up through November, if you want to book a session you will have to book one of these and pay the extra cost.

Holiday Sessions are September 1-November 30th.

Extended Holiday Pricing is December 1st-December 10th

 (double session fee, and double minimum print order required, no exceptions)

If you are an expecting mom due anytime in November or December, please contact me ASAP to get on my schedule.  I do everything I can to get newborns in within the first 10 days, and it is much easier and likely if I have your due date on my calender so I know how many newborns I should expect those months.

Please call or email ASAP to get on my Holiday Schedule!

New Policies, effective June 1st 2012

New Policies will be in effect beginning June 1st, 2012.


Sessions:  As of right now, session fees will remain the same.  The only change will be slightly with my newborn sessions...the prices will be staying the same but the packages will be different.  All sessions will require a non refundable $50 deposit.  If you need to reschedule, please do so ASAP, and your deposit can be transferred to a new session time.  No shows will not be able to transfer their deposit and in order to book a session your full session fee will be required upon booking your session.  If you are more than 15 minutes past your scheduled session time and you have not made contact to let me know you are on your way, you will be considered a no show.

Pricing:  Due to MUCH request I have decided to add back on the option to purchase custom digital image discs at an increased price.  No print purchase is required in order to purchase just your image disc.  I have also added back on collection pricing available through out the year rather than just the holidays.  Al a carte pricing starts at $10 for gift prints.  Collections start at $250.  The larger the collection, the more you save.

Ordering:  At the time of your session we will book clients with a custom viewing session.  You will have the choice to do this here at the studio, or in your own home.  This will be scheduled for approx. one week after your session.  This is to make your experience more personalized.  Any orders placed during your custom viewing session will receive 10% off your total (subject to minimum print requirement of $150) for the first few months of my ordering sessions.  I will be allowing a 50/50 payment plan.  50% will be due at the time of your order, and the other 50% will be due upon delivery of your order.  Once an order is placed, you will have the option to have an online gallery posted for one week for viewing of family members.  There will be no discounts available through your online gallery.


Specials:

Canvas- If you spend $500 or more on al a carte prints, you will receive a FREE 16x20 canvas! ($175 retail)

Vintage Photo lines are on sale for $200 (retail $300)


These prices will be effective from June 1st 2012-December 31st 2012.  I may put together some sort of "mini session" type event that will include your session fee, prints, and cards some time around November for the holidays.