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.

Free Gallery Wraps???

I love gallery wraps....gallery wraps and large prints.   As much as I love selling loads of prints, I would love if more clients would buy a gallery wrap, so they can see just how awesome they are.  You know you have all drooled over the ones all over my studio (it's okay, I do too).  In fact, I love gallery wraps so much I am going to do something totally crazy. I am going to give them away to my best clients!  From now until July, I am going to offer a free 16x20 gallery wrap on any print order $500 or more.  That's a $175 gallery wrap, for FREE.  I will even take care of the sales tax for you!  

Any past, present, or future sessions can take advantage of this.  It can be an old session, but it must be a NEW order.  It also must be one single order (I can not combine old orders, or orders from other family members, it must be one new, single order).  I will even allow for you to mix and match sessions for the print orders (which means you can put in an order that contains some newborn photos, sibling photos, etc, as long as the order is $500!)  You may also opt to "upgrade" your gallery wrap to a bigger size!  Just pay the difference from the size you wish to a 16x20.

Please keep in mind, these gallery wraps are not free for me...the cost will be coming out of my own profit.  That is how much I want all of my clients to give them a shot.  I know a few of you already have, and are now addicted to them :)

I plan on doing a studio update photo blog here soon, but until then I just have this semi-crappy photo of my half done gallery wrap wall....but you get the idea :)

Offer will end July 1st 2012

You can do as many orders/free gallery wraps as you wish, there are no limits!

Sale/Specials reminders!

Now that I am back from our little family vacation, I have just a few reminders about sales and specials I wanted to remind everyone of!

I am still offering the Vintage Photo lines for only $200 (33% off)

Vintage Photo lines!

All gallery wrap Canvas are on sale for almost 50% off.  A 16x20 is only $100!

Gallery wrap sale!

Lifestyle sessions are still a special price of only $300.  This price includes a good amount of prints as well.  I am going to be offering just a few more lifestyle sessions at this price before it goes to regular pricing.

Lifestyle Special Pricing!

Please check out the blog posts that are related to these sales.  

Gallery Wrap Sale!

It's here!

I will be having a sale on Gallery wraps for the next 2 weeks!!!  (For those of you wanting these for future sessions, I might do another sale later if this one has good repsonse).  And yes, this is an awesome sale!  These are almost half off regular pricing!  This is the perfect time to build your own gallery wrap or wall collection you have been waiting for!

Here is a list of my most common sizes:

16x20  $100 (regular price $180)

16x24  $125 (regular price $225)

20x24  $150 (regular price $275)

24x36  $200 (regular price $350)

Buy 2 or more, and get 10% off your order!

Go crazy people!

(here is a not so great photo of some gallery wrap samples in my studio)

Now all the boring stuff (that you still have to read!)

Price does not include tax.  Other sizes available on request, please email for price quote.

To take advantage of this sale:

Please send me an email to stacy@stacyvandyckphotography.com with the subject "Gallery Wrap Sale".

Refer to your proofing book for the photo number of the photo you wish to order.  

If you do not have a proofing book (older sessions, or lost books) but you know what photo you want just let me know.  If you are not sure, please schedule an in studio viewing to pick out which canvas(s) you would like, or your session can be republished for $25.

In your email please include:

Your first and last name

Photo number

Size(s) of canvas(s) desired.

Please keep in mind the size when you chose your photos.  Gallery wraps already crop into photos part way to allow for the wrapping around the edge.  16x20s and 20x24s are cut into even more because they are more of a square like crop.  I am happy to check to see if a specific photo would work in a specific size for you, just let me know!

Payment:

Payment can be made by dropping/sending off cash or check, or you can send payment via paypal (I will send you an invoice) or stop by the studio to run your card (or call, I can put it in manually too).

These are for local pick up only this time, no shipping.  If you are a grandparent/family member that would like to order from out of town, please have someone local pick up your canvas.

Orders will not be processed until payment is made in full.
Sale ends April 13th 2012.

Please send any questions to stacy@stacyvandyckphotography.com

Vintage Photo Lines

*One has been claimed, 2 more left at the sale price!*

Many of you know I completely re-did my entire studio last summer.  I pretty much tripled my prop stash, which required me to re organize, and re-decorate my the entire studio.  One of the things I get the most comments on is my "Vintage Photo Line" that runs across the length of my studio.  Lots of people ask if I am going to start selling them, so I decided to offer them for a limited time, as a trial, and if there continues to be interest in them I will add them onto my line of products available for purchase with your photo session.  I try to keep things simple when it comes to what I offer.  I find that when there are too many options, people get overwhelmed, so sometimes I will try out a new product and if there is not a whole lot of interest, I just will stop offering it, to keep clutter down when it comes to my products.

This is a super fun way to display your entire session!

Details!

Regular Price:

$300

(plus tax)

Includes

All hardware to hang up to 16 feet of the line.

1 clip per photo (20+)

 Prints on vintage style polaroid prints....

Your entire session as is (mix of color and black and white)

OR

Your entire session in Black and White prints

(you choose which set you would like for your images)

A typical session has an average of 25-30 images, but I have been known to have close to 50 images in a single session :)  It's the same price, no matter how many images were in your session.

Sale!!!

For a limited time, my first 3 sold will be on sale for $199! (plus tax)

After that there will be a short waiting list, and they will go to the normal price of $300 each.

Anyone who has had a session or will have a session is applicable to purchase these at any time.

These will take 1-2 weeks for me to design, send off to my lab, and ready for pick up at my studio, and must be paid in full at time of purchase.

Legault Clan!