The short answer is No. I don't do posed portrait sessions with babies or children as the main subjects of the portrait session. However, children can be included in other portrait sessions, provided another adult is on hand to mind the children when they're not being photographed.
The long answer is that I am what you might consider a milestone photographer. I photograph life's events and the portraits that go with those events. My role as a milestone photographer typically starts around that First Communion/Confirmation age, moving on to important Junior High and High School events like dances and sports, then Senior portraits and if all goes well, maybe Engagement portraits, a Wedding, and Maternity potraits before we start the cycle all over again in about 8 to 10 years with the next generation.
There are other factors that go into this answer, as well. While I will happily come out for a big family reunion and capture all the different family breakdowns, the children are not the main focus of the shoot, and the location for the shoot is provided by the client. As of right now, I do not have access to a child-friendly area that could accommodate a portrait studio, let alone storage for the numerous props and posing tools needed to safely photograph small children.
Thank you for understanding.
You will receive full resolution JPGs of almost all of the photos taken during an event or portrait session. Only the blinkies and blurries will be removed before being uploaded to your password protected online gallery. Each image will be color corrected and edited for exposure and contrast. I typically pick a few of my favorite images and do some fun Lightroom effects.
Weddings will receive a thumb drive, however, any online gallery has the option to directly download all the photos straight from the website.
If you choose to include raw video to your wedding services, you will recieve every video file as it is created in the camera and an additional video file of all the video files pieced together for one big video.
No, but also yes.
When I started my career in 2004, I sold prints and albums and charged less for my fees to come to the event. But this was back when professional quality photos were only available from select companies and the prices per print were very high. Now, professional quality photos can be printed from tons of websites, and even Walgreens and Walmart can provide very nice prints.
Wedding albums and photo books can take a lot of time for anyone to make, and companies like Shutterfly have made that process a little easier and offer quality books in a lot of sizes for great prices. And being completely honest, the prices I would have to charge for a similar product would be higher than I would be comfortable charging.
That being said, the password protected galleries do have a SHOP option where you can order prints and products. However, I do not set those prices, produce the products, or profit from those sales. That is a service offered through SmugMug, so any issues with orders through the gallery will need to be addressed with SmugMug, as I do not have access to order information.
I ask for two weeks to edit the photos before uploading them to the password protected gallery. However, my actual turn around time is usually less than a week. Your print release will be emailed to you when I notify you that the gallery is online.
If you are a wedding photography client, your thumb drive will be mailed to you once you confirm your mailing address after you've been given access to your password protected gallery. If you do not confirm your mailing address, I'll just assume you don't want the thumb drive.
