step onecontact me to book your session. I will email you a contract for your session and an invoice for your retainer fee. Everything can be taken care of online. for newborn sessions, once your contract is signed and your invoice is paid, your due date will be added to the calendar. For all other sessions, your session date will be scheduled. An online questionnaire will be sent for you to fill out your styling preferences,
step twoI ask that you notify me as soon as baby is born. Most sessions are scheduled around 2 weeks after birth, provided that everyone is healthy and healing properly. You will come to my studio for your newborn and milestone sessions, other sessions may be photographed at an alterate location. The session duration will depend on the type of session. most newborn sessions last 2-3 hours, allowing enough time for family and sibling photographs to be taken.
step threeAs early as the week following your session, you will return to the studio to view a gallery of un-edited images from your session. At that time, you will place your order. The digital files that you purchase at your ordering appointment will then be hand edited and delivered via online gallery approximately 3 weeks after your ordering appointment. The products purchased at your ordering appointment will be ordered and you will be notified when they arrive at the studio and are ready for pick up.
Come see me at @maternity.and.newborn.summit next month and let me teach you how I move through my IPS sessions from start to finish. We’ll discuss processes, client preparation and cover tangible archival quality products that you can offer your clients as an added value and service to them. You can use code DAWN at checkout to save $200 on your ticket. You’ll be able to sign up for classes with some of the industry’s leading instructors and you’ll leave feeling inspired. Can’t wait to reconnect with old friends and meet some new faces. Teaching is a passion of mine and I loo forward to meet you all....
How many of us are guilty of filling our phones and hard drives of memories that will never be seen? Moments that are never shared outside of social media? When I was a child, digital media didn’t exist. We’ve become spoiled with the digital era but it’s also become normalized to share our photos with people through a screen. I love offering a different option to my clients. An option to showcase photos from their session in ways that are unique and special and compliment their home and their lifestyle. Yes, you can still have the digital copies. But when hiring a professional photographer, you should also walk away with a tangible, professional product.
This collage is one of the unique products that I offer. Only available from @theoriginalphotoblocksnl - hand created and made with love.
If you’re a photographer and you’re looking to add professionally curated products as an added value to your clients but aren’t sure how to do it or where to start, come join me at the @maternity.and.newborn.summit this July in Dallas. I’ll walk you through my process step-by-step, and send you off with some tools to help you get started. You can use code DAWN through the end of this month to save $200 on your ticket....
The hands of my youngest baby (who is now 13) are officially bigger than mine. Every person is my house is taller than me. What I wouldn’t give to have photos like these that captured just how tiny they were when they first arrived earth side.
One day, this momma will look back at these photos and remember this moment and smile.
I capture images like this not just for today. But for tomorrow, and next year, and 20 years from now, and so on. That’s the beauty of photography. It takes a moment in time and preserves it forever.
I realize how cheesy and ridiculous I sound but my baby just turned 13 and I’m feeling a bit nostalgic. ❤️...