Mother’s Day Mini-Sessions

Sunday, April 28th, 2013 (Rain date is Sunday, May 5th)

Location: TBD – in or around Winchester, VA

What better way to celebrate mom than with a picture of her family? We will be offering Mother’s Day mini-sessions on Sunday, April 28th at a location to be decided closer to the date. The location will be in or around Winchester.

Sessions will be 30 minutes in length and fee is $75, which includes shooting time, password-protected online gallery with 10-15 retouched images, and a DVD of full-res images with print release mailed to you. This is a savings of  $17.50! Session fee is due at booking (this keeps things running smoothly on session day and makes sure that you receive your full 30 minutes). No session spot is booked until fee is received and session fee is non-refundable. Payment can be made via PayPal (recommended for best chance of reserving your preferred time) or by mailing a check. Session fee is non-refundable. Sessions are available for families of five and under only. For larger families, please contact us before booking.

Session times available:

Preview galleries will be available within a week of session and CD will be mailed within 2 weeks. Professional prints are also available for an additional fee. All mini-session participants will receive a coupon code for 20% off of your prints order. Custom photo items (float wraps, canvas prints, metal prints, etc.) are also available.

In case of inclement weather, we will reschedule you to another available date (Rain date is Sunday, May 5th). In case of illness or other need to reschedule your session, 24 hours advance notice is required. Please provide us with a phone number you can be reached at on day of session. Please note that blemishes, scrapes, bruises, and things like runny noses can be retouched, so please don’t view those as a need to reschedule.

To sign up for a mini-session, please fill out the following form completely. Form must be filled out using a computer (phones and tablets will not submit). Choose your preferred method of payment and your choice in times. Please note that sometimes these sessions fill up quickly and times showing available when you sign up, may be unavailable by the time the form is submitted. We will do our best to accommodate, but we cannot guarantee you a spot unless you are sent a confirmation email. We will get in touch with you as soon as possible to confirm and arrange payment once the form is submitted.

Thanks Everyone! All session times are reserved.
See you in April :)

Our first client of 2013 just arrived today. Kicking off the year with a newborn shoot this weekend :). We also hope to have Mother’s Day Mini-Session information available this week. Stay tuned!

Bring your family out for a photo session on a beautiful fall day in Virginia! This is the perfect opportunity to get pictures for your Christmas cards!

Sessions will be 30 minutes in length and fee is $65, which INCLUDES a CD with 10-15 retouched images (total value of session + CD is $80). Full session fee is due at booking. No session spot is booked until fee is received and session fee is non-refundable. Payment can be made via PayPal (recommended for best chance of reserving your preferred time) or by check.

Times are available on a first-come, first-served basis. $65 fee applies to families of 5 or less. Add an additional $10 per family member if over 5 people.

Session times available:
9:00 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
10:20 a.m.
11:00 a.m.

All Sessions Are Booked!

Preview galleries will be available within a week of session and CD will be mailed within 2 weeks. Professional prints are also available for an additional fee. All mini-session participants will receive a coupon code for 20% off of your prints order. Custom photo items (float wraps, canvas prints, photo cards, etc.) are also available.

In case of inclement weather, we will reschedule you to another available date. In case of illness or other need to reschedule your session, 24 hours advance notice is required. Please provide us with a phone number you can be reached at on day of session. Please note that blemishes, scrapes, bruises, and things like runny noses can be retouched, so please don’t view those as a need to reschedule.

Thank you! We are looking forward to working with you!

One of the families on the trip is expecting their second child in August and they wanted to use the beach trip for their maternity photo session. So there was an idea floating around between them and us about doing this type of belly shot with the Mom and Dad. Devon suggested that we add their daughter to the mix. The first photo in this post is the resulting image.

After we posted this image to our Facebook page, the mom here shared it on her Facebook page. Within about 5 days of her sharing this photo, it had been seen by 1,200,000 people. That’s right, 1.2 million people have seen this photo. It went ‘Viral’! We contacted local media about this Facebook phenomenon and we had the story in several forms of media over the last week. The Northern Virginia Daily Newspaper ran an article. TV3Winchester in Winchester, VA had a segment about it. Last but not least, this photo was featured on the Today Show with Kathy Lee and Regis Philbin. Regis was filling in for Hoda Kotb that day. You can view the segment here. Or you can watch the recap video we made about this photo.

What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been. We are grateful for all the positive feedback we have received and excited to see how fast our Facebook likes went up. The power of social media is amazing and you can never take it for granted.

Other photos from the maternity session can be seen here.