PHOTOGRAPHER TRAVEL:

No Fee - Southlake, Westlake, Trophy Club, Grapevine, Roanoke or Denton.

For sessions outside of Fort Worth, it is $0.35 per mile and $150 for out of office fee per day that I am away from the office.

$150 - Dallas, Plano, Frisco, Lewisville, Coppell, Irving, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Euless, McKinney, Mansfield, Burleson, Rockwall

When will I receive my photos?

On average, turn around time is one month for your gallery to ready.

Need your images sooner? If you want them sooner, you can have them in your hands in 5 business days for a $200 rush fee. The rush option is only available upon request, so let me know as soon as possible so I can make sure I don’t have an out of state wedding or anything booked during those days.

FAMILY PORTRAITS

This session is a candid style session designed to capture your family’s personality. These sessions are relaxed and full of laughter, and often stylized around a shared family event (like playing a game, baking cookies, watermelon carving, etc). This session is 95% people interacting with each other and only 5% looking at the camera and smiling.

What is the best time to take photos?

The 2 hours after sunrise and the 2 hours before sunset.

Where can we change clothes?

In your car. It saves the most time, so if you don’t feel comfortable with this, we can drive to the nearest changing area (although it will take time out of the session).

TIPS ON WHAT TO WEAR

If you are interested, I offer personal wardrobe styling assistance through Style & Select for every session. Just tell me you would like an access code!

It’s good to keep color coordination in mind, but perfectly matching is not necessary. In fact, the photos will be more dynamic if you don’t exactly match.

In terms of number of outfits, usually more than 2 becomes a handful with kids, but if parents want to have one outfit and then kids have a couple of changes, that works great as well.

NEWBORN & MATERNITY PORTRAITS

What is the best timing for these photos?

Maternity: 30-32 weeks (~2 mos. to delivery)

Newborn: 4-10 days after delivery.We try and schedule Newborn Sessions around day 4-5, though if the baby arrives early or later, we have some wiggle room.

What is the best time to take photos?

Maternity: 2 hours after sunrise, or 2 hours before sunset

Newborn: Usually 10 am

WHAT TO PREPARE

Maternity: 3 outfits will suffice

Newborn: 5 little outfit options tends to work great

THINGS TO CONSIDER: nEWBORN SESSIONS

• If you want photos of him/her in the nursery, make sure it is completed! (or we can work with what you have ;)

• I do not provide props, so if you want to use hats, blankets, baskets, props, ask around or you can find some amazingly creative ideas through etsy or pinterest! If you need help with this, I’d be happy to brainstorm with you.

• It works great if you have a small space heater for those little naked shots.

• If you want naked baby shots, keep in mind they may pee or poo on your household items or yourself.

• We usually have 1-2 time outs for nursing or feeding. So, no stress! Anytime he/she gets fussy, we just take a few moments to get the little one all happy again.

Headshots

This session can include senior photos & headshots.

How many outfits should I bring?

Five outfits will work perfectly!

Boudoir session

Boudoir photos are the perfect wedding day, birthday, Valentine’s Day, or anniversary present for your fiancé or husband. The session is designed to capture classy, beautiful, and sexy photographs of you wearing lingerie-style attire for your husband’s eyes only.

Where do we take these photographs?

90% of these sessions happen in a hotel and the remaining are done in the comfort of your home or a home of a trusted friend/family member. I strongly suggest renting a hotel room. There are many hotels in the Fort Worth and Dallas area. My personal favorite are the Ashton and Omni hotel in Fort Worth, the NYLO in Las Colinas, or the W hotel in Dallas. The best priced is the NYLO. Some brides were able to reserve a room in advance for $70. Contact me for assistance in reserving the room.

What to expect

This session is best described as fun. I suggest for you to bring a friend that can help you feel more at ease, music that has good beats, and possibly a glass of wine. We end up laughing throughout much of the session, being silly, but all the while getting stunning images.

When should I schedule this session?

Photos have a one month turn around so you want as much time as you can afford to get your prints made for the wedding or special day! So at least 1.5 months before the day you need them.

How do I order a boudoir book?

Your session photos have 2 week around time and then the book is an additional month. So if you want these by a certain date, make sure it is planned 1-1.5 months before that big day. Either I can design the book using the images from your “faves” folder email me a list of your favorite 20-30 images.

How do I order prints?

To save you the embarrassment of establishments (ex. Walmart) refusing to print your photos, I would suggest mpix.com Their rates are competitive and their final product is quality.

WHAT TO BRING

5 outfits is a great start! Outfits with more details tend to look more complete. By details, I mean outfits with lace, push-up bras, panty hose, corsets, and always major high heels. Darker make-up than usual (fake eye-lashes are always amazing) and bigger tresses add to the look.