Photography Investment

Standard Sessions – $149

Mini Sessions – $100 (offered on a monthly basis, dates and locations chosen by photographer – see blog for more details)

Newborn Sessions – $179

Belly & Baby Combo Sessions – $199

Birth Photography – please “be in touch” (above) for pricing and availability

Creative fees cover artistic time, both shooting and editing. A gallery of 20-30 images (8-10 images in the case of Mini Sessions) will be available for viewing within two-three weeks of your session; you are welcome and encouraged to share it with family and friends.

Travel within 30m of Madison, WI is included.

For more information on sessions, check out the “Session Information” page.

Ala Carte prices begin at $30 for desk prints.

Fine art pieces, albums, and boutique items are available for order as well.

Packages (which include digital files) begin at $499.

There are many photographers out there who have said it very well – but I’ll take a stab at it in my own
words.

Custom photography is about the opportunity to really truly capture life and memories and emotion and love. You can commemorate your baby’s growth throughout the first year with portraits taken at a big-box – but it is a rare run-of-the-mill studio photograph that will be able to be viewed years from now with a sense that that is the baby/kiddo/moment I remember. Birth photography can be some of the most emotionally wrenching photography out there – but it does take a special eye, and a gentle knowing to be able to capture those moments with grace and without taking away from the experience itself. And family photography – well, how many of us have photographs of everyone in one place at one time? – ’nuff said on that one.

These moments of your life are fleeting. Capturing your children and your family as they are is truly priceless. The works of art that I encourage all families to invest in will be heirloom pieces for generations. When your great-grandchildren are able to look at wall art featuring their grandparents as fresh-skinned newborns and giggling toddlers, the investment will have already made itself over a hundred-fold.

Anyone can pick up a camera and take a snapshot – and perhaps they will capture the spirit of the moment. But to be able to have not only the moment captured – but to have it done so beautifully it can be blown up and hung on a wall to be appreciated for decades – well, that does take some talent. And time. And investment.

As with so many other experiences in the art-world, a part of the beauty of the finished product lies in the appearance of ease. But the finished gallery that you view, along with the ordering of your prints and wall art is a time investment on my end a dozen hours or more and an investment of thousands of dollars in equipment. We spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on the mundane “stuff” of life – but the investment of custom photography is an investment in memory; it is the capture of a moment in time that will never come again. Your life is precious. Your love is wondrous. And this time is fleeting.

Custom photography is worth it – for the experience, for the memories captured, for the lovely art that graces your walls – and will grace them for decades to come.