The Experience
Welcome! We are thrilled at the opportunity to work with you to create custom, heirloom-quality images that truly reflect your unique personality and style. From start to finish, we are committed to providing our absolute best, guiding you through every step of the process to ensure your vision comes to life.
Whether capturing intimate moments, family milestones, personal portraits, or headshots and personal branding imagery, we take great care to craft images you will cherish for generations. Your satisfaction, creativity, and individuality are at the heart of everything we do, and we look forward to collaborating with you to bring your memories to life.
Step 1 - Consultation
Our process begins with a tailored phone consultation to get to know you better and map out your unique vision. To ensure you feel completely comfortable, confident, and prepared, we will discuss ideal styling directions, wardrobe coordination, scheduling, and any specific creative concepts you have in mind.
Step 2 - Photoshoot
Your custom session will be scheduled for the time of day where natural lighting is optimal for your chosen location. Throughout the photoshoot, we focus on creating a relaxed, enjoyable environment, allowing your genuine connections and authentic self to shine. Our ultimate goal is to capture timeless emotions that beautifully reflect who you are.
Step 3 - Proofing & Image Selection
Following your session, we carefully select and lightly enhance the best images to present in a private, online Proofing Gallery. Our goal is to share this preliminary viewing gallery link within 3 to 5 business days of your shoot. Please note that these initial proofing images are watermarked and are not available for download or screenshots. Once you select the final images that resonate with you most, simply email your file selections to us so the meticulous hand-retouching process can begin.
Step 4 - Editing of Selected Images
Your selected portraits will be meticulously hand-edited to remove temporary blemishes, soften skin textures, brighten eyes, and gently whiten teeth. Our signature editing philosophy is designed to create polished, high-end imagery that fully maintains your natural essence - we want your final gallery to look exactly like you! If you have specific retouching requests, please discuss them during your initial consultation. Highly advanced digital alterations or extensive cosmetic requests beyond our standard premium proofing may be purchased for an additional $100 per hour.
Step 5 - Final Gallery Delivery
Within 2 weeks of receiving your final selections, your fully retouched portrait collection will be uploaded into a private online gallery for immediate high-resolution downloading straight to your computer. We provide a limited personal print release alongside comprehensive printing instructions. For your convenience, we also include perfectly optimized, resized duplicate copies of your files for seamless, safe sharing on social platforms and via email.
A.I. Alterations & Filtering:
To preserve the artistic integrity of our work and maintain your authentic likeness, uploading delivered portraits into generative AI tools to alter wardrobe, hairstyle, facial features, or backdrops is strictly prohibited. Your personal print release covers printing and standard sharing but does not authorize the creation of AI-generated derivative work or the addition of filters or other alterations available across editing platforms. This ensures our public portfolio always accurately represents our signature aesthetic and editing standards.
Step 6 - Printing and Sharing
Upon delivery of your completed gallery, your personal print release allows you total freedom for personal archiving. However, because professional display quality matters, we also offer a full line of custom, heirloom-grade print products. We are happy to schedule a complimentary in-person or virtual ordering session to assist you in designing custom wall art layouts. custom cards, or luxury albums.
Step 7 - Your Images Featured on my Instagram
At the time of your session, you will sign a standard Model Release form outlining our copyright and granting permission to display your imagery on our website, in our marketing, and on our social media platforms. Shortly after your final collection is delivered, select highlights from your session may be featured on our Instagram page as a carousel post or video reel. We love tagging our clients so you can easily share your portraits with friends and family! If you love your experience, we would be incredibly grateful if you invited your network to follow our page. When sharing your images online, please remember not to alter the image in any way and to tag our business page to honor original artistic copyright.
As always, if you have any questions, I'm here to guide you through the process every step of the way.