Every holiday season I am asked whether I am offering mini sessions. I suppose they became popular because of the minimal amount of time and money involved. I see it all the time – mini sessions advertised on Facebook or Instagram: rock-bottom pricing, a handful of images, 15 minutes. You can book online and you...
I am so fortunate to have clients that come back to me year after year to document their families, and they have become good friends. Even if we live far apart, we keep up with each other on Facebook and stay in touch throughout the year. Relationships don’t build themselves, and part of building a...
I am returning from dropping off my eighth-grader in the middle school car line for the first time this school year (don’t doubt that I had to get a parting snap of her to add to this year’s weird collection of back-to-school photos). She has been learning virtually since Labor Day, so it’s not really...
Family photos aren’t just for holiday cards. As many portrait photographers know, the months before the holidays are, no doubt, the busiest on our calendars. From Labor Day through Thanksgiving (and even into December) we pack our schedules with families in anticipation of “The Family Christmas Card Photo.” The family photo card is not...
“VSCO Girl.” Because my target market centers primarily around tweens and teens, it is inevitable that this phrase would come up in my line of work. I heard it giggled in the back seat of my carpools, I saw it on Instagram everywhere. At first I was like, “VSCO girl? What the heck is that?”...