Hey guys! I wanted to let you know that I have settled on a lower session fee rate for portrait sittings this year as I build up my studio and explore the kinds of portrait photography I enjoy the most. My session fee (the term for the fee that covers the photographer’s time, talent, and travel) was $250 but I just dropped it to $125 and $200 (weekday/weekend) for sessions booked before October 1, 2009. I have to raise print prices slightly to accommodate this change, but this leaves you with the decision of which images to invest in rather than paying more money up front.

After your session, it takes me about 2 weeks to process through the images and choose the artist select images. I typically shoot a lot during a session and then do a dramatic edit down before a final creative post-process to bring images to life. If you can believe it, the admin part takes up more time than I spend behind the camera! My busy traveling and shooting schedule means I have to block out time every work week just to sit down at the computer and process images.

After your images are ready for viewing, we will set a time for your in-person image ordering session at our Lowell studio space. This is the time when I show you your final images and talk with you about the type of photos and products you would like to order to display in your home and share as gifts. (People find it helpful to have the in-person consult of the artist, as it can be overwhelming to choose between great images!)

The location for our photo shoot can be in your home, on-location in a unique environment, or in our Lowell MA studio space.

Right now I am accepting many types of portrait sessions.

• maternity
• newborn
• child birthdays
• high school seniors
• anniversaries
• headshots
• events (birthday parties, bat mitzvahs, etc.) priced individually

Wedding-related work (boudoir sessions, fearless bridals, and engagement sessions) by consultation.

I love this, and many of the top secret intimate photos we did at the end of the maternity session. Thanks for letting me share this, P and R!

(incidentally, this shot started as kind of a joke since it looked kind of crazy with all the hands doing different things, but in the end I do love this image).

Phyllis is an adorable pregnant lady!

Phyllis and Roger stopped into my Lowell studio space last week for a maternity session. Roger was hilarious and I can’t wait to see the two of them with their little one.

I just pulled a couple of cute shots using natural light from the folder; when I get a chance to go through the rest I will have more to show. We did some really vavaVOOM photos at the end that you might or might not get to see here.