Yes! I offer payment plans established through my client management software (Dubsado). For large purchases like birth story or birth bundle you can break the cost up over several months. Due to the digital nature of my products, you will not receive your finished images until you have paid in full. 

If you want to establish a registry, I can receive payments from multiple parties. 

Yes. All of my sessions require a retainer to reserve your date and/or on call time. I only offer a limited amount of sessions per month and turn away work based on my bookings. I cannot hold a session date or on-call time without a signed contract and paid retainer.

Your retainer amount does go towards your total session/package and does not constitute an additional cost to you.

Retainers are forefeited in the event that the client cancels the contract. If additional props or services have already been paid for (like cake smash props or professional makeup), additional fees may be asssessed for cancellation.

I accept cash, check, and either PayPal or credit card (Stripe) through your client portal site. 

Each session comes with a password-protected digital gallery via Pic-Time or PixieSet. These platforms allow clients to view images, select final choices from proofs (for posed sessions), share, download, and even purchase prints with fulfillment through the site. 

For packages with a specific number of images, you will get a proof gallery with watermarked photos. Many times they will be “soft-edited” but not refined. You will choose the images you like for your package and indicate if there are extras you wish to add to your order. I will then finalize them and send you a new gallery. These new photos will be full resolution, un-watermarked, and have download/sharing turned on. You will receive your print release as part of this final gallery. 

No. Your album will come with a Limited Print Release that gives you permission to print and share the images for your own PERSONAL use. You may not alter them, use them for advertising, use them for publication, or in any way profit off of them without the permission of the photographer. If you are concerned about privacy, please know that I do have a privacy agreement where you can choose not to share images or names publicly.  

Print and copy rights are often confused. Copyrights are held by the artist and are intellectual property. To purchase copyrights (ex. ad agencies or magazines) is extremely expensive because it removes all claim by the artist to their own work and allows others to edit, distribute, and profit from the images without crediting the photographer. 

That’s a big no-ski. Most people don’t know this, but the RAW images from a camera’s sensor are not like the JPEGs you see in previews or what you pull from a point-and-shoot camera. They are kind grey, lack contrast, and are just generally icky looking! Your photographer will apply settings in post-production that completely change the look of the photos to represent their style. (You know, the one you paid them – hopefully me – to provide because that look most appealed to you?)

I am not sure where this fad of asking for them has come from, but it is not a great idea for any artist to share unfinished work. You would not buy a painting that is half done and say, “It’s close enough” or “I’ll just touch it up at home.” The images you pay for are truly artwork and not mere snapshots. You know this in your heart or you wouldn’t be so selective about who produces your photographs. They are one part how the photographer shoots photos and one part how they edit. Given the extensive amount of editing that I do (especially on newborn skin), I would be sad for you to see the “reality” to the great “expectation” you got from the carefully crafted final edits.