New Rates and Services

With the new year also comes new props, backdrops, equipment, etc. Please keep in mind all of these changes took a lot of thought and are to better help me serve you and to help me keep my sanity.

While 99% of my clients (aka families) are amazing, you always run into people who are just never satisfied or don't really take into consideration the time and talent that goes into producing wonderful memories you plan to put in print. A photographer is not some who points and shoots. They visualize the image before the camera even comes up to their face. I've have literally laid in bed the night before a session thinking to myself "what can I do with or for this client to make their family pictures unlike anything they've ever seen before". I don't show up to the shoot with absolutely nothing in mind as to what to do. It's all premeditated....for the most part. Its always an IDEA, never what actually happens. You will never get a 3 y/o to do exactly what you ask of them, lol. You improvise with your idea and go with it, all the while using your surroundings and the energy of the child to tell a story. Capture the moment!
                                              
                                                           "You don't take a photograph.......you make it"  ~ Ansel Adams

New rates can be found on the website at http://audreyandersonphotography.com/ under the SERVICES tab or here on the FB business page   http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=146281872085265 .
If your session is booked Mon-Fri, it is the price as before ($75......$60 if booked 30 days in advance)
Weekends however are now ( $100.....$80 if booked 30 days in advance)

What will you get with your session? All images will be uploaded to a private gallery. (There is still no limit on images so the exact amount of how many there will be is undetermined.) From this gallery, you will then choose 10 of your favorite images and you will receive a CD with those 10 and full printing rights. Each additional image is $5 or you may purchase the entire collection for $25.

Why this change from receiving 20+ edited images? Believe it or not, I have people receive 20 images and complained about 1 single one for one reason or another. This way, you can pick the ones you want and know those were the ones that best suited what you were looking for with your session. Believe it or not, even receiving 1 fully edited image and printing rights is few and far between. Most photographers won't even give you this option and if they do sell you the images, you can sometimes pay upwards to $300 for them.


How many wardrobe changes? You will now get up to 3 wardrobe changes. This is because after 2, kids are over it! I don't want your little bundle of joy to be upset for any reason and why waste precious time of changing into the 5th outfit when we could be having fun and getting great shots!


Do I get any prints? Yes, you will get (2) 8x10 prints and they most be picked from the 10 CD images. They do not have to be the same image.


How much time do I get for the session? You get approx 60 mins. This does not mean you ONLY get 60 mins....some kids love having their pictures taken and the session can be done and over in the 60 min time frame. Some kids do NOT like having their pictures taken. For these sessions I do allow for an additional 30 mins but it is at my discretion. Please keep in mind I may have another appt or my own family to spend time with as well.


What about mini sessions? I will still offer seasonal mini sessions. Usually only 1 but don't be surprised if another pops up at the end of the season to get those that either can't afford the higher fee or just wasn't able to get in for a full session. These sessions are a first come, first serve basis and are prepaid in advance. No refunds. This is because I book back to back for these sessions and if you miss your appt, I obviously can't re-book it, nor will I have time to do anything else but sit there and wait for the next person. These sessions also have a new rate and are now $35 and come with no wardrobe changes, 5 images (others can be purchased for an additional $5 each or $25 for the entire collection) and will now last 20mins. This session does not come with prints.

Hi, My Name Is Audrey :)

I'm writing this little blog because I had another email today where in the middle of it, I was asked about my name. "can I ask you an odd question?" LOL, believe it or not, I've had more then a handful of clients ask me this same 'odd question'...or something similar anyway. "Do you like your name" "I LOVE your name" "My daughter has the same name" and "I plan on naming my next daughter that name"! How cool is for people to like your work AND your name ;) Honestly, I hated it when I was a kid but as I got into high school, it was nice having a unique name. Of course it's not all that unique anymore as a lot of the more traditional names are coming back in style.

So what about me? Well.....lets see. I've been married to my wonderful husband Steve for 2 yrs now and have 3 great kids. (which you will see featured often :D)  After I had the little one, Brooklyn, I put my career as a Pediatric Nurse on hold so I could stay home with her. I wasn't able to do this with the older 2 so it was nice to have the chance to do so now. Why did I start another career if I had already put a good one on hold? I GOT BORED! While I love being able to be at my children's beckon call, I'm really just not the SAHM type. I needed something for myself. It was only suppose to be here and there and part time but it grew to something even more! I couldn't believe all the people that were interested in having me capture some of the most precious moments in their lives! I was over-whelmed and grateful all at the same time. I've learned a lot over this past year and hope to be able to have a better balance between my personal/family life and my passion for photography in 2011.

Since this segment is about me, here are a few images of my own rugrats.

My Winter Project :)

I tried the whole blogging thing when I first started this whole photography venture but......I didn't get real far
 :(. I'm just not a blogger person and didn't really know what to say. Soooooo, I'm gonna give it another shot!

As most of you already know, I specialize in children and babies. And I think I can say 'specialize' honestly as I seem to have become the 'Child Whisperer' :) Believe it or not, all kids are pretty much the same. They all like bribes! lol....Seriously though, you just have to know what kids like and most of all, what they DON'T like. Which is someone always telling them what to do. This is why I always begin the session asking (with the ones that understand and it usually starts around the age of 2) "what do YOU want to do?" This always seems to do the trick. I let them do what they want to do as long as they do a few things I want to do. We work together and it just seems to mesh :)

I do other things as well......weddings, engagements, maternity, seniors and special events. I don't advertise weddings as much because I haven't found the self confidence in doing those as I have with family portraits BUT, if you like my work (which I'm always willing to share) and you want me, GREAT....I'm more then happy to :) I am pleased to say I've even booked my first destination wedding to Daytona Beach next May. I am super excited about this and very honored she chose me to go with her! I've done her family session, engagement session and just last week, her Boudoir session! Oh, did I forget to mention I do those too ;) You can look for those sessions on Facebook under LacePhotography. I felt it was better to keep the two styles separate.

Since starting my business back in Jan (2010), I've booked over 100 sessions and have met tons of great people. Most I like to call friends! I just want to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who believed in me, booked me and stayed with me! Referrals are the biggest form of flattery and I am grateful for each and everyone of them!