It is really impossible to say: some dates, especially during busy season in Spring and Fall,  get booked up 9 months to a year in advance. Other times of the year, when it is a little quieter, 3 months in advance is usually long enough.

If you are somewhat flexible with your dates, I can usually squeeze you in a few weeks in advance, ( so it is always worth asking )  but if you have a particular date in mind , the sooner you book the better.

Please call or email to see if your dates are available . We can also discuss location and timing.

The total cost of the session will of course depend on the type of shoot, how many people and for how long? 

You can find the cost of our basic and specialized sessions under our Investment tab.

The cost of a basic session is for the photographers time, travel and expertise, there are no images or prints included in this type of session All cost for individual digital images, digital packages and prints and other products can also be found under the Investment Tab.

A basic session is regarded as a 45- 60 minute shoot with one family group and within my local area ( Tampa, Downtown St Petersburg,  and the beaches from Clearwater Beach to Pass a Grille) A further cost maybe associated with a session outside of this area .

If you have a larger group  as well as your immediate family ie your adult kids and their families, or grandparents, or siblings and family, there will be a $50+ fee. This cost covers the extra time, expertise and number of images captured during the session Please let me know how many of you there will be.

We do offer sessions other than the basic photography ... all of these sessions can be found under the Investment Tab.

Once we have settled on a date a deposit is required to secure your spot. I will send you a link for secure on line payment, or you can give me your credit card information via phone call. The deposit is non refundable. Your spot will not be secured until I receive payment . I am unable to "hold" dates for clients until payment has been received 

Your balance will be required on the day of the portrait session, either using the same card  that you used for the deposit. or another method of payment, such as cash or check. Please note I am unable to process  payment with a new card on site. If you choose to use a different card , please call me in advance to make that payment 

You can pay your deposit via phone call or on line with a Mastercard, Visa or Discover.

Your balance, due at the time of the session, can be paid using the same credit card as the deposit, or with cash or check. 

If you wish to pay with a different credit or debit card, please call ahead to arrange, as I am not able at this time to run a new credit card on site.

If you pay on line or over the phone you will get an email receipt and I will follow up with a confirmation and welcome email, which includes a short questionnaire that allows me to get to know you a little better and a style guide to help with outfit choices  That date is then secured for you only. 

We will discuss time location and outfits in the lead up to your session.

I will touch base again a few days before the session and then on the day of the session as we know more about the weather forecast.

Your deposit is non refundable . Your spot has been secured for you only which means that I will not book anyone else for this date and time.  

So we must understand that this is Florida and our photoshoot is scheduled for an outdoor location where we are at the mercy of mother nature. 

I keep an eye on the forecast  leading up to photo day and if the weather looks like it is not going to cooperate,  we will come up with a plan B . This may mean changing the day or time. 

Of course, we know that the weather is so changeable and so unless we have arranged to do the shoot earlier , I will touch base with you on the day that our shoot is scheduled. Sometimes it is difficult to know if the weather will cooperate. I am not a weatherman and  have no idea what can happen, but I will give you my best opinion with the knowledge that I have from radars and forecasts.  You will be the one making the final call.  If you decide to go ahead with the shoot, and it rains during the session, you will still be charged full price, even if we did not get the full allocated time. 

If the weather forecast is for rain during our scheduled time , I will do my best to find another time similar to that scheduled on another day. Sometimes this is not possible due to other bookings or prior arrangement ( mine or yours ) and I will suggest an alternate day, time and sometimes location. 

If I am unable to offer you another time, I will refund your  full deposit .

However, please note that I can only give refunds for rained out sessions. If it is cloudy and we can still go ahead with our session, but you choose not to, your deposit will be forfeited . 

Your deposit is non refundable, as that date and time has been allocated to you and you only.  If circumstances change and you want to rearrange the shoot for another day, I will be happy to apply your deposit towards the newly schedule session. However, if I am unable to accommodate you, you will forfeit your deposit.

If you are unable to make the photoshoot, please inform me within 24 hours of our scheduled meeting .

No shows will be charged the full session price 

I am a natural light, lifestyle photographer. I do not have a studio. We can do our portraits pretty much anywhere that has good natural light. Finding a place that is meaningful to you is a great option.  It can be downtown, beach, park, hotel ( with permission), home, school campus, sports field etc.

Lighting is the most important factor in achieving beautiful portraits and some locations are better than others at certain times of the day. When you are ready to schedule your portrait session we can talk about our options for location and lighting 

Once we have decided on a time and location and your portrait session is booked you will receive a welcome email with a short questionnaire and a style guide.

The style guide will help you with outfit decisions, but I am also here to help. So if you are unsure after reading the style guide, please reach out to me.

 However, there are some general rules that you should follow always.

Wear what is comfortable, but don't be afraid to dress it up. Be you . Avoid t-shirts with large logos. Be mindful of your footwear, it can make or break an outfit 

 I will meet you at  the location a few minutes before we are due to start shooting.  How the session will go depends on many factors, time of day, location, special requests and number of people in your group. I will capture large family group, smaller groups or families and individual shots in different combinations. If you have a special request for a particular pose, please let me know in advance.

We will move around the area, using the best lighting to our advantage and will capture a few formal images, some posed and natural interactive and candid shots . 

My style is casual and relaxed. I love to capture you interacting with each other so please come prepared to have some FUN !

Typically, I will not bring any props to the session unless it is for the 1 year birthday cake smash session.

As a lifestyle photographer we will make use of our surroundings and location. If we are downtown, we may buy an ice cream, if we are at the carnival we may play games.

However, if you have some props that you would like to use, that may say something about you as a couple or family, or senior then please feel free to do so, but be sure to discuss it with me before hand. 

In the past we have used all sorts of personal props, such as guitars, toys, jewelry, hats, sunglasses, soccer balls, team shirts, surf boards, bicycles, cars, save the date chalkboards, ultrasound photos, babies booties  etc. 

 This is dependent on whether you are doing our basic Portrait sessions, or one of our specialized sessions

 For our basic portrait session

All of your best images will be edited and put on line for you to view and purchase. Our photographers spend time choosing the best portraits and editing them. The gallery of your images will be on line within 2 weeks of the shoot. Then you will be sent an email with a link to your gallery and your password. The email will also explain how to place your order and how long your gallery will be available to view and purchase from 

For our specialized packages and Senior Portraits where all your images are included , you will receive an email with a link to your gallery within 2 weeks of the shoot. You will still be able to download your images from the website, but you will also get a dropbox link to down load your full resolution images to your own computers 

All of our galleries will be available for viewing on the website for one month only 

An extra fee is associated with extending your proofing period 

There are no digital images or prints included in your basic portrait sessions. The cost of the session is for your photographers time, travel and expertise. Once your edited images are on line to view you will have a chance to purchase digital images, digital packages, prints, canvases and other products.

Once you purchase individual digital images or a digital package , you will receive an email receipt with links for you to download all your purchased digital images to your own computer . ( except with Love Them All package. As we do not require you to add ALL of your images into your cart , we will need to make ALL your images available for download ... this may take up to 48 hours, and  you will receive an email when they are all available for download.

The images that you download from the website are high resolution.  

 If you book one of our specialized packages ( eg Engagement, Senior, Event, Wedding) these include ALL your edited High resolution digital images which you will be able to download directly from your gallery

Yes!

When you purchase your digital downloads directly from the website or you choose to have the higher resolution images delivered to you via dropbox  we are giving you permission to print at a photo lab of your choice. 

However, you must realize that we cannot guarantee the quality of the print from any lab.  We advise you not  to use your basic drug store labs as their color management, quality of paper and crops do not result good quality prints.

You can purchase high quality prints through the website, but if you choose to print yourself , please be sure to use a reputable professional quality lab .

If you download your digital images from the website they will be large enough for prints upto 11 x 14. This is probably big enough for most people, who will never need to print above 11 x 14.

If you would like to purchase prints or canvases larger than this from a lab of your choice then you will need to choose your high resolution digital images to be delivered via a dropbox. 

However, file size and resolution is complicated , so if there is an image that you want to enlarge please contact me so that I can resize the digital file for your specifications.  There may be an extra fee associated with this service. 

Of course you can always order prints and canvases through the website

Please also note that if you are printing  anything other than 4x6, 8x12, 12x18, 16x24 etc, then your image will look slightly different than the original and parts of the image will be cropped. If you are having problems with printing  8 x10 images for example because it cuts of heads or feet, it may be possible for me to resize the image. Please let me know and I will see what I am able to do 

As the photographer , per US and international copyright law, I own the copyright to your images. They are my creative work and "intellectual property" . However, I allow my clients to purchase their high resolution digital images with copyright/ Print release.  The copyright that I am allowing is for unlimited personal use and printing of said images. You are free to print them, email them, use them for announcements, invitations, Christmas cards etc and use them on social media . However , you cannot alter, add filters, sell, enter in photo contests, use them for any monetary gain, or claim them as your own work. 

 Some labs will require a copyright or print release. Please let me know if you need one of these , and I will give you written permission.

If you love your images and would like to use them on social media, I would ask you to please tag me. It helps with promoting my business and it would be very much appreciated. 

Your images will be available for viewing and purchase from your gallery for one month only.

Once you have placed your order and it has been delivered to you ,I then archive your session. What this means is that they will no longer be on my main hard drive and thus will not be backed up several times (  I keep back ups on external hard drives and in the cloud). I have archived and kept every portrait session I have ever done. However, external hard drives have been known to die and as this will be the only copy that I will have of your images I cannot guarantee that they will still be available.

So purchasing your portraits while they are available is always advised. If they are archived and I have to search and re-upload your images  to the website for you to make a further purchase, it may be subject to a small fee . 

Please also note that Dropbox is used only to transfer files and not for storage. They will only be available to download to your own computers for a month , after which they will be deleted to make room for new clients. Again, if you do not download within that time and need me to resend them there will be a small fee to search my archives and re upload .