A: Yep! Once you sign up and make that initial payment, you can book your session immediately (you’ll get the link for the fall/winter calendar right away). Further, you will receive your gallery on my normal schedule (typically 2-3 weeks after the session), and will be able to download your files and use your print credit as soon as you have access to the gallery. 

A: In theory you can… but there are a couple of important issues to consider. Issue 1: My guess is that even if the membership doesn’t fill completely this year, by next year it will be full and spots might get hard to come by if members continue to renew (I don't anticipate adding new memberships, just offering any un-renewed spots during the annual enrollment period). Issue 2: it’s likely that the price will increase in future years. By maintaining continuous membership, you’re guaranteed to be locked in at the current rate. If you drop out and re-join, you will have to do so at the rates offered that year. Pro Tip: You are allowed to skip a year and “roll over” your sessions for future use as long as you maintain your membership. If, for instance, you are planning to have another child in a year and would like to have two full sessions during those first months, you can plan accordingly and skip a full session the year prior (perhaps replacing it with a mini-session). 

A: While I can’t guarantee that a specific date and time will be available when you go to sign up, I am putting absolutely everything I can on the self-scheduling calendar. There are currently between 13 and 17 sessions available during every month of the fall/winter calendar, most of them on Fridays and weekends. Even if the membership fills completely and every single member wants a fall/winter session, there will be more than enough to go around, so the likelihood is that if you don’t drag your feet to the very end of enrollment and have at least a tiny bit of wiggle room in your calendar, you'll have several options.

A: I offer a lot of really lovely items in my online store, and the print credit can be used toward any of them. Fine art prints are a perennial favorite, as are albums (you can put that $250 toward an album upgrade if you’re a Book Club member and want a bigger book or one with more pages). $250 more than covers a 12x18” frame, an 11x14” canvas, or four calendars (holiday shopping = done). There are several other options, but those should give you a sense!

A: You certainly can, with a couple of options: First, you can plan to travel to the Triangle for one of my listed session dates. Second, you can schedule your session outside the normal member calendar and pay a flat travel fee for me to come to you: $100 for outside-the-Triangle but within a 2 hour drive (one way); $300 for any location within a 2-4 hour drive (one way); for locations beyond a 4 hour drive, please contact me for a quote.

A: Yes, but please note that the family that is photographed during the first year of enrollment will be the only family who can use that membership in future years.

A: Albums are 20 pages long, so they will most likely hold as many of the images from your session as you'd like to include. That said, if you like album designs with fewer images per page, you may want to add pages. As I mentioned earlier, your print credit can be used toward album upgrades!

A: Yes! The Photo Club membership includes an annual studio session for each child (18 and under) in the family, along with all the files from each session, no matter if you've got one kid or ten.

A: The mini-session option is something I wanted to offer to members simply because sometimes they come in handy. Let’s say you want to get a few professional family photos when your parents and siblings all come to town for an event, or you’re pregnant and would like a few photos of your belly but would rather schedule your “real” session when the baby comes, or you and your partner both need updated headshots… these are all examples where a 30-minute session with 10 files is plenty. I don’t offer those to the general public, but they’re going to be an option for all my members at any time, assuming I have availability (for instance, we can find 30 minutes during your pregnancy, but if your family is in town when I’m out of town, that might be trickier… all I can say is I’ll do my best). Don’t get thrown off, though: if you don’t need a mini-session, no problem. If you want it, it’s there.