The Experience and How It Works | Washington DC

GET IN TOUCH

Call, text, or email to ask questions and/or let me know you are interested in a Portrait Experience Session.
Mutually agree on the session date & timeframe to temporarily reserve your session. All sessions are booked as a "morning' or 'afternoon' timeframe. Morning sessions can begin between sunrise and 10am, afternoon sessions can begin between 2pm and 3 hours before sunset.
Schedule and have a Pre-Session Consultation phone call to plan the session (location options, exact starting time, what to wear, what to expect, etc).

BOOK YOUR SESSION

Electronically sign my Photography Agreement to officially book your session on my calendar. My Photography Agreement details the process, prices, timelines, copyrights, model releases, and rescheduling options.
Please note: If you'd rather sign the Photography Agreement BEFORE the Pre-Session Consultation to book the session date and time, just let me know and I'll send it to you asap!
No advanced deposit is required - only your e-signature on the Photography Agreement.

ADVANCED PREPARATIONS

Finalize your session location.
Decide what to wear for your session (option: text pictures if you'd like feedback)
Touch base the day before the session to double-confirm our exact meeting location and time.
Discuss a contingency plan if the weather forecast looks questionable.

SESSION DAY

PREVIEWING YOUR IMAGES

Pay your $200 Portrait Experience Session Fee (or $250 Headshot Session Fee). approximately two weeks AFTER your session
Approximately two weeks after your session, receive access to your online, private previewing gallery. Every client’s online gallery is unique: most 60-90 minute sessions yield 200+ custom-edited images and most 30 minute Headshot sessions yield 30+ images.
Spend the next four weeks deciding which images are your favorites!

FINALIZING YOUR ORDER

Schedule your Post-Session Consultation to finalize your Digital Collection and any Optional Fine Art Print order before your Previewing Gallery expires which will be 4 weeks from the date your link is sent (a two week extensions can be purchased for a $25 reposting fee).
Pay for your Digital Collection (Collection A is the minimum) and any optional Fine Art Prints through your gallery’s online payment portal.
Your gallery's payment portal accepts all major credit cards, Google Pay, or Apple Pay, or as an alternative, you can always mail a check.

ORDER DELIVERY

For Family, Senior, and Branding Experiences, approximately two weeks after your order is paid, your digital images will be mailed to your street address on a flash drive
Headshot Session digital images will be send through a Dropbox Folder.
Any optional Fine Art Prints ordered will be arranged for pick-up in Arlington, VA
Upon request, if you need your digital images before the flash drive will arrive in the mail, I can send the digital images electronically through a Dropbox Folder to your email address for downloading