WELCOME
Thank you for booking with Sarah Jane Studio! I am so excited to work with you and your family.
In Nature Sessions include Maternity, Family, and Children's Sessions. Please note that for a Maternity In Nature Session, you will receive an extra guide. These sessions feature genuine emotion, connection, games, and fun. You will be guided to pose to look your best, and then let loose to have fun, and play together. It is my goal to capture photos that tell your story in your own home.
FAMILY SESSIONS HAVE A $250 SITTING FEE (THAT INCLUDES ALL MENTIONED ABOVE AND 5 DIGITAL IMAGES WHICH YOU SELECT FROM AN ONLINE GALLERY FOLLOWING THE SESSION.
How to Prepare
GETTING READY FOR A PHOTO SESSION CAN BE OVERWHELMING. FORTUNATELY, AT HOME SESSIONS WITH SARAH JANE STUDIO ARE EASY TO PREPARE FOR.
Please refer to our specific correspondence for outfit ideas. For general ideas on how to dress for a photo session, please visit my Pinterest Board. Please avoid clothing with logos, words, and characters. Instead, look for clothing this is nice, simple, and compliments the colours of season or your home. If you are fancy people, dress up a little. If you are casual, select casual attire.
I generally recommend you dress in complimentary attire, not matching (ie, clothing that fits a colour scheme rather than everyone dress alike in jeans and red tshirts). Depending on the number of people in your family, select a few colours that coordinate and then plan outfits that go together as though you were putting together a single outfit. Variety in style, colour, and textures is nice. Layering adds depth.
At the time of the session, I will do my best to engage you and to have a good time together. Sometimes, kids can get a bit wired or uncomfortable, so it is really helpful if you can do your best to contain and settle and comfort your little ones. I am easy going and the session should be smooth sailing. If things start to go a bit off, please try and remain as calm and fun as possible. Children tend to pick up on our emotions and perpetuate the issue.
In Nature Sessions take place at various locations throughout Edmonton, Spruce Grove etc. We will discuss location perimeters via email. Please let me know of any preferences or ideas you have.
Your session fee is $250 + tax. It is due at the session and is payable through email transfer to itsarahjanestudio@gmail.com, through paypal, or by cash or cheque (to Sarah Jenkins). You will receive an emailed copy of your invoice prior to your session date.
WHAT TO EXPECT FOLLOWING YOUR SESSION:
Session turnaround is estimated at 3 weeks.
When your edits are complete, an email will be sent to you with a link to open your gallery. Please note that emails sent from the Client Portal have been getting flagged as SPAM lately. Please check your spam folder and mark any communication from SJS as NOT SPAM. Additionally, if you have a cell number listed in your account, I will send a text message to notify you when to check your email for the gallery. 5 digital images are complimentary. You can order extra digital images right from the gallery. There is a shopping cart where you can place your order. The gallery is live for 10 days.
If you choose to purchase digital files, a downloading gallery will be prepared and posted for you. It usually takes about 2-3 days to get the downloads posted.
To print your images, I highly recommend that you print through me as I use a calibrated, professional lab for all products. If you chose to print third-party, I cannot guarantee the print quality, nor can I troubleshoot you through your print order should you have problems.
Please make sure that you save you digital images securely (in at least two places). I do NOT keep client photos indefinitely and am generally unable to re-upload downloading galleries at a later date. Galleries are live for 10 days, after which point they expire. Please download and save your images promptly. If your gallery expires, or you lose your images (and I still have them), there is a $50 fee to repost an archived gallery. If you need more time to make image selections, please just contact me to ask, I am happy to extend galleries as needed.
POLICIES
Following your session, I may provide a social media sneak peek. This will usually be posted 3-7 days following your session at the following locations: Facebook, Instagram. If you would like to opt out of the social media sneak peek, please let me know. If you chose to opt out of social media posting, you will relinquish the sneak peek option. Please tag, share, and comment on your images! My business is primarily maintained through word of mouth so it is a huge service to me if you do these few simple things which allow your friends and family to see the beautiful images we created. If you do not interact with the posts on social media, Facebook has made it really tough on small businesses to be seen. Please share the images within the means provided by the platforms (ie. the SHARE button) and not by right-click-saving the images or taking screen shots of them.
Please remember that both sneak peeks and images that your purchase are copyrighted to Sarah Jane Studio. You have the right to print the digital files and share them as you'd like, but you do not have the right to alter or edit them (including instagram filters).
Within 3 weeks of your session, you will be emailed a link to view your gallery online. Galleries typically contain 30+ images. Once you have access to your gallery, you can place your image order. I provide digital images, canvases, albums, wall art, cards, and all kinds of goodies. Your session fee a 5 digital image package.
In the event that you, or I, are unsatisfied with the images due to unforeseen weather, equipment failure, or photographer error, a retake may be issued. Under normal circumstances, refunds are not issued - due to services rendered. Retakes are generally not issued due to a difficult of misbehaving child, pet, or other subject, poor outfit choice, or lighting issues (if my recommended session time was disregarded. All that stated, if you find yourself unhappy with your image of any reason, please communicate that to me, and I will try and remedy the situation. I want you to loves your images.
All images included in the gallery will be fully edited for white balance, exposure, lighting, background, and basic retouching of flaws. If you request editing above and beyond the scope of my normal workflow, a $25/hour charge will be issued. If a family member has a temporary flaw (bruise, scratch, etc) that you would like retouched, please let me know at the time of the session. All images remain property of Sarah Jane Studio. Final images are selected at the Photographer's discretion. Unedited (or raw) images will not be provided. All images may be used in present or future advertising, marketing, and portfolio work.
IN NATURE SESSIONS
In Nature Sessions with Sarah Jane Studio are my passion. I love to document the moments that make you and your family who you really are; the moments you just can't forget.
I am thrilled to work with you and your family. Please read through the Guide above, fill out the session questionnaire, and let me know if you have any questions.
xoxo
Sarah
