One thing I’ve noticed on different forums and professional sites is that the late fall, winter and early spring are a photographers slooooow periods. In an effort to fight that I talked to Donna and Mike who I met at a craft fair in Marblehead. Donna said she was thinking about having a maternity session but hadn’t found someone until I walked up.

I decided to create a photobook that would capture three sessions. a few weeks after mom and the child come home, around six months and then about the first birthday. I priced this at $295 and they receive the three sessions, all the photos online in their personal gallery and at the end they will get a hard cover 8×10 book with 20 pages (40 sides) designed by my wife.

This first method will be limited to seeing how word of mouth goes but I want to print several different books both soft cover and hard with different price ranges and let these be ordered at a minimal cost to the parents. Then as these get passed out as gifts they will show it to all their friends. The only problem that I see is, where to bring in some income for me. How do I make it affordable for parents and still make a profit… I guess this is why they call it a business..

I’ve been having withdrawals after finishing my fall blogging this year over on Yankee Magazines fall foliage website, so I’m trying one of my own.

This blog will combine more of my business activities with my art. I’m a artist; who photographs weddings and family lifestyle portraits to pay the bills.

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Believe it or not, the two aren’t mutually exclusive since I find great satisfaction as an artist while I’m capturing a brides special day or the look in a child’s eyes when they’ve just found something new in their world.

I am exploring less formal Lifestyle portraits of children and families. I’ve never liked rigid formal pictures and this is a artistic way of capturing a moment in someones life. I’m not trying to lessen the importance of the photo of a child (or adult) but to more accurately record the way they were at this point in time.

I want to create an image that will resonate with loved ones for years to come.

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