July Senior Portrait Specials

Senior Special: Book a Weekday
Session in July, and save $10 on any Senior Portrait session fee, and
include 8 free wallets, & 20% off your print order!



Basic Session..... $70

Includes:



90 Minute on-location photo shoot

Unlimited Clothing Changes

25 Images on Low Res CD



Prints:



* 1 8 x 10 Print, or $5 Print Credit





Deluxe Session..... $100

Includes:



2 Hour on-location photo shoot

Unlimited Clothing Changes

30 Images on Low Res CD



Prints:

* 2 8x10 prints

* 2 5x7 prints

* 4 3.5 x 5 prints

* 8 wallets



Luxury Session.... $120

Includes:



2 Hour on-location photo shoot

Unlimited Clothing Changes

35 Images on Low Res CD



Prints:

* 2 8x10 Prints

* 6 5x7 Prints

* 10 4x6 Prints

* 16 Wallets

Call or email soon- dates are filling up
fast!

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Class of 2011 Senior Representative Wanted!

I am currently looking for 2 or more Class of 2011 Senior
Representatives to sit for a FREE Senior Portrait Session. I would like to work
with both a male and a female representative this year.


What is a Senior Representative?
A senior rep is a person who simply shows off their senior portraits, and
tells people where they were taken.

Are Senior Representative's paid?
Senior rep's are paid in service, not in money. The people chosen as
Senior Rep's will receive a free, extended length senior portrait session. The
session will likely take place over 2 separate days, and 3 or 4 locations. The
locations are discussed ahead of time to find places that will both showcase my
photography skills best, and suit your needs for your Senior Portraits. In
addition to a free portrait session, Senior Rep's can earn free credit points
towards their portrait print purchase. You will also receive 25 Senior Rep cards
to pass out to friends, good for 20% off their portrait print purchase.
If you receive enough paid referrals, you'll also be able to earn free
gift cards for iTunes, Subway, or Target!

What is needed from a Senior Rep?

• be in the graduating class of 2011.
• be outgoing and willing to have fun.
• sign a model release.
• bring a parent to the shoot.
• be able to participate in 1-2 photo shoots in July
• live in or be willing to travel to Lansing or Grand Rapids, Michigan
• be willing to show their portraits to friends and tell them about Expressions
by Heather Photography.

To apply, please talk with your parents first, then send a Facebook message,
email, or place a call to Heather at Expressions by Heather. Parents permission
is required for all students under the age of 18.

Not all people who apply will be chosen. The places are limited to 1 male and 1
female. Applications are being accepted through June 16th. This is not a
contest- the people chosen will be chosen at the photographers discretion.
Senior Class Representatives Will Receive:
Extended Senior Portrait Session.

3-4 Locations to show a varying degree of settings- Urban, Rural, Parks,
Etc.
Unlimited Image Selection on Low Res CD to share on Facebook, MySpace,
Twitter, Blogs, and show off on your phone & iPod.
24 Wallets of the image (or split up between 3 images) of your choosing.
25 Senior Representative Referral Cards to pass out to friends. These are
good for 20% off the Print Purchase of the person referred, so they get savings,
too!
For each paid Referral you earn, you'll receive 2 free print credits towards your own print purchase. Print credits are good for $5 off your print purchase
Receive 8 Paid Referrals, and you'll earn a free $25 iTunes, Subway, or
Target gift card.
Receive 12 Paid Referrals, and you'll earn another free $25 iTunes, Subway, or
Target gift card.
*A paid referral means a referral who has booked, and paid for a Senior
Portrait Session with Expressions by Heather. 

Expressions Portrait Contest!

From now through June 15th, people in the Lansing or Grand Rapids, Michigan area can enter their child (or children!) in a contest through Facebook to win a FREE portrait session with Expressions by Heather.

You can enter all of your children but please, only 1 entry per child.

To enter, simply send a snapshot (please- no professional photos, unless that were taken by YOU!) of your child to Heather at herberkids3@yahoo.com, with the subject line: Contest Entry.

Make sure to include your Facebook name, and join the facebook group. All images will be posted on June 16th, and tagged with the parents name.

From June 16th to June 20th, spread the news to your feed, and have your friends vote. People voting will have to join the group to leave a comment, but may leave the group once the comment is posted.

The photo with the most unique votes will win a free Children's Portrait Session, valued at $60. Duplicate comments will not be counted!!

The winner must be in the Grand Rapids or Lansing area, or willing to travel to one of those two areas for your portrait session.

Winners will be announced on June 23rd on Facebook.

The session will include:

90 minute portrait session
Clothing changes
1 Portrait Credit towards a print order
Low Res CD of 15 images

2nd place will win $20 off a Full Portrait Session in the Lansing or Grand Rapids area.
3rd place will win $10 off a Full or Mini Portrait Session in the Lansing or Grand Rapids area.

You may enter as many of your children as you wish, but only 1 entry per child.

Heather

Engagement Session

Last week, I got the chance to take photos of Ashley & Andrew, who are getting married soon. They were a happy, loving couple, and I had a lot of fun doing their portraits. Here are a few of my favorites!

Senior Portraits

Senior Portrait Package Options

All senior portrait packages include:

• 2 outdoor locations of your choosing. The locations should be somewhat close together. Travel time in between locations is limited to 10 minutes of driving time. Locations further away than that will cost $5.
• Friends, Parents, Significant Others are allowed in a limited number of photos at no additional cost.
• 100+ images to choose from when selecting the images you like the best.
• Images chosen from the session on a low resolution disc. Low Res images will be watermarked with the studio logo, and will be printable up to 4x6" print sizes. You can print these up, or use them as online photos.
• 3 creative edits, including collages, vignette, selective color, text, and more.
• Standard color editing for great color on the photos, as well as black & white or sepia editing on any of the chosen images. Your name and graduation year can also be added to any image corner at no additional cost.
• Prints or Print Credits towards your print order
• Props- feel free to bring any props of your choosing. Musical instruments, a vehicle, sports equipment, even pets! You will be in charge of making sure to keep your pet under control. Pets are subject to location, as not all locations allow for pets. Non-exotic animals only, please.
• Unlimited clothing changes, if the location has access to a public restroom.

Basic Senior Portrait Session Package - $70

Package Includes (in addition to the session basics listed above):

90 Minute on-location photo shoot
Unlimited Clothing Changes
25 Images on Low Res CD

Prints:
   * 1 8 x 10 Print, or $5 Print Credit

Deluxe Senior Portrait Session Package..... $100
Package Includes (in addition to the session basics listed at the top):

2 Hour on-location photo shoot
Unlimited Clothing Changes
30 Images on Low Res CD

Prints:
* 2 8x10 prints
* 2 5x7 prints
* 4 3.5 x 5 prints
* 8 wallets

Luxury Senior Portrait Session Package.... $120
Package Includes (in addition to the session basics listed at the top):

2 Hour on-location photo shoot
Unlimited Clothing Changes
35 Images on Low Res CD
 

Prints:
* 2 8x10 Prints
* 6 5x7 Prints
* 10 4x6 Prints
* 16 Wallets

Additional images, prints, and edits can be purchased in addition to the package deal.

All sessions further than 25 miles in distance from zip code 48813 will be charged a $20 travel fee. If you are further than 75 miles from 48813, or are uncertain as to the distance, please feel free to ask!

Prices, Talent, Quality, & Time

After much thought, and talking with other photographers, I have come to the conclusion that my prices are way too low for the services I offer. When I started doing this last fall, I honestly was a bit over whelmed by the prices I found at other area photo studios, and other natural light photographers.

I felt then, and still feel now, that quality portraits can be done without costing an arm & a leg. I have finally come to a happy medium, though, after sitting down and doing the math on my sessions. Counting the time of the session, and the time spent editing, I am currently making less than minimum wage per hour spent on each session.

I feel that while I love what I do, I am undervaluing my own talents severely. It took a lot of hard thinking, and a lot of advice before I came to the very hard decision to raise my prices somewhat, while still keeping them at what I feel is an affordable price.

All sessions booked currently will remain at the prices they were quoted when the session was booked. Those prices are:

Mini Session: $25
Family, Child, Engagement Sessions: $40
Senior Portrait Sessions: $50

In order to feel that both my time and talent are being compensated, and without feeling as though I am over charging, my new prices are as follows:

Mini Session: $40
Family, Child, Engagement Session: $60
Senior Session: $70

In addition, there is a small change to the session packages as well. Currently, they all come with a CD with the chosen 10, 15, or 25 High Res images, suitable for printing at sizes of up to 16x20 in size. As I have recently found a new print service, which has fast turn around and fantastic print & paper quality, I am now going to offer only low-resolution CD's with the session, or a high resolution CD for purchase.

The low resolution CD's will include all your images & edits up to a printable 4x6 size, with a small water mark on the corner.

The high resolution CD's will be available for purchase for $20 each.

I have already posted my printing prices, and as long as my print service does not change their prices, I will not be changing my printing prices. I feel this is one way where I can still offer substantial savings to my clients over many other photographer services.

Many places charge as much as $30-50 for a single 8x10 image. My price will stay firm at $5. Currently, the prices I offer for printing are comparable to going to the local photo departments at the department store or pharmacy. However, the quality of the paper, the color, and the image is far superior to what you will find elsewhere.

To be fair to anyone who has been considering a session with me, my new prices will go in effect for any sessions booked on or after June 1st. Sessions booked by May 31st can be for any time this summer, they just need to be on my books by then to qualify for my old prices. That gives people a week to book at the current prices, before they go up.

I want to just say thank you to everyone who has talked with me about this, and to say that while I hope this does not upset anyone, I do feel that it was a necessary change.

Heather
Expressions by Heather Photography

Marshall Family