The Regular
$350
Includes:
- 1 hour session at a location of your choice
- Post processing of images
- 20 high-resolution jpeg digital negatives with permission to print
- Access to a web album to view images
Remainder of payment is due at time of session. Cash, check, Zelle, Paypal and Venmo are accepted.
So, what can we do with a “Regular” Session?
Babies and Birthdays:
I am no longer doing newborn sessions but I am definitely still doing babies once they can lay on their tummies and lift their head or can sit up. First birthdays are especially fun!
Children:
Children may have changes of clothes as long as they are happy and willing! Though, pouty grouchy faces are quite endearing as well.
Graduating Seniors :
We can do up to 2 locations if they are near each other. Multiple changes of clothes, jewelry, sports stuff etc. ok!
Engagement:
Changes of clothes or accessories are great (but be aware, depending on location, your changing room might be your car or the bushes!). If you wish, bring props or items that might express who you are or if a place like an ice cream shop is who you are, let’s go there!
Families:
This is for immediate family only, but could include Grandparents. Please add $15 extra per person if your group is larger than 6 people.
Pets:
"Pet only" sessions can be done outdoors or in your home—or both. If pets are added to any session, add $15 per pet. Please bring a person or means to occupy them when they are not in the shoot.
Location: If you look on the bottom of this page, you will see a label column on the left hand side. These are a sample of some of the locations I have done photo shoots at. Some locations charge a fee. If you know of or have connections with another location or even a place that is special to you, let’s CHAT! Don’t forget your home. If you have great light in your home, a familiar place can produce some very relaxed and memorable images. Lifestyle sessions are amazing.
Travel fees apply if location is outside of Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert. Contact me for details.
Props. Yes, yes and yes! Skateboards, sports equipment, toy, balloons, giant sucker, motorcycle, old car, ice cream cone, cool couch or chair are all OK to bring. Let me know a head of time so I can get my brain going.
What to wear: Wear what is comfortable! If that means t-shirts, jeans and flip flops then do it. Don’t be afraid of plaids and stripes. Layers are a great way of adding style, color and quick wardrobe changes. We most likely will be up and down on the ground, so keep that in mind.
Now, for a few DONTS: Ladies and little girls, please don’t ignore your fingernails. Chipped polish can be distracting and very time consuming to edit out. Everyone, please NO gum chewing.
The Session:
Typically, the full session lasts 60 minutes. If you would like silhouette shots, let me know so we can make the necessary arrangements. Should the session run over the allotted time at your request, you will be billed at 150% of regular rates; images will not be edited or delivered until this fee has been paid.
Outdoor sessions generally take place around sunrise or the “golden” hour before sunset.
I do not expect perfectly behaved children and overly talkative teenagers. I do expect you to breathe. All the hard work of deciding location, wardrobe and eye shadow shade is done.
I do not expect everyone to look and smile at the camera every shot. Is that real life? Or is there a little teasing, tickling or a tantrum now and then? Relax and enjoy each other, it really comes thru. Really!
Don’t be afraid to give me your ideas and also don’t be afraid if wonderful moments just “happen.”
And then you go out for ice cream, ‘cause everyone knows a great night ends with ice cream.
After the session:
After the session, while you are out eating ice cream, I retreat to my digital darkroom and work some magic. I LOVE this part and I spend a lot of time in post-processing to make your beautiful images even better. I usually wear a giant smile as I go thru the images and find the jewels--the jewels that show personality and character.
My color images are bright and vivid and my black and whites are poignant and moody. I am guessing that if you are here, you are aware of my style and like it.
Within a few days of the shoot, you will receive information about the next few steps and a sneak peek will be published on this website and on Face Book. If you DO NOT want your names published, please let me know.
As a matter of courtesy, please use the link to this site or Head First Photo By Shauna Face Book page to share sneak peek images until you have received your full resolution digital images. The website images and FB images are much sharper than the web album images that you will be viewing. Web album images especially are very low resolution and don't provide clear and sharp pictures.
You will be able to review the images on a secure web album where you can select the number of jpeg images that come with your session.
Once you have selected the your high resolution jpeg images, it could take up to a week to receive them electronically.
The images will stay in the web album for approximately 14 days after I send you the invitation to view them.
Extras:
More photos from the session are available at a cost of $5 per high-resolution digital negative or $50 for all of the high resolution edited images in the web album delivered electronically.
Other types of sessions
School and Sport Portraits :
These mini mini portrait sessions are seasonal in Spring and Fall. Watch for them to be announced on my Facebook page as well as on this site. They are generally $30 for a 5-10 minute session per child or individual with 4 high resolution digital images and taken at a predetermined location in the vicinity of Signal Butte and Warner in Mesa. These are delivered electronically.
Head Shots:
Great for professional, social and personal needs. $50 mini session includes a 10-15 min outdoor photo shoot, several poses, private online album, your choice of 4 high resolution images for electronic download and print permission to develop where you choose. This is offered year round.
Mini sessions:
These mini sessions are seasonal in Spring and Fall. They are generally 30 minutes for $200 and come with 10 high resolution digital negatives that are delivered electronically. They are at a predetermined location. If this is used as a family session, priority for family shots is given over individual shots. This session could also be used for graduating senior, pet, engagement, birthday etc. Watch for them to be announced on my Facebook page as well as on this site. Please add $15 extra per person if your group is larger than 6 people.
Additional information:
Extras:
More photos from the session are available at a cost of $5 per high-resolution digital negative or $50 for the high resolution edited images in the web album delivered electronically.
What to wear:
Wear what is comfortable! If that means t-shirts, jeans and flip flops then do it. Don’t be afraid of plaids and stripes. Layers are a great way of adding style, color and quick wardrobe changes.
Now, for a few DONTS: Ladies and little girls, please don’t ignore your fingernails. Chipped polish can be distracting and very time consuming and expensive to edit out. Everyone, please NO gum chewing.
Developing & Cropping:
I do not expect perfectly behaved children and overly talkative teenagers. I do expect you to breathe. All the hard work of deciding location, wardrobe and eye shadow shade is done.
I do not expect everyone to look and smile at the camera every shot. Is that real life? Or is there a little teasing, tickling or a tantrum now and then? Relax and enjoy each other, it really comes thru. Really!
Don’t be afraid to give me your ideas and also don’t be afraid if wonderful moments just “happen.”
And then you go out for ice cream, ‘cause everyone knows a great night ends with ice cream.
After the session:
After the session, while you are out eating ice cream, I retreat to my digital darkroom and work some magic. I LOVE this part and I spend a lot of time in post-processing to make your beautiful images even better. I usually wear a giant smile as I go thru the images and find the jewels--the jewels that show personality and character.
My color images are bright and vivid and my black and whites are poignant and moody. I am guessing that if you are here, you are aware of my style and like it.
Within a few days of the shoot, you will receive information about the next few steps and a sneak peek will be published on this website and on Face Book. If you DO NOT want your names published, please let me know.
As a matter of courtesy, please use the link to this site or Head First Photo By Shauna Face Book page to share sneak peek images until you have received your full resolution digital images. The website images and FB images are much sharper than the web album images that you will be viewing. Web album images especially are very low resolution and don't provide clear and sharp pictures.
You will be able to review the images on a secure web album where you can select the number of jpeg images that come with your session.
Once you have selected the your high resolution jpeg images, it could take up to a week to receive them electronically.
The images will stay in the web album for approximately 14 days after I send you the invitation to view them.
Extras:
More photos from the session are available at a cost of $5 per high-resolution digital negative or $50 for all of the high resolution edited images in the web album delivered electronically.
Other types of sessions
School and Sport Portraits :
These mini mini portrait sessions are seasonal in Spring and Fall. Watch for them to be announced on my Facebook page as well as on this site. They are generally $30 for a 5-10 minute session per child or individual with 4 high resolution digital images and taken at a predetermined location in the vicinity of Signal Butte and Warner in Mesa. These are delivered electronically.
Head Shots:
Great for professional, social and personal needs. $50 mini session includes a 10-15 min outdoor photo shoot, several poses, private online album, your choice of 4 high resolution images for electronic download and print permission to develop where you choose. This is offered year round.
Mini sessions:
These mini sessions are seasonal in Spring and Fall. They are generally 30 minutes for $200 and come with 10 high resolution digital negatives that are delivered electronically. They are at a predetermined location. If this is used as a family session, priority for family shots is given over individual shots. This session could also be used for graduating senior, pet, engagement, birthday etc. Watch for them to be announced on my Facebook page as well as on this site. Please add $15 extra per person if your group is larger than 6 people.
Additional information:
Extras:
More photos from the session are available at a cost of $5 per high-resolution digital negative or $50 for the high resolution edited images in the web album delivered electronically.
What to wear:
Wear what is comfortable! If that means t-shirts, jeans and flip flops then do it. Don’t be afraid of plaids and stripes. Layers are a great way of adding style, color and quick wardrobe changes.
Now, for a few DONTS: Ladies and little girls, please don’t ignore your fingernails. Chipped polish can be distracting and very time consuming and expensive to edit out. Everyone, please NO gum chewing.
Developing & Cropping:
Be aware when choosing photos to be printed that it is VERY IMPORTANT to check the cropping feature.
ALWAYS check to see that you like how the photo will be cropped or you may end up with important stuff chopped off! (Sizes least affected by cropping--3.5x5, minis, wallets, 4x6, 5x7, 6x9, 8x12, 12x18, 16x24. Sizes most affected by cropping 8x10, 8.5x11, 16x20)
Personally, the 8x12s are one of my favorite when I don’t want to lose part of the image due to cropping. You might have to look a little harder, but there are 8x12 frames out there and they are totally worth it!!
If you are ordering prints over the internet, make sure to upload the images to the printer in the FULL RESOLUTION option. You may get a resolution warning if you have not done this. Also make sure NOT to select auto correction from the printer. THE IMAGES DO NOT NEED AUTO CORRECT. I have done all of that already and the auto correct will affect the saturation, sharpness and contrast.
Besides necessary cropping, DO NOT EDIT any of the digital images (this includes social media app filters). If you really need something edited, just ask me and I will do it for free for reasonable requests.
At this time, my favorite printers are Mpix, Nations Lab, Shutterfly and Costco. The first three are professional labs with great quality and with varying prices. They often have deals and specials. Shop around and find which works best for you. Costco not longer has in store printing but has a mail to home option. For any enlargements bigger than 4x6 I would not recommend developing at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, CVS etc. Their printing capabilities will not be able to capture the quality that is contained in the digital negatives.
Other stuff. Like details:
You DO NOT have permission to make other editing changes other than cropping without my permission. If you want to make a change, just fly it by me, and I will make reasonable edits for free.
Other other stuff. Like more details:
Other stuff. Like details:
You DO NOT have permission to make other editing changes other than cropping without my permission. If you want to make a change, just fly it by me, and I will make reasonable edits for free.
Other other stuff. Like more details:
PLEASE BACK UP your files. Make copies. Keep them safe. Share them. If you need your digital files after one year post session, you will need to pay a $25 search fee and the downloading fee starts at $25 (depending on how many images) IF I still have them. I back up my images but I had an external hard drive go corrupt and those years were lost.
Prices and details subject to change without notice.
Head First Photo reserves the right to use any picture in any form such as, but not limited to the use in advertising, contests, reproduction and copyright. When you hire me, you agree to these terms.
All Images are © copy right of Head First Photo. Images may not be reproduced, distributed, copied or used in any fashion without expressed written permission from Shauna Foliaki (that's me!).
Contact me if you have further questions: ksomethingsomething@gmail.com
Whew! Now that we have that all out of the way, let's get down to the real business of having fun and taking pictures!
Contact me if you have further questions: ksomethingsomething@gmail.com
Whew! Now that we have that all out of the way, let's get down to the real business of having fun and taking pictures!
