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Portrait FAQs

Just wanted to post a quick note to all of our clients….if you have reprint orders, parent albums or a wedding album order to submit to us, please email it to us NO LATER THAN Thanksgiving Day in order to have a better chance of receiving your order before Christmas. We placed a huge album order last week and we’ve already received an email from our distributor saying that our most popular albums are on back-order for 20 business days right now and it could be even longer depending on the overseas manufacturer’s ability to ship more albums before Christmas. Due to the sheer volume of orders that we receive during this time of year every year, we can not guarantee album orders will be completed before Christmas but the quicker you get your image selections to us, the better chance you’ll have at receiving your beautiful album by Christmas morning!! 🙂

Reprint & enlargement orders are guaranteed for Christmas if ordered by 12/1/09, after that, rush fees will apply. (We would prefer to have all reprint orders in by Thanksgiving but 12/1 is the absolute latest deadline for reprint orders if your wedding was before 10/1/09) Also, we will be re-extending ALL sendtoprint websites this week so that you will be able to place your orders online before the 12/1 ordering deadline. Please email me asap at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding this process. 😉

And since a blog post is totally boring without photos…meet Buddy, our newest addition to our furry family! 🙂 We rescued him from a shelter 2 weeks ago and he is the best dog!! He’s so well behaved, he’s good with our kitties & he’s VERY smart…he loves to pose for mommy’s camera 🙂

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Many more pics of Buddy to come!! He’s sporting his new Colts jersey for the big game tonight so you can bet there will be photos of that! 🙂

If you’ve ever wanted to be photographed by us but thought “Oh I don’t need a long photo shoot with tons of images, I just need a few really great shots!” then you’re in luck! We’ve decided to try something brand new, called a “Portrait Marathon Day” which will be a fun day filled with LOTS of shooting for clients who want some fun new images that are very quick and painless! 😉

We will be hosting our first Portrait Marathon Day on Sunday, June 7th at Holcomb Gardens at the Butler University campus! We will be photographing 21 people/families between 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. that day. This is the perfect opportunity to update your head shots, get a few new family photos, maybe get a couple of photos with your significant other, babies, kids, pets, etc. All photo sessions will be “mini” photo shoots though, meaning that each person or family will have a 15 minute time slot with us. (No outfit changes will be allowed due to the nature of the event and if you have more than 4 people coming with you, we ask that you reserve two back to back sessions) 😉

Your portrait marathon package includes: the 15 minute mini photo shoot, all images posted online and a high resolution image CD (with copyright) for only $150 per time slot! If you are interested in booking a mini shoot with us, just email me at [email protected] with your name, desired time slot, email address, mailing address and phone number where we may reach you the day of the photo shoot. We will email you an invoice for your session (so you can pay online) and we’ll hold your time slot for 24 hours. (After 24 hours we will have to open your time slot up to other clients if your invoice is unpaid) We’re expecting a lot of interest in this event so please don’t delay!!

Here are your session time options: (Limit 2 time slots per person or family please!)

10:00-10:15 Reserved
10:20-10:35 Reserved
10:40-10:55 Open
11:00-11:15 Reserved
11:20-11:35 Open
11:40-11:55 Open
12:00-12:15 Open
12:20-12:35 Reserved
12:40-12:55 Open
1:00-2:00 Break (Lunch)
2:00-2:15 Pending
2:20-2:35 Pending
2:40-2:55 Pending
3:00-3:15 Pending
3:20-3:35 Reserved
3:40-3:55 Reserved
4:00-4:15 Reserved
4:20-4:35 Reserved
4:40-4:55 Reserved
5:00-5:15 Reserved
5:20-5:35 Reserved
5:40-5:55 Reserved

Please arrive early & ready to go…hair & make-up needs to be done in advance. 😉 We’ll be focusing on nature-oriented backgrounds during each shoot. There’s a lot of greenery, trees, flowers, a gazebo, benches & a bridge on site at Holcomb. Our rain back-up date is Saturday 6/27 so if we should run into inclement weather on 6/7, all shoots will be moved to 6/27 at the same time slot you have booked with us, so please make sure you’re open for both dates and times before booking a specific session time. There are no refunds or rescheduling sessions if you decide to cancel, no show, etc. Hope to see you all soon!!! 🙂

I am so excited!! I ordered these 4 portable studio backdrops last night and can’t wait for them to arrive soon! If anyone wants to do an in-home shoot, we can now bring a studio to you! (CLICK HERE to view a sample shoot using the portable backdrop system) 🙂

I purchased black, white, pink & blue – perfect for kids, pets, maternity, babies, boudoir, models, head shots, ANYTHING! 🙂 This will be great because now we won’t be so weather dependent and location dependent for our photo shoots. A lot of people worry that their homes aren’t “boudoir worthy” or “photo shoot worthy” and now they don’t have to worry about that! 😉

Of course, we still offer our usual “on location” shoots too…at parks, homes, special locations, etc. but now you have the option of us bringing the studio to you at no additional fee if you’d like, just let us know before your shoot!

Thank you to all of our friends, family, clients & colleagues for making 2008 another great year for all of us at Erin Hession Photography! Merry Christmas! 🙂

(Pictured from top to bottom, left to right: Diana – side shooter, John – side-shooter/assistant/web developer, Erin – main photographer, Elizabeth – side-shooter, April – album designer, Allie – personal assistant, Melissa – side-shooter/album assembly, Nichole – side-shooter)

I am SO excited to finally launch our amazing new line of custom greeting cards that are available to our clients this year! If you are looking for something FUN and DIFFERENT, then these holiday cards are for you! Ordering is SUPER simple! Just choose one of the layouts below, let us know what image you want to use and the overall color scheme and greeting message and we’ll custom design a card just for you!

We include 3 sets of design changes in your custom design and all cards are 4×8 in size with matching white envelopes. We can also offer you a “create your own” option if you like parts of various cards we’re offering so the possibilities are endless!! 🙂

CLICK HERE to order your greeting cards today!

Greeting card option #1 (Dear Santa, I Can Explain)

Greeting card option #2 (Don’t eat the yellow snow) …perfect for all of you animal lovers 🙂

Greeting card option #3 (The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other)

Greeting card option #4 (Wouldn’t life be worth living, wouldn’t dreams be coming true, if we kept the Christmas spirit all the whole year through?)

Greeting card option #5 (LOVE You can never have enough)

Greeting card option #6 (Wouldn’t life be worth living, wouldn’t dreams be coming true, if we kept the Christmas spirit all the whole year through?)

Greeting card option #7 (Jumping for joy this Holiday season)

Greeting card option #8 (Warm wishes, happy hearts.)

Greeting card option #9 (Everytime a bell rings an angel gets its wings)

Greeting card option #10 (Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. Wishing you a childlike faith this Christmas as we look to Jesus, the best gift of all)

Greeting card option #11 (Luke 2:10-12)

Greeting card option #12 (Happy Holidays)

Greeting card option #13 (First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse cookie dough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle – ELF)

Greeting card option #14 (May your Christmas be wrapped in Joy)

Greeting card option #15 (May the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love and your life with laughter)

CLICK HERE to order your greeting cards today!

Pricing information:

25 cards & envelopes $175
50 cards & envelopes $200
75 cards & envelopes $225
100 cards & envelopes $250
150 cards & envelopes $300
200 cards & envelopes $350
Larger quantities also available for companies who want to send cards to all of their clients this holiday season!