WELCOME Dani Braden Photography Client Welcome Guide
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I’m Dani! 5IF %BOJ #SBEFO 1IPUPHSBQIZ &YQFSJFODF Raise your hand if you have an iPhone, hard drive, disk or flash drive full of pictures. Raise your hand if not one of thoes pictures have ever been printed. Do you have both of your hands up now? Dani Braden Photography strives to make sure that neither of these two things happen! DBP is a all inclusive boutique photography business. My goal is to make sure you not only have an amazing session that leaves you with fun memories but also to provide you digital images AND heirloom quality prints and products that will last a lifetime. No more files hidden away in drawers for no one to see. About three weeks after your session you’ll recieve an email with a link to your custom gallery where you’ll get to see all of your images for the first time. You can share with family and friends digitally AND order your images all from the comfort of your pajamas. I will be with you throughout the entire process. Shopping online for family memories, is simply wonderful. You’ll get the best of both worlds AND get them for a lower price. Doesn’t get much better than that! So now it’s time to grab a cup of coffee and flip through these pages. Learn how, together, we’ll create an experience of a lifetime!
1MBOOJOH :PVS 'BNJMZ 4FTTJPO Are you dreading planning your session? Are you dreading trying to get all those kiddos to smile?
Surprise! Your session is going to be fun!!
As a mother of two kids believe me when I say, I know how you feel! It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the planning of the outfits, choosing the perfect location and keeping everyone happy long enough to at least look happy in the photos. It’s a good thing for you that all of those are my specialties! Here are a few tips as we begin to plan your session. Remember that I’m here with you through the whole thing so be sure to relax and let things flow! -When we’re deciding on a location think about places you and your family LOVE and have the most fun. This could be your backyard, the beach, a favorite park, in your kitchen baking cookies or at the downtown in the loop! Wherever it is we’ll make sure to capture your family being your family and having FUN! -When choosing outfits refer to the “What to Wear” portion of this guide and remember it’s likely you can choose right from your own closets! -Stressed about convincing your child (or husband) to give the perfect smile? Don’t worry, I’ve got it covered. The best thing you can do to help make this happen is to relax and let me handle it. I pride myself on taking the time to get to know your family, to play and have fun. During this time I’ll grab the fun candids but also convince your child that they like me enough to smile for those perfect shots! After years of doing this I think I’ve got it down to a science! -Keep the bribery at home! Most likely we won’t need it and if we do, I come prepared! I’ll have a special something for each of your children for after the session...if they’re not cooperating that usually does the trick!
1MBOOJOH :PVS /FXCPSO 4FTTJPO Can you believe it? You are about to be a mom! Maybe this is your first or maybe you are adding a new sibling to the family. Either way,
don’t worry... I’ve got this
I get it, I’ve had two babies of my own. The anxiety that comes right after you have a baby, it can be pretty overwhelming. There is already so much to plan between the nursery, the baby gear, and the birth plan the last thing you want to be doing is stressing about preparing for photos. So here is everything you need to know when planning your newborn session. -Newborn sessions take place in my home stuido. I have everything I need, so you don’t need to worry about a thing. You can sit back and relax! During our pre-consultation I will ask about your color prefrences and will have a few options set aside for you before you arrive. -When choosing outfit for family of sibling shots refer to the “What to Wear” portion of this guide and remember it’s likely you can choose right from your own closets! As for baby, unless parents have something special they would like baby to wear, they are usually swaddled in one of my wraps for this portion of the session, so no need to plan an outfit for baby. -Stressed about your newborn cooperating for photos? Seriously, don’t. Baby will want to eat, poop, or feel gassy. That is just part of it and there is no controlling it. But that’s where I come in. I’m trained to see the cues to tell me what baby needs and sometimes during the session we will have to take some breaks for baby to eat and that is okay! I’ve been doing this for years and patience is just part of it. That is why I love doing these sessions in home, this might take a while and if you want to lounge in your pajamas you have totally earned the right to do so. -Newborn session are usually booked during the last trimester. The session will take place within the first 14 days after birth. If you have already passed this timeframe, however, don’t worry I book newborns up to 5 weeks old sometimes.
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding still.� -Dorothea Lange
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“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forevery It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.� – Aaron Siskind
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