Custom Gallery Wraps!

Have an adorable little boy or girl at home? My awesome new gallery wrap product is perfect for you! I have two options, one for boys and one for girls. Choose an image for the center of your gallery wrap and choose your ideal size, as well as whether you'd like it printed on photo paper or canvas and lamination options. These wraps print beautifully and go well with nursery decor. Order your custom designed gallery wrap today!

Pricing (sales tax not included):

Lustre Paper Gallery Wraps; High Gloss, Semi-Gloss, or Matte Lamination; Sawtooth hangers and bumpers with paper backing.
8x8: $63.30
10x10: $67.80

Fine Art Canvas Gallery Wraps; Semi-Gloss or Matte Lamination; Sawtooth hangers and bumpers with paper backing.
5x5: $60.00
6x6: $60.00
8x8: $63.30
10x10: $67.80

Pilot Damstra

On Wednesday I had the awesome opportunity to go into the home of the Damstras and capture images of their beautiful 2 month old baby boy, Pilot. Pilot was extremely well behaved, but didn't particularly want his day interrupted, so most posing was out of the question. What I got instead were some great images of Pilot enjoying his day. Napping, playing on his changing table, and yes, fussing a bit.

Boudoir Parties! Join the fun!

Due to popular demand, Faeye Photography is instituting Boudoir Party packages! I know how nervous everyone can be about having their photo taken in...uh...less than modest circumstances, which is why I have and will always encourage clients to bring along a friend to their session for encourage them and make them more comfortable. But often the session ends with the guest wishing they could have a session of their own, which spawned this new venture.

Great for birthday and bachelorette parties, boudoir parties allow the host to invite between 4 and 10 women to the location of their choice. The women get to hang out and party, encourage one another, and boost their own body image! Each woman gets 30 minutes of shoot time, with unlimited outfits, poses, and shots as their time allows. The images are edited and color corrected within 4 weeks of the party and uploaded to private online galleries for viewing and ordering. Once clients have chosen their favourite images, they will receive a complimentary, custom designed mini album set (wallet sized albums, one for you, one for your significant other!). They will also be able to order any of our other albums, prints, or other photo products. If the party is in honor of a birthday girl or bride-to-be, that special guest can choose to upgrade her album package to a custom designed 5x5 soft cover album with 10 pages of her favourite photos!

Packages:

Level 1 Base Package($50 per person):

• 4-10 women
• hostess provided location
• 30 minutes per person
• mini album set for each participant
• unlimited images, outfits, and poses as time allows
• all images professionally edited and color corrected
• images viewable in private online galleries
• "guest of honor" album upgrade

Level 2 Signature Package ($75 per person):

• 4-10 women
• modern hotel suite location (photographer provided)
• provided "sexy snacks" and sensual cocktails
• 30 minutes per person
• mini album set for each participant
• unlimited images, outfits, and poses as time allows
• all images professionally edited and color corrected
• images viewable in private online galleries
• "guest of honor" album upgrade

Level 3 Penthouse Package ($100 per person):

• 4-10 women
• downtown hotel suite location with a river view (photographer provided)
• champagne and chocolate covered strawberries
• 30 minutes per person
• mini album set for each participant
• unlimited images, outfits, and poses as time allows
• all images professionally edited and color corrected
• images viewable in private online galleries
• "guest of honor" album upgrade

A La Carte Upgrades

• Make-up Consultation: $20 per person
• Hair Consultation: $50 per person
• Stripper Pole: $20 per person

Contact me today to schedule your party!

Destination: Michigan

Living in Michigan, I often underestimate our tourist trade. I forget the appeal of our incredible Great Lakes shoreline, our hundreds of lighthouses, and our beautiful parks. I took most of our benefits for granted. I have had the advantage lately of being reminded, however. Last summer I shot a "destination" wedding on Lake Michigan's shore. The bride and groom traveled more than 3 hours from the south east side of the state to get married on the beach in Grand Haven. Before that, I took family portraits on a beach in Muskegon for a family who was in town for the weekend. Destinations don't have to be grand and over the top. Are you taking a family vacation in Michigan this year? Whether you're a Michigan native traveling to a different area of the state or from elsewhere visiting Michigan with fresh eyes, why not schedule a destination photo shoot? I can document you at your favorite Michigan location in beautiful photographs you'll be proud to show off in your home for years to come.

Planning a destination trip or event somewhere other than Michigan? I'll travel anywhere you will! Remember to book a photographer based on their work and professionalism, not necessarily convenience. Just drop me a line with your proposed location, date, and shoot type, and I will send you a custom quote!

Uncommon Wedding Goods

Having worked weddings for going on 5 years, I know how much work it is to both plan a wedding and make the event uniquely yours. Uncommon goods has some products that might make it easier. Looking for a great guest book alternative? Take a look at their wishing wall board. Meaninful favors or shower activities giving you a headache? Check out their plantable wish cards.

Browse around their website for a little while and you're sure to find something unique and great to make your next event even better.

www.uncommongoods.com

Grand Rapids Camera Club

Yesterday Nathan and I attended the January meeting of the Grand Rapids Camera Club. It was a pretty interesting evening! The speaker was Mark Cassino (www.markcassino.com), who did a presentation on his snow crystal photography. It's pretty amazing how with a little ingenuity and some basic camera equipment you can get some awesome shots of one of nature's tiniest miracles. He recently wrote a book in conjunction with a physicist about snow directed towards children. You can find it here: www.storyofsnow.com.

The presentation was right up Nathan's alley. If he took pictures more often, I might go outside and find that we had a snow crystal photography set up in our garage!

One of the members also made an announcement about our local Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org). They have been struggling to schedule enough photographers here in Grand Rapids, and are looking to have a meeting for potential volunteers February 2nd. I plan to attend and do what I can to support this worthy cause.

Digital Packages

If I've photographed you, then somewhere in your posession is a CD or DVD containing every high resolution digital image that I edited for you. Do you know where it is? Did you ever get around to having any of the images printed? I've found that in most cases, the answer to both questions is no. For me as a photographer, this is disappointing. I want to create beautiful images of people that they can display proudly in their home, not sit on a disc. There are other problems with this as well. We think of digital images as forever, but the truth is that the quality of a consumer written disc can deteriorate greatly in as little as a year if not stored correctly! The reality is that if you don't order archival prints of your images, they may not still be around in a decade.

As an extension of my fully cutomizable packages, I've decided not to automatically include these discs in my future contracts. All currently active contracts will be honored, but all future contracts will be for the shooting service only. This enables you, the customer, to make the choice of how you want your images preserved. I offer affordable archival quality prints in a multitude of sizes, custom designed albums, and many other photo products. You also have the option of purchasing my "digital package", which includes that same troublesome disc of all your high resolution digital images, as well as a custom designed DVD slideshow, both discs packaged in a custom designed and printed case. Our new digital package is available as an add-on to any photography package for $65.00 plus tax (6% for Michigan residents). I want to give you the power over your images that you deserve, without telling you which options are best for you.

I'm also happy to announce that my webmaster is putting together a print ordering system so that you can order your digital package, albums, prints, or other products directly from your digital proofing page on my website! I'm very excited!