Before

Before actually booking a session please contact me by phone or email (843-801-4037 & info@emeraldrosephoto.com) as I have some questions in order to make your session the best possible. There is a contract that needs to be signed and 1/2 the session fee (or the first payment for the Bellies to Bellies program) is needed to secure your appointment

We will discuss location choices, family involved, special requests, package options, any discounts available, outfit and prop choices, ect. I will also answer any questions you may have. If you're not sure about a location or want to meet and share your ideas about a new location that is free of charge and I'd be happy to do it.

After the Session

After the session I will spend anywhere from 5 minutes to one hour (maybe even more depending on number of people and image) per image and since in a typical session there's over 140 images you can see why it takes a while. I try to get your images up in a proofing gallery with 3 days, but it can take up to a week. Will you see EVERY image I take? No. Because sometimes I take doubles and edit out the doubles, or the images where everyone looks like you just told them their birthday wasn't coming this year. I use my artistic judgement and if you see an image in B/W it's because that's my artistic view, It's one of the reasons you chose to work with me. Now when ordering prints online you do have the option of B/W or Sepia.

After your images are in the proofing gallery you and your family have 2 months to view them and order. At the time of your session we will schedule a time to view them either at your home using your internet, a public meeting place, or over the phone.

Preferably I would like to come into your home and help you. Not tell you what to get, but give you ideas on how best to display your family art, whether is be a small collection of 5x7s or 3 16x20's. It all depends on your preferences and your house. This is not required, but highly encouraged. This is to help you, many times people order prints and they end up sitting in an envelope, I'm here to help you get them up and out.

After this meeting I will order your prints and offer any other services, for example If you're ordering 8x10s or bigger I can offer matte cutting services, especially for those digital sized prints so you don't have to crop images. I cost a LOT less to cut a matte than your local craft/frame store (I priced one of my print matte sizes at $39 for a 16x20 matte!!!). I will even go with you to help you pick out frames and will frame them myself if you so choose. Getting your portraits up for you to enjoy is my main concern.

This is also why I don't just offer you a CD for you to print your images yourself. When you show your family portraits, you show my professional quality and so I need to control that quality. If I just gave you a CD it's be like a doctor giving you a needle and telling you to give you your own shot or a florist who gave you a bunch of flowers and told you to make your own bouquets. Could you do it? Probably. Would you have the same results as if a professional had handled it, most probably not. To read more about this go to or watch .