Seattle Family Studio Portraits: Pricing, Session Highlights & FAQ

Here’s the simple overview of how it works:

1. Explore and choose your session: Everything is laid out clearly—pricing, add-ons, deliverables, and time frames—so you can book with confidence. You’ll also see plenty of recent studio images above to make sure the style is the right fit.
2. Book in minutes: Head to the booking page, choose a date and time, fill out a short form, and pay your $100 deposit.
3. Session prep: Within 1–2 business days, I’ll email your detailed prep guide (what to wear, what to bring, and what to expect). If you have any questions, you can reach me by email or text.
4. Your studio session: We meet at my Kirkland studio, and I’ll guide you the entire time so you always know what to do. I’ll adjust based on your children’s ages and energy and keep things moving quickly (which helps everyone feel relaxed).
5. Proof gallery and selections: You’ll receive your proof gallery within 4 days of your session. Choose your favorites for hand-editing within 7 days.
6. Final delivery: After you submit your picks, your final hand-edited images are delivered within 7 days.
7. Beyond this season: My goal is to help you build a meaningful collection of family photos, and I hope you’ll find my resources and updates helpful. You’ll also receive priority access to my seasonal offerings.

My studio is in Kirkland’s iconic Market Neighborhood, at 720 Market St Ste E, Kirkland, WA 98033 (Directions).

Families typically travel to me from across the greater Seattle area, including Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Issaquah, Renton, Bothell, Kenmore, Shoreline, and even Tacoma and Everett.

If you’re late, we’ll absolutely make the most of the time we have, but the session will need to end at the scheduled time (so I can stay on track for the next family).

You’re welcome to bring your baby, but a Mini Session is not designed to be a newborn-focused session (newborn posing and pacing takes more time than 20 minutes).

However, for babies around 2–3 months, a Family Studio Mini Session can work beautifully. We will focus on baby-in-arms family portraits and a couple of simple baby-only images on the couch (please see photos above). Just keep in mind it will look very different than a dedicated newborn session: I will not do full newborn posing or prop setups during a Mini.

After you book, you’ll receive a detailed prep guide with outfit tips. In general, studio sessions photograph best with soft neutrals and simple tones, minimal logos/graphics, light layers and textures (knits, denim, linen), and coordinating (not matching) outfits.

If you want to run your outfit ideas by me, I’m happy to help.

Small and mid-sized dogs are welcome for studio sessions. Please let me know at booking so I can plan their part of the session.

We will usually photograph your dog early in the session. When your dog is not being photographed, please have a responsible adult available to supervise and securely control them, or arrange another safe location for them in advance.

Please plan for a potty break before arrival, clean paws when entering the studio, and keep your dog off furniture and away from props and photography equipment.

Accidents, pet-caused damage, or excessive cleaning may result in a $100 cleanup fee.

Yes. You’ll receive a proof gallery of 40–60 images, and you’ll select the images you’d like hand-edited.

Yes. Your Mini includes 10 hand-edited images, and you can add more for $20 each.

You can also purchase the Full Gallery Upgrade for $200, which includes every image in your proof gallery with a standard color edit (exactly as shown in the proof gallery—no additional retouching).

Images are delivered in full print resolution with print rights.

You don’t need a perfectly cooperative kid for beautiful photos. I’ll follow their lead, keep things light, and use prompts that encourage real connection (not forced smiles).

There’s never pressure for everyone to stare at the camera the whole time. And, yes, I have a long list of kid-approved tricks that work far more often than they should.

Yes. There is usually free street parking in front of and around the studio.

If anyone attending the session is sick, please contact me before the session so we can decide whether rescheduling is needed.

A $100 booking deposit reserves your session. The remaining balance is due on the day of the session. I’ll send an invoice reminder the day before, and all major credit cards are accepted.

Color edit is the polished, natural look you see in your proof gallery—overall color and exposure refinements for a cohesive result.

Hand-edit (retouching) includes gentle skin smoothing, removing temporary blemishes/bruises, taming flyaways, and more detailed finishing touches—while still keeping everyone looking natural.

Your proof gallery is delivered within 4 days after the session.

You then have 7 days to submit your selections. Final hand-edited photographs are delivered within 7 days of receiving those selections.