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Why is it worth the time to do high quality professional family portraits? | Northern VA Family Photographer

Why is it worth the time to do high quality professional family portraits? | Northern VA Family Photographer

Why is it worth the time to do high quality professional family portraits? | Northern VA Family Photographer

The difference between professional family and childrens photography and the quick snapshots you may take of your children is – well, to state it rather bluntly, significant. We say this as a professional photographer in the Reston, VA area who loves their clients. However, we also say it to answer the question of whether it’s worth the time to do professional portraits.

As busy professional women, we realize that time is a precious commodity, a luxury, actually. You cannot take back time, and it always seems to be slipping through our fingers like water. However, it is indeed worth taking the time to do professional pictures.

So, why should you use your valuable time for professional pictures? More importantly, how do you find time to have professional pictures done? Here are some thoughts we have on these two questions – and, they are brief since most of us don’t have a lot of time!

Why should you use your valuable time for professional family pictures?

The answer is rather simple, really. You should find the time to do professional pictures because your children will only be young once in their lives living with you, and we only live once. You won’t have a never-ending opportunity to capture their childhood. If you don’t make it a priority to schedule portraits, your children will be grown and gone before you realize it. You might, though, be able to schedule professional pictures for your grandchildren then!

We don’t have re-takes in life. Make the time NOW to capture your family and, especially, your children in fine art professional photography. The portraits, printed on archival-quality materials, will last beyond a lifetime.

How do you find time to do professional pictures, family and childrens photography?

Prioritizing and planning are how you can find the time to sit for and order professional portraits. You need to prioritize portraits if you really want them to happen. Those nights where you’re laying awake thinking of all the things you need to get done, think about the value of a beautiful portrait of your entire family. Think of children’s portraits and how much you’ll enjoy them in twenty or thirty years, when the children are adults, maybe with their own kids.

In the morning, whip out that family calendar and call us. You can look for an open slot even if you have to look several weeks or months ahead, and we will coordinate with you from our end. Then block off that time slot for your family portrait session. That’s it. You’re done. It didn’t take more than perhaps 15-minutes in total – not counting your sleepless night thinking about your to-do list! Now you have one big one you can cross off your list.

If you’ve decided to prioritize your family and childrens photography here in the Northern VA, Reston, VA area, call us. We will pull out our calendar and coordinate a date and time with you! You won’t regret making the time to do these portraits. You’ll see how they are so much more than a snapshot. They’re a work of family wall art!

 

Family Photographer, Childrens Photography

Ever After Portraits is Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Reston, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
 
Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

 
Best,
 
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!
 
Professional Photographer

Creating Treasured Art as a Legacy | Northern VA Family Photographer

Creating Treasured Art as a Legacy | Northern VA Family Photographer

Creating Treasured Art as a Legacy | Northern VA Family Photographer

There are so many gifts we make during our lifetimes to our children – some more valuable than others. Family pictures are the priceless ones, though. As a Reston, VA area family photographer, we know how much our clients, and later their adult children, cherish their family portraits. This is why you deserve beautiful family art like the ones we produce for you at Ever After to be handed down through generations.

An exquisite portrait comes through the communication and relationships we build with our clients. We don’t just take a picture and usher you on your way. We will talk with you before you ever arrive for your portrait session. We want to capture everything you are and represent, within your family or relationship that we are photographing.

It is important to us that our portraits convey your family story in some way. We want to capture the love within your family and the happiness it shares. Those are the portraits which will be handed down through generations.

When you compare our work to other photography websites, you will hopefully see that we believe in emotion, creativity, and high quality products. We believe in photography as a skilled art created by perfectionist experts.

We also believe in building relationships with you to produce the best possible representation of your beloved family and its story. The greatest compliment a photographer can claim is the client they photograph throughout the years, those who return to us to capture their lives and families as they change and grow, including their significant milestones.

Our photography also is about the exceptional client experience, and we achieve that through open communication with you at all times. We put a lot of work into planning your session and into discussing your vision for its outcome. Our portraits are works of art of your family to be displayed proudly in your home. We will discuss with you possible placement in your home, and we offer an exclusive software design program to help you decide just where your finished portrait should go in your home!

If you would like this level of photographic art in your home, please call us today to discuss your ideas. We’d love to get to know you and your family and work with you to create a beautiful portrait that celebrates your family’s story and love!

At Ever After Portraits:
• We will have a consultation with you before your session. We do this with each and every client.
• Our unique interior design software can show you exactly what your finished family portraits will look on any wall in your home.
• The day of your session you only need to arrive rested and ready to go. If there are children in the portrait, please bring clean snacks and toys. You will receive specific instructions, though, from us before your session. We make it as easy as possible for you!
• Not long after your session, you will return to preview the amazing results of your portrait session. It’s that simple!

Our fine art portraits are a legacy for the future generations of your family. Your family will have a beloved and treasured portrait by which to either remember you or “know” you through your beautiful images.

If you are in the Reston, VA area and searching for truly meaningful family pictures from a skilled and reputable professional photographer, please contact us. We know you will enjoy the experience and be thrilled with your finished portraits.

 

Family Photographer, Family Pictures

Ever After Portraits is Mindy and Joriana, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Reston, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
 
Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

 
Best,
 
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!
 
Professional Photographer

“I’m not photogenic. I hate how I look in photographs.” | Northern VA Family Photographer

“I’m not photogenic. I hate how I look in photographs.” | Northern VA Family Photographer

“I’m not photogenic. I hate how I look in photographs.” | Northern VA Family Photographer

After more than a decade in the Cascades, VA area as a portrait photography studio, we have heard every imaginable reason for why a client has delayed or avoided professional portraits:

“I’m not photogenic. I hate how I look in photographs.”
“I need to lose weight first.”
“No one wants a photo of me and I always look tired!”

Making Lasting Memories

Sadly, we tend to hear these mostly from women. And, being women ourselves, we know we’ve all felt this way at some point in our lives! However, years from now, your children won’t be thinking any of those things about you. They will be looking at your portrait with love, emotion, and a tug at their heart. They will be so grateful to have a portrait of you – something that captures your image as they remember you. The value and importance of your portrait should outweigh any discomfort at taking a portrait.

Granted, there aren’t many of us who’d think they look beautiful in just any photograph. You aren’t the only one who feels a bit uncertain of themselves when they step in front of a camera. It’s all normal, as we’ve stated in previous posts.

As your professional photographer, and as an experienced portrait studio, we understand. However, we promise that you will look your very best in Ever After portraits! It’s not in any photographer’s best interests to poorly portray any clients. We wouldn’t have any clients left!

Schedule your portrait session today if not for yourself for your family!

We work hard to ensure your portraits become family heirlooms to be cherished for decades and well into the next generation. Consider the timelessness of a fine art portrait and its value to future generations in your family. We all feel some level of insecurity about ourselves. But waiting until you lose the extra weight or look less tired could be a mistake. You’ll look back one day and regret that you don’t have portraits from a certain period in your life. Those portraits, after all, aren’t just for you. They are also for your children and grandchildren.

If you are ready to visit your Cascades, VA portrait photography studio, please contact us! We understand your concerns because, at some point, we have had them as well. After all, a portrait is worth so much more than a little vanity.

If you’re still concerned, sign up for our newsletter to receive our free eBook “Top 5 Secrets to Look FABULOUS in Your Family Photographs!”

 

Family Photographer, Portrait Photography Studio

Ever After Portraits is a portrait photography studio comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter team located near Cascades, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

Professional Photographer

Portraits, Davis Family | Northern VA Family Photographer

Portraits, Davis Family | Northern VA Family Photographer

Portraits, Davis Family | Northern VA Family Photographer

Some people are naturally photogenic, and cameras love them. No matter what they do, they shine in print! The Davis Family with their identical, glorious smiles are three of those people as you can see in their portraits! The New York City transplants to the Northern VA area contacted us last year interested in taking family photos done with a portrait photography studio. As we’re located in Northern VA near Cascades, VA, it was a perfect fit!

As a hobby photographer, Detra takes many pictures of her children. However, she told us that looking back, she wishes she’d had more professional portraits taken of her children. We hear this often from our hobby photographer clients. Even great photographers find it difficult to take a picture and be in it!

Mother/Children Outdoor Portrait Session

This lovely mom with two children under the age of seven, born just a year apart, is kept very busy! After looking through other photography websites, she reached out to us. She wanted us to do outdoor portraits for them. Our outdoor portrait park was perfect for their family session!

Fun Family Portraits

During her pre-portrait session consult with us, Detra explained that what she most appreciates about portraits is the memories that they capture. She also liked the idea of using professional portraits as holiday pictures, collecting them through the years and enjoying years later. She has dotted her home with both her photos of the children and past professional portraits. She was looking forward to updating the family photos with her Ever After session. The Davises enjoy doing family activities together whether it’s indoors or outdoors. For them, it’s more about doing an activity together. That includes family portraits.

Jon and Adlyn were a joy to photograph. Their laughter made us laugh!

 

During our portrait consult, we always ask our clients to tell us a little about themselves and their children. The more we understand or know about a family, the better it is for composing their portrait sessions.

If you’re looking for a skilled and reputable portrait photography studio in the Cascades, VA area, contact us! We would be happy to work with your family!

Family Photographer, Portrait Photography Studio

Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Cascades, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

Professional Photographer

Tip 7, Understand Your Photographer | Don’t ask them to change their style | Northern VA Family Photographer

Tip 7, Understand Your Photographer | Don’t ask them to change their style | Northern VA Family Photographer

Tip 7, Understand Your Photographer | Don’t ask them to change their style | Northern VA Family Photographer

Ever After is a mother and daughter family photography team serving the areas in and around Broadlands, VA and Sterling, VA. We specialize in family and fine art photography and love reaching out to others about our work! We use our blog as a service to our clients. It’s a terrific way for them to get to know us, read photography advice, and learn about our special offers! We hope you’re enjoying our series. Just three more to go!

We are on Blog Tip #7: How to Understand & Work with Your Photographer: Unless they offer, don’t ask them to change their style!

Would you ask your doctor to change the way they do surgery? Probably not. It’s the same for your photographer. Please don’t ask a photographer – even your photographer friends – to change their style for you!

For example, if you are looking for fine art photography from a sports photographer, you could find yourself very unhappy with the results of their pictures! It’s not to say they can’t take fine art portraits, but that’s not really their specialty.

Photographers, like most artists, spend years honing their craft and their style. They also spend money perfecting their style through education and practice. Given how much time, money, and passion they have invested in their craft, asking them to change their style could cause offense, but more than that, you could end up very unhappy with the results.

It’s always a good idea to find a photographer whose work you admire and whose style you’d like for your own family portraits. So how should you select a professional photographer?

Start with photography websites.

• Browse their gallery of pictures. Like what you see? Be sure to read through their website and get to know them.

Call them!

• A reputable photographer should be more than happy to answer your questions, show you more samples of their work, and supply references if you’d like.

Ask around

• Ask your friends whose professional portraits you admire.

Referrals

• Find a local professional photography club or association and see if they offer a referral list. Take down names and get browsing on their websites.

Overall, however, you want the right fit for your family. Use social media to browse and gather information and recommendations. More than anything else, though, look at photographer’s websites. It all comes down to: Do you like their style of portraits? Finding what you like first will get you on your way to choosing the right photographer for your family.

If you hope your outcome to be fine art photography from a local Broadlands, VA photographer, then that’s where you should start your search!

 

Family Photographer, Fine Art Photography

Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter photography team located n Northern Virginia, near Broadlands, VA. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

Professional Photographer

Image of the Week, Daddy & Me | Northern VA Family Photographer

Image of the Week, Daddy & Me | Northern VA Family Photographer

Image of the Week, Daddy & Me | Northern VA Family Photographer

We’re celebrating fathers and children this week, with Images of the Week from our Daddy and Me Limited Edition Session! At our Northern Virginia studio, located near Broadlands, VA, we take true pleasure in these special father/child fine art photography sessions. Being chosen to capture this unique bond through portrait photography brings joy to our hearts.

This Limited Edition session is open to all ages.

And, Mom, this would be a wonderful gift for Dad! Not only will he spend some one-on-one time with his son or daughter, but you’ll both have gorgeous portraits to cherish forever.

Our next Daddy and Me Limited Edition Sessions will be held on May 30, 2016. We welcome all of you daddies and kids to our studio!

 

Family Photographer, Fine Art Photography

Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Broadlands, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

Professional Photographer