Emily McCall Photography

Yep, it’s getting to be that time again already — can you believe it?!  That means it’s time to start thinking about holiday mini-sessions!  This year’s mini-sessions will include 30 minutes of shooting time with me, 5-10 images in your proofing gallery, a set of 48 gorgeous holiday cards featuring your family’s images (see below!), and an 11×14 mounted print of your favorite image from the mini-session.  The mini-session fee will be $325.  All mini-sessions will be scheduled for the weekend of November 1-2, so be sure to let me know soon if you’re interested — the first family to schedule their mini-session gets to help me choose the location! 

Now I get to share this year’s holiday cards!  They are super cute.  There are five designs to choose from, all 5×7 folded cards with full color spreads on each panel and multiple spaces to showcase your favorite images from this year.  And each design is completely customizable!  Want your cards to say “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays”?  You got it!  Want more traditional red-and-green colors?  You can have that too!  Your cards will be one-of-a-kind.  And you don’t have to schedule a mini-session to take advantage of these beautiful cards — if you’ve had a session recently and want to use those images for your card, that’s great!  Samples of all five styles are below, so pick your favorite and let me know!  The deadline for ordering holiday cards will be November 30.

I’ve had several clients order canvases and albums recently, and I am just so in love with these products that I wanted to share them with everyone!  If you’re looking for a special way to display the images from your photo session, you can’t beat these.

First, my favorite-favorite-favorite product is the gallery-wrap canvas.  Your image is printed on museum-quality art canvas and hand-stretched around a 1 1/2″ wooden frame.  The “gallery wrap” part means that your image continues around the side of the frame, so it looks gorgeous from all angles!  The photo is still tack sharp, but the texture of the canvas adds such a beautiful quality to the portrait that it’s hard to appreciate without seeing one in person.  And the best part: a gallery-wrap canvas comes ready to hang, right out of the package!  So while it is more expensive than a loose print, you’ll save money in the long run because you won’t have to pay to have your canvas matted and framed.  I really can’t say enough about the beauty of these canvases–my office and home are covered in them, I love them so much!  Take a look at some of the details:

Now my other favorite product–because I’m the type of person who can never choose which photos I like best–is the beautiful leather session album.  This album contains all of the prints from your session, which means you don’t have to spend hours agonizing over which prints to order!  You can choose 4×6 or 5×7 prints, and each photo is slipped into a double-sided black mat page, which is a gorgeous display that also allows you to remove photos you want to display in frames, lend to grandma, etc.  There is a 2.5″ square opening on the front for your favorite photo, and each album comes in a fabric-lined presentation box for safe-keeping.  The 4×6 album is available in black leather only, but the 5×7 album can be ordered in black or brown leather–both are beautiful!

I also love this last product: the accordion “brag book” album.  Perfect for grandparents, this accordion-style album holds your 12 favorite 4×6 prints.  Cloth covers are available in black, light blue, and maroon, and leather covers are available in black, brown, and pearl.  These also have a 2.5″ square opening on the cover for your favorite image and come in a fabric-lined presentation box.  It’s small enough to fit in your purse so you can take it anywhere!

If you’d like to see any of these products in person, just let me know–I have samples of all of them.  You will absolutely be blown away!

I’m incredibly excited to announce that the long-awaited 2007 Product Guide is finally finished!  Besides being a much prettier version of our price list, the Guide also marks the launch of several new products: gallery wrap canvases, photo cards, calendars, custom-designed hardcover storybook albums, and — the crème de la crème — wall gallery collections!

If you’ve always wanted a striking wall display of photographs but never got around to putting one together, we’re here to help!  We provide all the prints you need at a discounted package price along with the wall design guide.  You provide the frames, mats, and wall space!  We have several designs available to fit any room in your home, and can even custom-design a display for those hard-to-fit places.  A wall gallery collection is definitely the most striking way to display your portraits.  I know you’re going to love them!

So if you’re interested in finding out more about a gallery collection or any of our other new products, just email me and I’ll send you a copy of the Product Guide!