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Why a sitting fee? {Heather Milano – Bucks County Photographer}

Heather — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:29:47 +0000

As of lately, there has been much discussion about why I charge a sitting fee. Its a question because so many studios in chain stores and studios often waive fees or don’t even have them at all.

The reason I charge a sitting fee is because unlike large chains, I come to YOU. I will meet you at your home or on location in a park or urban area. I bring my equipment. I bring a camera that I know how to use in its fullest ability and not just because I am clicking the shutter. I will get down in the dirt if it means getting the perfect angle. I have and will do extremely silly things in public just to get your child to engage and laugh at me. I don’t mind if your child needs a break to catch a breather or get a diaper change or to have a feeding. I’ll be as creative as the surroundings allow us to be. I want to be different. I will spend up to two hours with your family getting as many natural shots as I can.

After we complete our session I will come home and upload your images to my computer. I’ll go through each one finding the best shots and then start the editing process. The photos are individually edited in my Photoshop program bringing out the colors and contrast. I also edit any unwanted blemishes. In the end of the editing process there are roughly 25 proofs to choose from.

Once the proofs are completed and saved, they are uploaded to a password-protected gallery where they are available for you and your family and friends to view for three weeks.

I hope this gives a better outlook to the prospective clients who may have questioned just what goes on after we finish our session. I have great love and passion for photography and want to make everyone feel satisfied with their investments. Feel free to leave any comments or further questions and I would be very happy to answer them here or privately should you prefer!

Have a fabulous Labor Day Weekend!

No Rules

Heather — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:55:22 +0000

Sometimes I like to take my daughter out for photos just for no reason. I like to take some creative photos even if they aren’t technically correct. I like to see what I can create and just sort of let my imagination go. Today my daughter looked especially sweet to me so we stopped at the most simplest place in the world…her school. Behind her school the storm clouds were rolling in and the rain was just starting to fall. I took this shot and while its not amazing, it just felt so magical to me. So here’s a treat today…an “outside of the box” if you will!

Eating Earthy

Heather — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:44:43 +0000

For Earth day I had planned on doing several things with the kids to show how we can be more gentle to the Earth and about growing plants and vegetables, but imagine that Mother Nature making it rain and spoiling our day. I mean really, I was trying to be on her team! I found some cool things on different blogs I read and ended up making some green purchases that will not only save us some cash, but save us some unnecessary trash! One of my favorite changes that I have made over the past year was converting to those insulated zipper grocery bags…you know the ones hanging in the aisles at the supermarket. I love them and have about five that suit us on a regular shopping trip. I can cram A TON in those bags and it makes unloading so easy too. Enough about me, more about my kids right? One of the fun things I did on Earth Day was taking them to the local farm’s dairy store. I let them each pick out any fruits that they were willing to try, encouraging them to go for something new. Turns out we like pears, apricots and mango in addition to the usual bananas, apples, grapes, strawberries, raspberries and cantaloupe. My fridge was definitely stuffed to the max. The biggest treat was I let them use as much whipped cream as they could for the 15 minute all-you-can-eat fest, which I rarely ever, ever do. My sons especially love all fruit and need no additives to enjoy them, but who DOESN’T want to take advantage of special treats when they can? And it was definitely the only way my daughter was going to venture outside of her tiny, small box of “Foods Sam Eats”. Immediately following our treat we were to head outside and do some seed planting, but that is when the rain came down and wet everything just enough to keep us indoors. Hope you all had did something Green this past week!