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The sweetest little family, I have had the joy of capturing their family as they have welcomed both boys into their lives. Love repeat clients and documenting their littles as they grow. Such a special opportunity for me as a photographer to quite literally document their lives.
Home sessions are some of my most favorite sessions, the coziness of home cannot be beat.
My name is Jessie, I am a birth photographer in portland Oregon. I also specialize in maternity photography and newborn photography. I work in Gresham, portland, salem and metro areas surrounding pdx. Birth photography is my passion. I offer services in the home, birth center or hospital
Servicing hospitals: mount hood legacy, Portland providence, kaiser sunnyside, meridian park, st vincent, good samaritan, legacy Emmanuel, randals childrens hospital. Salem hospital
Birth center: alma birth center, canyon medical center, bella vie birth center, andaluz, womens healthcare associates
We are so so so strong in all the ways we birth our babies.
It is important that we validate that.
Doula Services: Baby Nest Birth Services
Tonight I posed a question to my peers on social media, it sparked a great discussion. My question:
"How much do you expect to pay for a single PROFESSIONAL Photographer (A licensed AND insured business) to photograph your wedding for 8 hours of coverage (in 2018)" the options were "Under $1500" or "Over $1500"
Within 30 minutes I received a fairly overwhelming response, Over 70 individuals responded "Over 1500" with many comments included with the price they paid for their wedding several years ago. There was very little response to "Under $1500" approximately 3, but Im wondering if they read my post in entirety ;-)
According to womangettingmarried.com "You can generally expect wedding photography prices to range from $2,500-$10,000 depending on the photographers experience and/or offerings." This is based off of Photographers offerings across the United States.
Now I would like to pose another question, "How much would you expect to pay for a single photographer (licensed AND insured) to photograph your event, on an unknown date for an unknown amount of time in unknown conditions (it could be a few hours, it could be 40 hours) with a 2 hour window to drop what you are doing, drop your kiddos off with childcare and be at their location?"
Wow, that changes some things right? Realistically how many of these unknown date events could you book per month vs. planned events?
I will tell you some things I know I would plan on needing rather quickly on top of all of the other regular photography business needs:
-Oncall Childcare: to arrange for an unknown amount of time for an unknown date
-Block out 4 weeks around that event date and you are unable to leave town or book many other unknown events without several backups.
-A reliable form of transportation
-Professional equipment and a backup in case of malfunction, just bring everything you never know what you'll need ;-)
-A backup Photographer at the ready in case of flu or emergency for that unknown event
-Insurance
-licensing
-Overnight bag packed
-Snacks, anything else I might be forgetting last minute ;-)
-An investment into birth education (EVERY BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER SHOULD HAVE THIS)
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