First year album

One thing I've noticed on different forums and professional sites is that the late fall, winter and early spring are a photographers slooooow periods. In an effort to fight that I talked to Donna and Mike who I met at a craft fair in Marblehead. Donna said she was thinking about having a maternity session but hadn't found someone until I walked up.

I decided to create a photobook that would capture three sessions. a few weeks after mom and the child come home, around six months and then about the first birthday. I priced this at $295 and they receive the three sessions, all the photos online in their personal gallery and at the end they will get a hard cover 8x10 book with 20 pages (40 sides) designed by my wife.

This first method will be limited to seeing how word of mouth goes but I want to print several different books both soft cover and hard with different price ranges and let these be ordered at a minimal cost to the parents. Then as these get passed out as gifts they will show it to all their friends. The only problem that I see is, where to bring in some income for me. How do I make it affordable for parents and still make a profit... I guess this is why they call it a business.. :-)

Jeff Folger at Vistaphotography