Tuesday, February 7, 2017

New Pricing!

The past year or so I feel like I've gotten a better feel on what my clientele are looking for both with the photo session time and the product they receive.  One of the biggest things I've seen is that families with young children usually can't last for a 1-2 hours and would benefit from a shorter session, so I've added a mini session option!  Also, I no longer will offer the option to buy prints a la carte without receiving the image files.  From now on all sessions will include the files! (There will also be a way to buy prints on the online gallery) Contact me with any questions! 



All sessions include the high resolution files available for download on an online gallery.

Mini Session (30 minutes): $100

Regular Session (1-2 hours): $200

Newborn Session: $275

Big Family Session: $275

Weddings: start at $2000

Contact me at gretchenshawphotography@gmail.com for pricing on events or special projects.

Monday, July 27, 2015

The Carrs! ~ Family Photos

Family sessions are always a lot of fun.  The Carrs were a special treat because they were a family of 5!  It was a lot of fun to have a range of ages with the kiddos and to see each of their personalities come through in these photos.  The boys were cracking me up and we're so cute at the same time.  And baby girl was just so precious and super cooperative...it was amazing.  
Though this session happened a couple months ago, I felt like I needed to highlight it on my blog because I enjoyed it so much.
Hope you enjoy these photos as well!

-gretchen





















Saturday, July 11, 2015

Heidi + Will ~ Married!


The last few years I have thoroughly enjoyed doing photo work for Memphis Teacher Residency.  Not only is the work fun, but I also get to meet so many new people every year.  Heidi and Will are both teachers who I photographed in their classrooms a couple years back and NOW... fast forward a couple years…. they asked me to photograph their wedding!
These two truly are the cutest!  I felt so relaxed with them throughout the day and everyone around was so welcoming and genuine.
So the plan was to have a few hours before the wedding to walk around downtown Memphis and take some Memphis-y, urban wedding photos….. But then came the rain…and the WIND….and more rain!!  We decided it was too risky to venture outside as thunderstorms were coming and going, and the wind alone would probably have blown Heidi’s bouquet away.
Fortunately, the Balinese Ballroom had such a great atmosphere and wonderful light!  We made the absolute best out of a rainy day…and if I may say so…I don’t think we missed much by staying inside.

Let me take this moment to recognize my AMAZING second shooter, Ruthie Montague.  I love shooting with this girl.  She has such natural talent that continues to blossom and BLOW ME AWAY!  Many images below are shot by Ruthie.  I will try to highlight which ones are hers.  Look for the portrait of Heidi straight-on, looking down….INcredible!

The day was filled with much joy, great worship, sweet, sweet moments, lots of MTR folk :) and of course, CELEBRATION! 
I feel like I have to highlight the father-daughter dance.  It may have been the best I’ve ever seen.  Heidi and her dad danced to an original song, written and performed by one Heidi's brother.  After dancing for a few moments, Heidi’s dad brought out 2 baseball mitts and a ball and started playing catch with his daughter.  He then passed his mitt on to Will who took his place in this game of catch.  TEARS…lots of TEARS…mainly from me.  :)  Having a daughter has made me WAY more sentimental that I used to be.  :)
The mother-son dance was also a sweet moment as Will’s mother took turns dancing with each of her 3 sons as well as her husband, and then back to Will again.  It was obvious that these families loved each other much.
The dancing continued….These people were having a ball!  Tiger City Entertainment was mixing up some great tunes!  I love dancing…and it’s really hard not to dance when your favorite dance songs are being blasted and everyone around you is livin’ it up!  I’ll have to learn a couple moves with my camera.  ;)

Heidi and Will, it was a pleasure! 
Enjoy!




Photos by Ruthie





Photo by Ruthie.



Photo by Ruthie




The first look!


Photos by Ruthie







Ruthie's!



Cuties!



My favorite from Ruthie!






Working those suspenders :)










Ruthie's!

We're Married!!!




Ring shots are Ruthie's! Love these too!



So Sweeet!








Ruthie's!  Will's Mom and Dad were movin'!