Custom portraiture is all about the experience, hiqh-quality portraits, and great service.

If you'd like to learn more about custom photography, please check out these great articles:

What is Custom Photography?
The Cost of Custom Photography
Why Choose Custom Photography?

Newborns, ideally, should be photographed within the first 10 days of life. It's important to have portraits created during this stage because it is very easy to curl and position newborns into those sweet little poses. Also, you will have a permanent record of your baby's tiny size. After all, he/she will never be that small again!

After the newborn stage, we recommend having portraits made at any stage you feel is important, i.e., sitting up, crawling, walking. These stages don't always coincide with the typical 3-month milestones that most parents want to capture, so it's important to remember that a portrait at any stage is a priceless record of your child on that particular day. It doesn't necessarily need to happen at exactly the 6 or 9-month mark.

Newborns - Moms, please contact us as soon as you know your due date. We will schedule a tentative session based on that date and plan from there.

Baby/Children/Maternity/Family sessions - Please schedule your session at least 6-8 weeks in advance.

Holiday portrait sessions - These sessions fill up fast and are booked as early as June. All holiday sessions must be complete by Oct. 31, and all orders must be in by Nov. 15 (to guarantee delivery by Dec. 24).

Please see the Portrait Investment page for details on what your session includes »

To put it simply: anywhere you like! Most of our clients choose to have their children photographed in the comfort of their own home. Others prefer a favorite hang-out, like a park, for instance. The best location choice is one where you and your family will be most comfortable.

Please refer to our Service Area map for locations covered by the normal session fee.

Most children & family sessions can last up to 2 hours (with breaks, if needed).

Newborn sessions can last 3-4 hours due to feeding, changing, and the occasional clean up!

Regardless of the type of session we have together, please do not feel rushed or pressured at all.
We will give you and your children ample time to get comfortable, so that we may create the natural, memorable portraits you commission us to create.

We prefer to show finished images, rather than untouched proofs. All of our images are carefully enhanced and minor retouching is included (blemishes, etc).

A minimum of 20-30 unique images will be presented (in both color and black & white).

All in all, you will have a total of 40-60 gorgeous images in your online gallery to choose from.

Gorgeous, printed custom portraits are our specialty at Capturinglight Photography. However, we understand that you may desire a disc of your session to store in a fireproof safe to serve as a backup of your precious memories. For this purpose, we offer an Archival DVD which is available as an add-on to any Collection for $1,500.

If you are interested in web-sized images to share with friends via email, we offer Digital Wallets for this purpose (complimentary with every image purchased).

Please see the Portrait Investment guide for more information »