Packages and Pricing
All-Inclusive Garden City Family Photography Prices
Every Garden City family photography session is built around your family, your vacation, and the way you want to remember this time together. The pricing is simple and all inclusive: no sitting fees, no hidden charges, the number I quote is the number you pay. It scales with your session rather than sitting in fixed packages, so you only pay for what your family's evening on the beach actually needs. Send me your dates and I'll reply with current prices and options right away.
For more than 15 years I've photographed families along this stretch of coast, from small immediate family sessions to large multigenerational reunions gathering in Garden City. Every session is photographed personally by me, and every gallery is edited by hand before it reaches you.
Why Family Session Pricing Varies
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Session Length
A longer session opens up more of the coast here: a few different backdrops, outfit changes, and more variety in your gallery. Families with young children often do better with the added time, since it leaves room for snacks, breaks, and warming up to the camera. I build the timeline around sunset, when the light softens over the dunes and sea oats, and set an unhurried pace so the whole evening stays calm.
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Group Size
A single household is a different session from a reunion of twenty five. Larger groups need more time to pose, more coordination between families, and enough frames to cover every combination: the whole group, each household, the cousins, and the grandparents. I plan the groupings before we meet and keep everyone comfortable on the sand, so nobody stands waiting in the heat.
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Dates and Travel
Sunset dates in the peak summer weeks book first, along with holiday weeks and spring break, when vacationing families fill Garden City and the sunset light is at its finest. Reserve early if your trip lands in one of those windows. I cover Garden City and the neighboring beaches at no extra charge, with a small adjustment only for locations well outside my usual area.
Which Session Fits Your Family?
The Immediate Family
A relaxed hour on the Garden City sand for your household, with plenty of full group frames plus individual shots of each of the kids. It is the classic session, and still the one most families book. We open with everyone together, then move through natural, guided moments: walking the shoreline, the kids tucked between mom and dad, the quiet frames in between that tend to become everyone's favorites.
Extended & Multigenerational
When grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are all in town together, I build in extra time and plan the grouping in advance, so we capture the whole family, each household, and the generations side by side without anyone standing around. These reunions are often the reason everyone came to Garden City. You leave with the big portrait for the wall and every smaller combination too.
Vacation Sessions
Most of the families I photograph are staying in Garden City for the week, drawn to its quieter shoreline and easy pace, so we plan everything before your trip and shoot on the evening that fits your schedule. It is usually an hour around sunset, and because my turnaround is fast you will often have the full gallery before you head home. All you have to do is show up and enjoy the beach.
Every Age, Handled
With toddlers, I keep the session short, loose, and led by them, so we catch real moments before anyone melts down, and I never push a nervous little one to perform. With older kids and teenagers, I lean into natural interaction and an editorial feel, so the photos look like them at this age instead of posed and stiff.
Every Family Session Includes
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Personal Service
You work directly with me from first email to final gallery, the same eye behind every image in this portfolio.
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Relaxed Direction
You never have to know how to pose. I guide every step of your sunrise or sunset session, so every age looks natural and at ease.
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Full Print Release
Print anywhere, at any size, for as long as you like. The high resolution files are yours to keep, with nothing extra to buy.
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Individual Editing
Every frame finished by hand, so skin tones stay natural and color stays true to the coast, never a single batch filter.
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Gallery in 2 to 3 Days
Relive it before you leave. Your private gallery is ready to download, share, and print within days of your session.
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Personal Planning
No guesswork on where to go, when to arrive, or what to wear. I plan your location, timeline, and outfits with you beforehand.
Each of these matters more than a checklist suggests. Your full print release means albums, wall art, holiday gifts, and archival prints at any size, with nothing more to buy from me. Editing every frame by hand, rather than running one batch filter across the set, is what keeps skin tones natural and color true to the Garden City coast. And because the gallery is delivered within 2 to 3 days, most vacationing families are sharing their portraits before they have even driven home. The high resolution files are yours to keep and print anywhere, and the planning that comes first, from your location to your timeline, is built in so nothing is left to chance.
Before Your Session
A little planning makes the evening effortless. Plan to arrive about fifteen minutes early so we start the moment the light turns golden. Most of my Garden City spots, from the wide beach near the pier to the quieter dunes toward Huntington Beach State Park, have parking and easy beach access close by, and I send exact directions once your location is set. Bring water, a light layer for the ocean breeze, and anything that keeps young kids happy between frames. For clothing, start with my beach family outfit guide, then keep colors soft and coordinated so nothing competes with the light. If the forecast looks unsettled, we watch it together and shift the day or time rather than fight it.
My goal is to make this easy. For more than 15 years, I've photographed families along the South Carolina coast, over 500 sessions across every beach, tide, and season, and many of the same families return to Garden City year after year to mark how the kids have grown. When you reach out, I'll check availability for your dates, recommend the session and location that fit your group, and answer anything you are wondering about, from what happens if the weather shifts to which spots work best for grandparents who would rather not walk far. There is no pressure to book. Send me your vacation dates and group size and I'll send back current prices and session options.
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