Packages and Pricing
All-Inclusive Kiawah Island Family Photography Prices
Every Kiawah Island family photography session is planned around your family, your vacation, and the private stretch of coast where you are staying. The pricing reflects the experience rather than a fixed package. There are no sitting fees and no hidden charges, and the number I quote is the number you pay. It scales with your session, from a quiet hour with your household to a full multigenerational gathering, so you only pay for what your family's evening on the island actually calls for. Every session is photographed and edited personally by me, and every professionally edited high-resolution image is included. Send me your dates and where you are staying on Kiawah, and I'll reply with current pricing and options right away.
For more than 15 years I've photographed families along the South Carolina coast, from a single household to large reunions that bring three generations to Kiawah for a week. The planning happens before you arrive, the 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 island: 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 sea oats and dunes, and set an unhurried pace so the whole evening stays calm.
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Family Size
A single household is a different session from a reunion of twenty. Larger groups need more time to pose, more coordination between families, and enough frames to cover every combination: the whole family, each household, the cousins, and the grandparents. I plan the groupings before we meet and keep everyone comfortable on the sand, so no one stands waiting in the heat.
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Dates and Location
Prime sunset evenings in the peak summer weeks book first, along with holiday weeks and spring break, when families fill the island's rentals and the sunset light is at its finest. Many families reserve well before they arrive, so claim your date early if your trip lands in one of those windows. Where you are staying shapes the evening too, from East Beach to West Beach to the quieter access points, and I match the location to your group, the walk everyone can manage, and the tide that night. I cover the whole island at no extra charge.
Which Session Fits Your Family?
The Immediate Family
A relaxed hour on a quiet Kiawah beach for your household, with plenty of frames of the whole group plus individual portraits 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, adult children, and grandchildren are all on the island together, I build in extra time and plan the groupings in advance, so we photograph the whole family, each household, and the generations side by side without anyone standing around. These reunions are often the reason everyone came to Kiawah. You leave with the large portrait for the wall and every smaller combination too.
Vacation Sessions
Most of the families I photograph are staying on Kiawah for the week, drawn to its private beaches and unhurried pace, often in a rental home or at The Sanctuary. 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 step off your boardwalk and onto the sand.
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. Every professionally edited high resolution file is 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 online 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 before you arrive on Kiawah.
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 Kiawah coast. And because the gallery is delivered within 2 to 3 days, most families are sharing their portraits before they have left the island. Every professionally edited high resolution image is 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 Kiawah homes and villas have a private boardwalk over the dunes and sea oats straight to the beach, so access is short and easy, and if you are getting around the island by golf cart I'll point you to the nearest parking and beach path 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, with more than 278 five-star Google reviews to show for it. Every one is photographed and edited personally by me. Many families return to Kiawah year after year and make these portraits part of their island tradition, a way 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, where you are staying on Kiawah, and your approximate group size, and I'll send back current prices and session options tailored to your family.
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