The First Year Photo Club
My five year old still doesn’t have a photo book from her first year.
My seven year old does. But the farther I get from my daughter’s first year, the more overwhelming it feels to try to go back and choose the photos to tell the story of her first year. The year of having an infant and a toddler during Covid. (You get it.)
I wish I could go back in time to when she was a baby, and hire a professional to curate a book with all the photos I took of her first year, and include the photos we hired a photographer to take when she was a newborn.
I’m here to be that professional for you. To help you start your baby’s first year with newborn photos, and celebrate their first birthday with a completed, professionally curated, designed, and printed photo book with all the best photos you took during their first year.
The First Year Photo Club bundles a regular, 90-minute newborn photography session with a photo yearbook that I curate, design, and print with those newborn photos and your photos, after your baby's first birthday.
You can take all the photos of your baby smiling for the first time, sitting up, eating their first meal, crawling, growing with your family all year. And after they turn one, I'll design a yearbook with 200 of the best photos, and your favorites from our newborn session, printed professionally.
It's Newborn Sessions meets Yearbook Services, at a bundled, lower cost and spread out over the course of the year in a handy 12-month autopay situation.
Details:
The First Year Photo Club (FYPC) gives you the ability to spread the cost of your newborn photography and yearbook over the course of a year, and gives you the peace of mind knowing that someone else (that’s me) will be pulling all the best memories you’re making with your baby in their first year into a book after their birthday.
Included:
90-minute newborn photo session, in your home ($300 value)
Complete set of edited, printable digital images from the session ($1200 value)
Professionally curated, designed, and printed album at the end of the year that includes the photos we make together and the photos you take on your phone throughout the year ($1000 value)
$150/month for 12 months
Club Member Benefits
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No Separate Session Fee
The session, digitals, and yearbook (and yearbook design) are all included in the club cost.
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Priority Scheduling
Even during my busiest months, members get first dibs on my calendar to schedule your newborn session, and any optional additional sessions you need during the year.
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Savings
With the newborn session, digital images, and yearbook all included, you save $700 compared to booking those separately.
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Discounted Non-Club Sessions
Half sessions are 30 minutes long and great for things like milestones, birthday updates, holiday card sessions, or extended family visits. Club members receive 35% off half sessions.
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Monthly Billing
Break down newborn photos and yearbook services into bite-sized monthly chunks, automatically billed to the credit or debit card of your choice.
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Unlimited Access to Your Gallery
Unlimited access to your online gallery, containing all of your newborn photos, for the whole year. We’ll use the same gallery to upload your personal photos for the yearbook, too.
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Entry to the Family Membership
The option to join the APP Family Membership at the end of your baby’s first year, to roll your family photos into an easy, annual experience.
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Help with Prep
A session prep guide on the dashboard (and personalized guidance via email/text/phone) on how to best prepare for your session, and guidance throughout the year related to your yearbook prep.
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Fun Surprises
I like to spoil members with surprises on a whim. Sometimes they are photo-related, sometimes they’re small-business or RVA-related. Always, they’re a surprise.
“I was absolutely blown away.”
“When I opened the book for the first time, I was absolutely blown away. Allison had taken my collection of photos and transformed them into a stunning, one-of-a-kind memory album that beautifully captured this special moment in my life. Her thoughtful organization, artistic eye, and storytelling ability were unmatched, turning a simple photo project into something truly extraordinary.”
— Christina M.
FAQs
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The biggest club perk is the album I'll create with the photos you'll take of your baby during their first year. You send me up to 5,000 photos and I'll curate those down to 200 of the best you took all year, and put them in an album (I call them yearbooks) along with the newborn photos we take together during our session.
The cost savings on sessions + the yearbook, priority scheduling, and the peace of mind of knowing your baby's first year will be captured with very little effort on your end is the chef's kiss.
The ability to schedule (heavily) discounted 30 minute sessions when you need them is also a convenient perk.
Club membership also includes all the edited digital files from our session - so no more having to narrow down your favorites to purchase - they’re all yours!
You’re still welcome to book sessions or yearbook services as a one-off, but joining the club saves you more than 20% over purchasing each of these sessions/services alone.
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If you decide not to join the club, you can still book a newborn session and/or yearbook services with me at regular cost. For more details and pricing information, click the links above.
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12 monthly payments begin when you sign the contract and pay the first invoice. The club benefits will begin when you schedule your newborn session, and extend until the yearbook is delivered, after your baby turns one year old.
