The First Year Photo Club
You probably don’t live and breathe photographs the way I do.
And by that, I mean, you appreciate photography, you love seeing photos of your family, you want desperately to remember your babies from their first sleepy days on this planet. You’ll take hundreds - thousands - of photos of your baby’s first year of life.
But you have other priorities, too.
Like a job, a home, a family to care for. The chances of you going through all those photos and creating a book of them is slim.
I’m here to help with that.
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 those photos, and your favorites from our newborn session, printed professionally.
It's Newborn Sessions meets Yearbook Services, at a bundled, discounted cost and spread out over the course of the year in a handy 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.
All memberships include a 90-minute newborn photo session, in your home ($300 value); a complete set of edited, printable digital images from the session ($1200 value), and a 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).
Other Club Member Benefits
-
No Separate Session Fee
The session, digitals, and yearbook (and yearbook design) are all included in the club cost.
-
Priority Scheduling
Even during my busiest months, members get first dibs on my calendar to schedule your newborn session, family sessions (for the higher club tiers) and any half sessions.
-
Savings
With the session, digitals, and yearbook all included, you save at minimum $700 compared to those services scheduled separately.
-
Discounted Non-Club Sessions
Half sessions are 30 minutes long and great for things like birthday updates, maternity shoots, holiday card sessions, or extended family visits. Club members receive 35% off half sessions, and 10% off full sessions during the year.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Same-Rate Renewal
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.
-
Help with Prep
A guide on the dashboard (and personalized guidance via email/text/phone) on how to best prepare for your session.
-
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.
Membership Options
There are three First Year Photo Club options
Club Birch
$150/month
When you need the convenience of monthly payments, first dibs on my calendar, all of your edited newborn images and $180 print credit, and 10% off non-membership sessions, plus a couple of special surprise gifts from your favorite photographer, Club Birch has you covered.
90-minute newborn session + all the edited photos + the yearbook are all included.
The cost of a non-membership newborn session + all digital images is $1500, and the cost of up to 5000 of your photos curated into a complete yearbook is $1000. (You save $700 on those two services by joining the club.)
Club Maple
$200/month
Maple includes everything in Birch, plus a 30 minute half session, with 25 included images + $300 print credit. Perfect for birthdays, grandparent sessions, Mother’s Day, or a holiday card update.
Save an additional $100 off a regularly-priced half session by opting for Club Maple.
Club Oak
$250/month
Club Oak includes everything in Club Birch plus two 30 minute half sessions, with 25 included images from each session + $300 print credit; OR one 60 minute full family session, with all edited photos + $300 print credit.
Save a total of $900 when you choose Club Oak.
FAQs
-
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. If you're in the Maple or Oak club levels, I'll include photos from those sessions in the yearbook as well.
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 sessions - 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.
-
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.
-
12 monthly payments begin when you sign the contract and pay the first invoice. The club sessions and benefits will begin when you schedule your newborn session, and extend until the yearbook is delivered, after your baby turns one year old. Additional sessions included in the Maple and Oak levels of the club will need to be scheduled and held before your baby is 13 months old.
