Portrait Sessions

Full portrait sessions include a 1 hour session as well as a downloadable online gallery of the full resolution, edited images with a print release and recommendations on where to print for the best quality. (Newborn sessions typically last longer.) Regardless if you're booking a session for your family, your young children, your high school senior or for whatever other reason, I strive for sessions to be a fun, laid back experience. Sessions are a mixture of posed and natural images. I want your images to show the personalities of those in them so that you can look back on them in the future and remember these moments just as they were. I love happy, fun images. I want children to be children. I want you to have the silly candid images just as much as the smiling, posed ones, therefore varying by the type of session, full sessions do include quite a few final images.

Full session dates typically book up anywhere from 2-9 months in advance. Spring and Fall months always fill quite a bit faster. Sessions are scheduled Monday-Friday only. A retainer and a signed portrait agreement are due upon booking to reserve the date. Once you are booked you'll be able to log in to the Client Lounge where you can get details on how to make your session go as smooth as possible (especially with little ones) as well as recommendations on hair and makeup, where to print once you receive your images and all the other details that help you prepare for your session. The remainder of your session is due at the session. Once your images are finished they will be uploaded to a downloadable online gallery so you will be able to see them immediately.

I offer sessions not only on location (I do travel) but I also have a large natural light studio and outdoor studio area located right outside of the Paris, Texas area. I have an extensive prop collection that I am constantly adding to as well as "adding on" to my outdoor studio area so that I can offer my clients an exclusive variety of options for their sessions. I also love to incorporate the uniqeness of you, your family, your children, etc. into your session.

Tara Swain Photography is an all-inclusive photographer; simply meaning all wedding packages and portrait session rates include the final edited images. The images are also full resolution, allowing you to print as large as you wish. Custom photography is an investment and I take pride in creating the highest quality experience and images for my clients. I also believe that you shouldn’t have to agonize over choosing just a few of your images to print. I want you to be able to have ALL of your images. I do provide my clients with information for where they may print their images for the best quality. I also offer a variety of products available for purchase a la carte, such as: professional prints, albums, coffee table books, canvas wraps, custom framing and custom announcements and invitations.