Only one more week until the wedding!

You may remember the sneak peak from the bridal session. Here are some more of the gorgeous Regina. She is so pretty she had more cat calls then any other bride I've ever had! She is amazing too. Not only do the bride and groom have 5 kids between them, she is opening a new daycare center and finishing up with the wedding plans.

I love this red door!!


This is definitely a sexy shot. I'm sure Bryant will love it when he finally gets to see them.


We had a visitor but his nose into our business while taking a few shots here. :-)


This is Regina's favorite shot.


I'm a fan of this interesting angle.


She wasn't able to get a bouquet in time for our shoot, but then she ran to a store late the night before to pick something up. I didn't know since the last conversation we had was about not having one. The bouquet ended up sitting in the back seat the whole time!


Another one of my favorites with her looking off and the white background.

I'm definitely loving the Southern tradition of bridal portraits.

Contact Us

Lifelong Impressions
Shannon White
Phone 919-585-6433
Email: shannon@lifelongimpressions.com
Garner, NC
Also serving Phoenix & Salt Lake City at least once each year.

Investment - Lifelong Impressions - Photography - Raleigh, Miami, SLC & Phoenix

Portrait Investment*

All sessions include a discussion session prior to your shoot, the Shannon's time and talent while shooting the photos, a location within 15 miles of Garner, NC, editing of your images, a post shoot meeting at the photographer's location to review your session photos, an online gallery for easy sharing and ordering, and a post session meeting with the photographer to order any products and discuss any custom designs.  Travel sessions to Miami, SLC & Phoenix will have a travel charge.  


Seniors graduating 2011
$200.00
This is the perfect shoot for high school seniors ready to capture who they are at this special time of life. In two hours we will use 1-3 locations, have up to 5 outfit changes and use items important in your life.
Your session fee includes:
40 images proofed online
$50 credit to use for purchasing prints, products and digital files


Family/Child Session
$200.00
This shoot is for members of an immediate family including parents & their children even if you have a lot of kids. We'll generally start out talking and playing followed by a fun and adventurous shoot lasting about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. In order to best capture your family personality we will use one location, have up to 2 outfit changes and may use items important in your life.  If time permits a second location close by can be used.
Your session fee includes:
40 images proofed online
$50 credit to use for purchasing prints, products and digital files


Pregnancy
$150.00
Pregnancy shoots are best done when you are in your 30-35th weeks. This session can include your spouse and kids. We will pick one location depending on the look you want. I do have a natural light studio setup or your home if you would like complete privacy. A session normally lasts 30-40 minutes
Your session fee includes:
$50 credit to use for purchasing prints, products and digital files
15 images proofed online

The Important First Year Package
Baby 1st year package      $700.00 ($94 savings)

This package is designed to capture some of the big changes your baby goes through the first year. You can include the whole family in any of the sessions. The stages are newborn (within the first 14 days), 6 months and 12 months. We can go on location, at your home or use my natural light studio setup as determined by each sessions needs. Each session normally lasts about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.  The deposit is $300 upon booking a tentative date for the newborn session.
Your session package includes:
All sessions will have 40 images proofed online
3 custom designed accordion wallet albums from the newborn session
25 custom designed 5x7 double sided announcements from the newborn session
20 page custom designed 10x10 Standard lay flat album showcasing the year
20x20 custom designed standout mount storyboard at any time during the year

Extended Family
$300.00
This session is for extended families such as parents, their children and their children (multiple immediate family groups). With a large group we will focus not only on getting the great big group shots, we will also break up into many smaller groups and individual shots. These sessions usually take at least 2 hours, and they are filled with laughter and snacks (snacks make everyone happy!).
Your session fee includes:
60 finished shots
$100 credit to use for purchasing prints, products and digital files
3 custom designed accordion wallet albums

Sampling of Products Available:
8x10 $ 25
11x14 gallery wrapped canvas $120
Wallet custom Accordion album $ 16 each with a min order of 3
Heirloom quality albums starting at $280
I would be happy to provide the product guide upon request.

Timing and Payment Details:

The full session charge is due at the time of booking.   Sessions can be rescheduled due to bad weather or illness.  All sessions require a signed model release.  A sneak peek is available on the blog and Facebook within 4 days.  Proofs will be ready within two weeks from your session date, and I  will email a link to your proofs online.  Order must be placed within two weeks of the date your proof link is sent to you to use the credit.   Orders are ready within three weeks of your payment receipt.  Payments can be made by PayPal, check or cash.  


Additional online gallery time is $25 per week.  If you know in advance you need a specific time period to place your order the proof link will not be sent until that time period to start your two week ordering period.

Lifelong Impressions

919-585-6433

shannon@lifelongimpressions.com

*Investment information updated 6/26/10

More of Samyah

Samyah's mom makes the cutest baby clothes and kids gear. You can find their (My Kids Laundry) stuff at the Holly Springs farmers market every Saturday morning. They also have a website too. The website just doesn't give you the scope of all that is available! She also does custom orders. We were over there yesterday picking out all kinds of new stuff for Madison including a darling kangaroo dress with a matching shirt for Blake! I can't wait to get them.



It was mostly baby girl's first birthday shoot, but we also took some with the boys.


These boys definitely love their sister and she has a special and slightly different bond with each of them.


She has the most adorable big brown eyes, and I love her serious looks. Way cute.


The search for the belly button! Both mom and I love this series of shots, but dad isn't so keen on the shirtless baby. Ladies check with your hubby before we take such adorable shots and then you are strongly encouraged not to print any of them! Wouldn't these look perfect in the kids bathroom? We think so too!


Isn't this serious look just fascinating? She is like, "Lady! What do you have me in a giant pot for?" LOL

Reagan's senior album

Check out Reagan's awesome album! I'm so excited to be offering custom albums now. They are definitely worth every penny. When the album comes in I'll make sure to take and post some pictures for you. How do you like the page designs?

There is a small slider bar at the bottom of the slide show which will give you the best view of the album.

Sneak peak at all SIX of Saturday's shoots - Plus a couple new fine art

The last time we got together for a photo shoot her 3 year old son was only 3 months. I'm looking forward to the wedding in two weeks. It will be in Virginia Beach at a cool place on the water. The bride and groom have 5 super cute kiddos between them. We're going to have a lot of fun especially with them opting to do all the pictures prior to the wedding and reception! I recommend everyone do it.


The owners of The Garden Gate Cafe in Garner, NC just welcomed boy/girl twins last week. I love how many newborn twins seek each other out.


What is there not to love about this shot. Mom and dad are sharing a moment (I love her hand on her knee with those soft fingers almost like she wants to grab his hand). The girls are giving those adorable direct, compelling & honest looks kids give.


Little Cora was absolutely fascinated by all the cool stuff around us. She has had a difficult road with constant ear aches the last 9 months. Last week she had tubes put in. We were completely amazed at how super easy she was! It only took an hour even with a huge location to get more then enough fantastic shots. I love the moodiness of this shot back in the woods with the old motorcycle.


This is the first time I've photographed this whole family. The kids are completely adorable, full of personality and loving. The old cars were the perfect backdrop for them.


How cute is a newborn hanging off the back of a tow truck? This little sweetness is only 4 days old. I can't wait to show you the rest of them when the session is edited and seen by his family!!!


If I wasn't already wiped out and needed to get home so Guy could get to work I'd have loved to spend another hour or two capturing the unlimited number of sweet shots this yard of cars provided! There had to be at least 60 classic cars in this fellas yard. He was so nice to allow us to invade his space for over 4 hours. He let us get explore everything as long as we put everything back the way it was.


Hmmmmmm. I LOVE this shot!


I even had time for a quick self portrait! lol Maybe next week I'll have Guy take some shots of me for a get to know you page on the blogs and website.


The frames around the sneak peaks can be found here.

Sneak Peak Senior

Today I have an incredibly busy day with SIX shoots! I'm about to leave for the first one. Today also has the benefit of the coolest location EVER!!! I'll try to share a sneak peak of the place later this evening.

In the mean time here is a peak at my recent senior session. I just saved the photo up in Photoshop.

One of my favorite shoots!

Yesterday it was brought to my attention that no photos from this shoot had been posted on the blog. What? It is one of my favorite shoots. They have the perfect house to take loads of interesting and fun photos. So here is an overload of pictures from the shoot.

They are in several storyboards I can custom create for your photo shoot. There are lots of options for number of photos, backgrounds and text.

More of baby Grace

I think I've finally settled on a blog design I love! YAY. It will take me a few more days to get everything up and running again with the new addition of a navigation bar below the header and some other links and choices down below the posts!

We are also close to finishing up the new website!!! YAY. Guy is the super star heading up the creation on the website while I get the pictures, investment details & other stuff ready for him to put it all together. I'm so glad he felt up to the challenge.

Here are some more photos from baby Grace's first photo shoot.

Most of the time, newborn babies have a somewhat vacant look in photos with their eyes open. Not this little sweetie! She looks alert and full of fun. Big sister is thrilled to begin her new roll too.


The sun shining right on her in the woodsy grass was really cool.


She did want to eat and stay awake quite a bit, but she closed her eyes just for my favorite shot.



If you are wondering a bit about what goes on during a newborn shoot to get the shots we do here are a few out takes. In the first shot below, all of our stuff is piled in a somewhat central location for us to take what we need for specific shots. In the second shot you can see how it often takes several people and a lot of patience to get many of the non bundled up shots. The shots we get are always worth the patience and teamwork!

A few new cards for you to look at

I'm in LOVE with designing. It is so much fun. I always imagined I would seriously suck at it too, but with a little inspiration from the web it is so much fun. There are so many great ideas out there where I think it would be soooo cool to design something JUST like it. Thankfully, even if I think I want exactly what someone else has my designs come out different from theirs with my own personal look and feel. Life just keeps getting better and better!

Here is an example of a card I made up this week that would work well for so many things like an invitation, baby announcement or personal thank you cards.


My senior reps needed a new card for the new year. They both gave out a ton of cards the last week of school. Now it's time to load them up for the new year! Here is the front of the two sided card.




And here is the back.


By the way. I should have the new family/newborn & wedding prices available to post very soon. So far everyone seems to like the new prices better then the old ones. If you have an appointment booked with the old rates and would like to use the new ones just let me know.

The old rates had the full digital negatives included in the price. The new rates have a digital share copy of your photos and a credit towards products included in the price. Most people are letting me know the love the new rate structure because they would rather their money go towards prints & other products then towards the full digital negatives. The digital share copies are for digital use only such as blogs, Facebook, websites & MySpace. It is OK to get a book printed of your blog with the digital share images posted in your blog posts. That is the only printing allowed with them. Let me know if you want a more detailed review of the new rates prior to them being published!

And because I can't resist adding these cool save the date two sided card for you to look at!

Sneak peak #4 - Engagement Session - Raleigh Wedding Photographer

These guys were referred to me by another family who is following the recommended picture schedule with their daughter. We met today after a couple get to know you calls last week for their wedding consultation and engagement session. It took about 5 minutes for us all to get in the groove of getting to know each other. I think they are great and really look forward to their wedding next May. They were also up for ALL of my wacky suggestions without even batting an eye! Earlier in the day Guy & I passed a field with an abandoned black couch. After telling Guy I thought it would be a cool place for today's shoot, he told me there was no way anyone would pose with that. I wonder what he would have said had he also seen the really old dead deer carcass right next to it! Luckily there was no smell & the shots we took there are really cool. I should be able to post them by midweek when they have seen them all first!

This shot was a first 'missed' attempt at one of my crazy ideas. It just might be my favorite. Hmmm maybe not, because it was just the first one to catch my eye to share with you. I'm so excited to be getting back into the wedding business after a only doing a few in the 3 1/2 years we have lived in Raleigh.

Sneak peak #3 - 18 months - Raleigh Childrens Photographer - Recommended shoot schedule

I've had the pleasure of photographing Anderson since he was 6 months old. His mom is great about following the recommended photography schedule. She is so sweet and lets me pick the location every time and says she is happy each time. It's so great when people love the shots we get from the locations I pick. A lot of people think they want green & pretty when they find they love the more funky locations even more. The more odd ball the location is the more interesting shots we can come up with. Anderson is definitely all boy who loved running free to explore each new spot we walked to.

In case you are wondering what the picture schedule is...
Everyone should get family shots once a year no matter what stage your family is in.
Maternity shoot
Newborn shoot in the first 14 days of life
3 months of age
6 months of age
9 months of age
12 months of age
18 months of age
24 months of age
2 1/2 years old
3 years old
3 1/2 years old
4 years old
4 1/2 years old
5 years old
Yearly after age 5

Each of these recommended ages for a photo shoot is specifically chosen because children change quite a bit between each of these stages.

Sneak peak #2 - 12 months - Raleigh Childrens Photographer

Cutie girl here is so much fun. Even though we have spent some time together she furrowed her brow at me for a full 10 minutes! It was comical. Poor mom was also nursing a migraine too. After the first 10 minutes Samyah warmed right up & gave it all her little first birthday self could give! We had some fun playing around an import shop at the Raleigh Farmers Market.

Can I just say it was the very coolest store filled with dream props and posing helps! Wow, if you want some cool stuff for your house and photo shoot check them out. When you drive in the market area go strait to the back on the left.

She knows where her belly button is! It reminds me I need to get a few shots of my Madison checking out her belly button.

Sneak peak - newborn - S & G Photography Raleigh Newborn Photographer

Sweet baby Grace was a very happy quick addition! We met for the photos the day after the waiting period ended for their adoption. Two weeks from selection to baby! Love it! Of course, there was a very LONG time leading up to this quick addition, and I know many tears of joy have been shed for this awesome family finally realizing a dream. They were all still glowing when we met Thursday, despite days of no sleep with a newborn.