Michael Loftis Photography
Portraits

A Portrait Should Tell a Story

You have a special occasion and you only need one good print. With this package, I will come to your house, business, a park, or wherever, for a 15 minute photo session. We will immediately review the photos on my computer and select the image to print. The package price includes one 8x10 print. These options may be added to the package:
no charge -- Replace 8x10 print with high-resolution digital image
$15.00 -- Replace 8x10 print with 11x14 print
$25.00 -- Replace 8x10 print with 12x18 print
$25.00 -- Create a gallery of the photos on the website for additional print purchases

A One Great Photo Portrait application can be downloaded by clicking here. (If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)

A portrait should be more than a posed smile. It should capture the essence of who you are at the time. In this session, photos are taken while you are doing something that is important to you today - a hobby, a sport, at work. Or, I can document a special moment - maternity, a new baby, first haircut, a performance, graduation.
Sessions are $75 per hour. After a session, I will select at least 25 of the best images from each hour of the session and put them on my website in color and in black and white, where you or your friends and family may purchase prints and other items.
These options are available with every Life Portrait package:
CD of low-resolution proofs of all photos selected for the gallery. These images allow you to look more closely at a photo than my website will allow. -- $25
CD of high-resolution images of all photos selected for the gallery. This CD comes with a "personal use" release so you may have prints made. Please ask. Price varies depending upon number of images.

Prices for prints and other items can be found by clicking here. A Life Portrait application can be downloaded by clicking here. (If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)

A Day in Your Life Portrait is a very special heirloom which documents the most important activities and events in your life. I spend the entire day as your personal photojournalist recording your day with professional photographs.

Who would want this type of portrait?

Someone with a very important day such as a first birthday, high school or college graduation, competing in an important event, running for office. Maybe you are at a very good point in your life with a good job, active in community organizations, active in a sport and you want to prewerve all of these wonderful memories.

This is how it works...
First, we discuss the types of activities you want to document and create a detailed plan for capturing the activities of the day.
Then, I spend the day photographing you and your activities.
After that day, I select the best photos and create a gallery on this website.
Finally, you choose the format for your photos: prints, CD, a hard cover book.

The session fee is $800 and includes a $100 coupon to apply toward the purchase of the format you choose. I am willing to travel, however, the travel costs are not included in the session fee.

What do you do with your time? Play a sport? Play music? Cook? Work on cars? How you spend your time defines who you are today. In 10 years, when you look at an old portrait, which will bring back more memories: a smiling face at a studio, or you doing something that was important to you at the time? Whatever you do, I will go to where you are to create memorable images of your life while you are living it.

Memories of your senior year will always be an important part of your life. What is your interest this year? A sport? Your car? Art or music? Whatever it is, photos of you spending time with your interest will be invaluable in the future.
I know this from experience. I was a gymnast in high school. There is only one photo of me in action. And that photo is only in the yearbook. Preserve the memories of your senior year in photos.

Motherhood is very special. Capture the beauty and emotions surrounding this event. There are various types of maternity photos. The popular portrait is at around week 32, when your belly is big, but you are not too uncomfortable to move. The intent is to capture the relationship between the monther and the new baby. Often, the father or older siblings are in the portrait, too.
Another type of maternity portrait is intended to document the changes in the body. This is usually a series of monthly sessions photographing very similar poses, sometimes ending with a newborn session using the same poses.

Sessions are photographed at your home or any location you prefer. They usually last between one and two hours.

You landed a part in a play. You perform music. You teach martial arts or yoga. You are pitching in a final softball game. Whatever the situation, this is a one-time, major event in your life and you want to record it with professional photos.
I will work with you to create a portfolio of memorable images. Together, we will plan the session and obtain any necessary releases or permissions to allow me to photograph the event. If you desire a release for commercial purposes, it can be done, however, there may be other fees.

I photograph beach portraits of individuals and small families on Navarre Beach at sunrise and at Beasley Park in Ft Walton Beach at sunset. Although I photograph some of the traditional "smile at the camera" portraits during this session, I prefer to play more: walk along the water, build a sand caslte, etc. These casual, unplanned photos capture more personality of the subjects and are more meaningful in the future.
The prices above are for a family of five or smaller. For larger groups, there will be an additional charge of $25 per person up to eight people.

If you have larger groups, or if you are in the Sandestin area or South Walton County, please see www.destinportraits.com, or call them at 850-582-5182.