St. John Photo Studio

A finely-photographed portrait of the family's fastest-growing kid (aged two to 12 years old) gives everyone in the family, especially mom and dad, a lot to smile about.

Many years after the photoshoot, this photo can still bring happiness to everyone, especially to the child that was photographed - because it will remind him not only of how much he looked like then but also of the personality stages he went through as he is growing up.

At St. John Photo Studio, we strive to give mom and dad this photo of their child via our Kid Photoshoot Service. These parents often want this photoshoot to be done in time for their child's seventh (7th) birthday celebration so that they can use the photos as part of the invitation card or the party's banner. In some cases, parents just want to chronicle how their child is changing physically as he ages.

About the Photoshoot

In this photoshoot service, we will do the following:

1. Full body Portrait Photoshoot
2. Headshot Portrait Photoshoot

Full body Portrait Photoshoot

We already designed several setups for Kid Portrait Photoshoot so that it is easier for you to see the sort of photos you will get from this service. Each setup has very few props; as such, your kid - his face, facial expression and body poses - are the main attraction of the photos. To view these setups, click this.

Here, we will put up photography lighting setup specifically built for taking full-body shots. We will position the strobe light to throw a lot of light on your child's clothes and spill just enough light on his face. Because this lighting setup is really being used for a fashion photoshoot, have him wear his best set of clothes.

Headshot

Here, we will put up a photography lighting setup specifically built for taking both headshots and half-body shots. We'll position the strobe light to throw a lot of soft light on your child's face and at the same time spill some low intensity light on his upper torso. Because his face will fill most of the frame, he has to give us his best smile, laugh, grin, smirk, etc - whichever he likes giving out.

What Sort of Photos Do You Get From the Photoshoot ?

Our resident photographer will:

1. Give you all the straight-out-of-camera (SOOC) image files at the end of the photoshoot, provided the service fee is fully settled and you have a flash drive.
2. Lightly retouch some of the really good photos (of our own choosing). We will format each for best viewing in social media and send these to you on your Google Drive within five (5) days after the photoshoot.
3. Fully retouch three (3) best shots (of your own choosing) - that is, one best shot from each of the three portrait scenes. We will format each for best printing and send these to you on your Google Drive within seven (7) days after your advice.

In lieu of our resident photographer, you may want to be photographed in our studio by our guest photographers - see them here. Note that they may charge a different service fee and discount and may give you different set of photos, so please discuss this matter with them.

Service Fee

If you hire our resident photographer, our service fee is P2,000.00. Additional fee is required where the setup uses exhaustible items like fresh flowers, balloons, etc.

Good news! We are currently giving 50% discount if you will allow us to (a) record a short decent video of your child's photoshoot and (b) upload this video and your child's really-good photos on the Internet. Immediately avail of this discount as this may be terminated anytime without prior notice.

Booking Fee

Please pay booking fee of P300.00 one (1) week before the shoot. Because this covers our expenses on shoot preparation, this is non-refundable but is deductible from the service fee.

How to Prepare for the Shoot

We will strive to make your child look very lovable in photographs. But it is not all up to us - you have to help us achieve this. Start with these:

• A day before the photoshoot, do not do anything out of your child's normal routine so that during the shoot he is in his normally expected behavior.
• Let him have a good night sleep.
• Let him have a good meal before going into the shoot.
• Do not put on him or her a makeup because the camera is already good in capturing the natural beauty and elasticity of a child's skin.
• Put on him simple and fitting accessories! Bowties, suspenders, caps, hats, flower headbands, chunky scarves —these create visual interest and movement in the photos.
• If he enjoys a certain activity (like playing a guitar) then bring the guitar and we'll include it in the shoot.

For more information, please send us a message via our Facebook account - click this: St. John Photo Studio.