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Birthday Party Photography

birthday party photography my city photosMany Vancouver moms choose to mark a family milestone like a child’s birthday with some special photos. After all, your little one will only be this age once. In years to come, photos are a great way to look back on this time and remember all the little details of your child’s appearance and personality. If you’re planning a birthday party, you’ll likely want photos of that occasion, as you capture candles being blown out and games being played. Getting affordable, quality photos that reflect your child’s unique personality (and your family’s unique personality) isn’t always easy or affordable, though.

From the Theatre to Photography

We recently connected with Laura-Lee Gerwing of My City Photos to talk about how digital photography is changing the landscape of photography. She also shared some unique solutions that her business is offering to parents who are trying to plan the perfect birthday party – and capture it on (digital) film.

“I actually wanted to be a professional party planner, originally,” Laura-Lee explains. When a friend introduced her to the theatre and stage management she was sidetracked. She pursued a degree in that and worked in the theatre for a number of years professionally. As a stage manager she started doing head shots and taking promotional photos for productions she was working on. She got great response to her photos, and gradually made the transition to photography. She built a business from the ground up, based on a unique philosophy.

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A Unique Approach

“We do things a little bit differently than any other photography company that I’ve come across,” Laura-Lee says. “Through meeting all my clients I found that everyone has different wants and needs. When I first started I was doing what I thought would be best. Listening to what they suggested and wanted for themselves I adapted my ways of doing things, and came up with customizing options. We customize from start to finish – everything from location, like the park or the beach or in your house, to backdrops, to props, to furniture. When we are taking the photos we will show the photos on the back of the camera as we go along to make sure that we’re bringing our client’s vision to life. We’re also developing an app that will hold an array of different photos from different locations, as a visual communication tool. After the session, we offer our clients different editing options as well.”

What does all this cost, though? Laura-Lee talks about how digital photography changes her pricing. “There are a lot of families and small businesses out there that absolutely cannot afford to pay thousands of dollars for photos. It’s just unreasonable – it’s not going to happen. With the digital era it does not take as much work as it did with film to process the photos. It’s still a lot of time and a lot of editing, but it’s cut in half for sure. My prices reflect the time it takes me to do the photo shoot, do all the emailing, do the editing, everything. I have an extremely efficient system, which allows me offer affordable pricing. I’m challenging the old standard and trying to pave the way to affordable photography. I so believe that families and small businesses benefit from photos. Kids grow so fast.” If your child is celebrating a birthday, you know that for sure.

Birthday Party Fun

birthday party photography laura-lee gerwing my city photosLaura-Lee is bringing her love of party planning to her business to create some unique birthday party offerings. “I came up with this idea to host kids’ birthday parties in our amazing studio space. The whole idea of the party is that from start to finish, we take of everything. We cover everything from photography to photo books to decorations, cake, games, crafts – absolutely everything anyone would ever have at a birthday party. You rent the studio for two hours. It’s two hours of candid photography, and then we do a little photo shoot as well with the kids and the cake.” This isn’t just a photography birthday party, though. They offer a variety of themes and activities. “We have classic games like pin the tail on the donkey, Twister, and lots of different crafts,” says Laura-Lee. They offer ballerina parties, accessory parties, mad scientist parties, superhero parties, and a whole lot more.

When you’re planning a birthday party, or getting some family photos, it’s important that you find the option that fits your family and your budget. Digital photography is changing the way that we take, share, and view photos. It’s also changing the way that we capture events like birthday parties. So when you’re creating and capturing memories, take some time to look around and ask questions. Find someone whose philosophy fits yours, and who will take the time to listen to what you want. 20 years from now, when you’re looking back at the photos, you’ll be glad you did.

birthday party photography my city photosThis article was sponsored by My City Photos. Established in 2010, My City Photos has been expanding like crazy over the past few years. We specialize in people and our concept is professional, affordable and customizable photography. From family, newborn, headshots, engagement, events, boudoir, pets and wedding photos – we do it all! We are now hosting events like kids birthday parties at our Vancouver studio and we are so excited about this new venture. We are offering so many different themes for girls and boys and some fantastic packages to suit every budget! We know how much work it takes to put together a memorable birthday party but it’s our job, so sit back relax and let us take care of all the details for you!

 

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