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IT'S TIME TO TREAT YOURSELF!
Spend time with friends empowering each other with a Galentine's Day Session!
When you and your friends are hanging out, do you forget to take photos to remember those moments? How often do you celebrate you and your friends?
With Galentine's Day (think Valentine's Day, but with friends) around the corner, I wanted to do something special for everyone. It's a chance to get together with your friends while listening to your favorite music, participating in activities that uplift everyone in your group, and getting photos together that you can share online and display proudly in your home or at the office! Just think of me as your personal paparazzi!
If a few friends of yours immediately came to mind for this, talk to them today and book a Galentine's Day Session! To learn more schedule a chat with me by tapping the link below!
*pictures featuring glasses are filled with pink lemonade
OK, BUT WHAT IS GALENTINE'S DAY?
Galentine's Day is an unofficial holiday coined by one of our favorite TV characters, Leslie Knope, from Parks and Recreation.
As defined by Leslie, it's "a day for women to celebrate their friendships with their lady friends." It falls on February 13 -- the day before Valentine's Day, hence the name Galentine's Day. Think Valentine's Day for the ladies!
We, of course, know that as women, whenever we get together, it's always a time to encourage each other - it's what WE DO! We, of course, wanted to put our own spin on it. We know that photos can be nerve-wracking - it's a very brave thing to put yourself in front of the camera! One thing we hear a lot from our clients, and especially from women, is how self-conscious they feel in front of the camera. And this is with ALL body types too!
We want to give women an opportunity to have time together with their friends, documented through photos, and also to give each individual woman a platform to celebrate loving her body no matter her size, and the encouragement of her friends behind her.
WHAT IS THE GALENTINE'S DAY
SESSION EXPERIENCE?
Photo Time!
To kick off your Galentine's Day session, come to the studio ready to have your photos taken!
You and your friends will individually be guided through poses that best flatter your body type. (These poses are also good to use in any setting whenever someone wants to snap a photo!) We want you to not only feel good in your body, but to walk away with the knowledge how to do this long after our session together. For anyone in the group not being photographed, this is the PERFECT time to cheer on your friends (and/or loved ones)! We absolutely encourage this!
Next, we'll take several group photos. These can be fun, silly, serious - whatever you want!
Activity Time!
Either before or after the photo session (your choice!), you will take a seat at the table(s) provided. At every place setting, each of you will be given 2 Galentine's Day Cards (along with a beverage and snacks while you engage in your next activity)!
Out of a bowl, you will draw the name of one of the friends present, and write an uplifting note on the back of one of the cards for that friend. (We'll have prompts to help with the writing process!)
The second card is to write a note to yourself. If you struggle with negative thoughts about yourself, we encourage you to think of your best friend saying the same thing about themselves. If you wouldn't let them (or anyone else) say that your friend, how is it fair to say those things to yourself? This is where the idea of writing a note to yourself comes from.
Once you're done writing, you will hand off one note to the friend you chose, and you receive a note from someone else.
Once you're done writing, you will hand off the one note and you will also receive a note.
Cards crafted and sold by HnHDesignShop.
GALENTINES DAY SESSION STANDARD PACKAGE
The sessions are 90 minutes at our studio spent with up to 5 friends in total, celebrating each other! Jackie Photography will provide the following:
Decorations, refreshments, Galentine's Day cards (2 per guest), music, general event photos (candid + posed), group photos in 8x10 frames with 5x7 prints, and other goodies to take home!
$600 ($120 per person)
Want to kick it up a notch? Read about our upgrade below!
Upgrade: Signature Frames!
(+$340)
Kick it up a notch and write encouraging words around an 8x12 group photo of you and your friends!
Instead of writing a note on cards to a friend, you will be writing an encouraging note on the matte that goes in the frame for each friend. For example, if there are 5 of you, there will be 5 signature frames and you will write on 4 of them.
Each of you will choose your favorite group photo and we will have these printed for your individual frame! We will also make arrangements to have these hand delivered to you.
Please note that the photos do NOT need to be the same for each member of the group.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long until we get the photos?
You will get proofs within 1 week from your session that you can review. You will be able to pick your favorites to share sooner after on social media. If you got the upgrade, you can expect prints sent to you 3-4 weeks after you select your favorite group photo.
I have more than 4 friends who wants to join the friend group. Can I add another person?
Absolutely! It's $120 per additional person.
Can relatives who are women be a part of this?
Of course they can!
Does it have to be strictly women? Not at all! All genders are welcome!
What is the age range? Ages 13+!
I/We live outside of Rochester, NY, but we'd really like to be a part of this! Would you be willing to travel! I love traveling for photography! It will be at an additional cost to accommodate travel and accommodations depending on available transportation and time of day for the session. Sign up for a time to chat: Discovery Call
I have a different question that's not listed here. We'd be more than happy to answer any questions or concerns! Contact us at jackie@jackiephotographs.com or schedule a chat with me!
Morgan Bajish
Walking into the session knowing we’d be spending the next 90 minutes celebrating each other was such a wonderful feeling. The friendship and feminine energy flowing through the space was a really beautiful experience.
Tiffany Nicholas
Jackie did an amazing job of matching our energy and meeting us where we were at, but also encouraging us to step out of our comfort zones when we were in front of the camera. I loved being able to spend this time with my friends and shower them with love and compliments and I'm so grateful to Jackie for being able to capture that!
Chloe Louthan-Green
What a wonderful experience devoted to celebrating the beauty of each other and our friendship! Jackie is truly an outstanding photographer and was amazing at capturing the nature of that beauty — both posed and candid — while creating a comfortable, fun, and relaxed environment. I can not recommend this enough!
Ready to book
your Galentine's Day
Session with us?
You will be directed to another page where you will go through several prompts to choose a time on a calendar.
Don't see a time that fits on your schedule? Contact us so that we can book a time that works for you and your friends!
