PHOTOGRAPHY QUESTIONS
Kiddiwinx Photography is a professional photographic studio specializing in maternity, newborn, babies, children and family portraiture.
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Sandton:
Marion Behrent
Cell: 082 870 4213
Studio: 58, 13th Street, Parkmore, Sandton [close to Benmore Gardens]
Witbank:
Marelize [Lisa] Jacobs
Cell: 082 468 4994
Studio: 2084 De Aar Street, Modelpark, Witbank
· What are your office/studio hours?
Mondays, Public Holidays and Sundays closed
[except by special arrangement]
Office hours: Tues-Friday 9am-4pm
Studio hours [when we do shoots]: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm
Bookings by appointment only
It is preferable to call the photographer on her cell during office hours and diarize a date.
Prices can change without prior notice.
When you make your booking, the photographer will sms you banking details and email you her package options. Full payment should be paid into the bank account, 48hrs after your booking, in order to confirm your shoot.
As we are extremely popular studios, we cannot hold your booking for longer than 48 hours without payment.
Additional photographic products [enlargements, framing etc] can be paid when you place your order.
The deposit is non-refundable.
The best time for your shoot is 1 month prior to your due date. It is best to book well in advance.
We do intimate group photographs of families.
A maximum of four adults [over 13 years] and maximum 5 children.
The trick is to keep it simple.
We recommend that everyone wears clothing that is co-ordinated - ie. all white and denims, or all pinks and whites, etc. Denim always works well.
Brights, pales and whites work well on white. Brights and/or dark work well on black.
For black and white photos - black/dark clothing against the black background works wonderfully, and White/Pale clothing against the white background.
We recommend that you bring some of your favourite items with you to the shoot to make the photographs more personal.
Hats, especially caps and straw hats are always winners, sunshades for girls, as well as LARGE toys, like big balls, teddies, bikes also work well.
Please avoid bringing sweets and snacks - these inevitably land up in the shoot - try feeding everyone before you visit.
If your baby is teething, or spitty, try giving a powder [Ashton and Parsens works well] just before the shoot.
If baby is sleeping, please don't wake baby up - even if it is messing a little with routine - sleeping baby pics are just adorable!
Also, please refrain from taking out keys and cellphones to entice smiles whilst in the studio. [these also land up in the pics!]
Pjamas, swimwear, and rainwear tend to also work well.
Please try and avoid busy or branded [Brats, Barbie, Spiderman etc] outfits - unless you want a rockstar/superhero shoot!
Whilst black and white backdrops remain popular, we have a few other options, such as Sage Green and Mottled Brown etc. - backdrops may vary between the studios, according to the photographer's style. We recommend the best backdrops to suite your skin/hair colour and outfit choices when you arrive at the studio.
Props are kept simple.
We always recommend that you bring some personal items from home to include in your shoot, to make your photographs unique to you!
Maternity shoots take +- 45 minutes alone, and 1 hr with a partner.
Newborns and babies - we go at the babies pace, though generally 1.5 hrs is sufficient.
Children - This depends on the nature of the child, the number of props and clothing changes. Usually 1 - 1.5 hrs is sufficient.
Family [4 adults] - between 1 - 1.5 hrs.
Weekdays are quieter and more relaxed, and therefore more flexible. NB Should you arrive late, less time is allocated to your shoot.
Gift vouchers are very popular for stork parties, birthdays, fathers and mother's day, and as Christmas gifts. Gift voucher pricing is available on our website www.kiddiwinx.com.
How to organize a voucher:
ü Phone the photographer.
ü Discuss which option you would like.
ü Once the amount has been paid into the bank account a high resolution, numbered, voucher will be emailed to you to print. There is space for you to personalize your voucher. We do not personalize gift vouchers.
- How many photographs are taken at a sitting?
Depending on the package you choose, the photographer takes between 70 and 250 photographs. The best are chosen to be edited.
We can do the following:
Black and white.
High contrast black and white.
Traditional sepia.
Aged photo's.
Selective colouring [example, flower in colour, the rest in black and white].
Frames.
Cross processing.
This is entirely dependent on how busy the studio is at the time and on the size of your photographic package. It can be anywhere between 1 and 3 weeks.
Editing is an art, and we take time on your images, to ensure the best quality and standard.
The festive season over November and December is particularly busy, so please book these shoots well in advance to avoid disappointment.
You will be emailed a form which outlines how to view and order your photos, prior to your shoot.
This is also supplied to you on the day of your shoot.
We have chosen a very simple and efficient system for viewing and ordering your photographs.
Full payment is required upfront [within 48 hrs of booking] in order to confirm your booking.
The packages include a CD of your chosen images.
Unedited images are under no circumstances allowed to leave the studio.
Photographs remain on the site for 3 weeks.
ü The site has a strong firewall.
ü Images are uploaded in low resolution/thumbnail.
ü Images are watermarked.
ü The photographer can monitor activity on the site/your album.
Unedited images are kept at the studio for 6 months
Edited images are kept for a year before being permanently removed.
We have a comprehensive proposal which we can email, which outlines everything. Please contact the photographer directly to arrange for a copy.
Yes we do. Please see our pricelist for more information.
We commission oil paintings. .
A3 oil painting - R3000.
A2 oil painting - R3500.
Please allow 4 to 6 weeks.
I would like to have photographs taken of children playing in the garden/playground etc. Can you do this?
We photograph at venues within a 10km radius from the studio. Prices are the same as the studio prices with an additional R100 transport charge.
We do all of the above. Please contact the photographer for the various package options.
Please contact Kiddiwinx Head Office [Sandton]:
Marion 082 870 4213
Who owns copyright of images?
In order for us to take photographs for you, you will be required to sign an agreement. In the agreement, you sign all copyright to the relevant photographer/studio.
Images that include nudity etc will never be used without express permission where the client's face can be identified, without that person's permission in writing.
Clients who wish not to have their photographs shown publically for whatever reasons, will have this privacy respected.