You want to hire me? I’m giddy with excitement! Here are the answers to some of your most pressing questions. If you need to know more please email me: mail@melissastover.com

What kind of photographer are you? I do the majority of my photography outdoors, but I also do lifestyle photography which can include images inside your home. I primarily photograph families, children, and graduates.

Where do you work? I am located in South Arkansas and service Woodlawn, Rison, Star City, Pine Bluff, Monticello, Warren and the surrounding areas.

Will you photograph my wedding? I don’t do weddings (unless we are related– I require a blood test as proof), but will happily do engagement photos.

About the sessions:

Family or child sessions: If you call me to photograph your children I will probably persuade you to do a family session. Admit it, you don’t get in the pictures often enough. I know it because I’m a mother too. The albums are full of the kids, but you are missing.

I believe you should have yearly family sessions. Your kids will love looking back at those images (so will you) and it will be fun, I promise.

The session fee for families or children is $175. This includes 1-1.5 hours of shooting and 30-40 edited images in your gallery. Approximately one week after your session your images will be ready to view. At this time you will come back for your ordering session.

Extended family sessions (you with all your aunts, uncles, cousins, parents and grandparents) are $200 with a gallery of 40-50 images. These are fun and chaotic. We will laugh and a few people might complain but they will secretly love it. For about ten years I made my grandparents, parents, cousins, aunts and uncles group up for our annual Christmas photo. They grumbled the whole time, but who has ten years worth of changing hair styles of the whole family now? Yeah, me! It was totally worth it.

Book a family session today: email me at mail@melissastover.com

Senior sessions: Regular senior sessions are $175, but I offer an upgrade family/alternate location session for $250. Many people choose to get one last family portrait and this is a good way to add it on to the senior session. Instead of a family portrait, some seniors choose to do a separate session at a different location or a hairstyle change. This gives a lot of variety to your session and can really focus on your interests.

Book a senior session: email me at mail@melissatover.com

PRODUCTS

The session box is a customized, archival box that includes all your session images in 5 x 7 size. This is a great way to have all the images from your session with a beautiful place to store them. You can take the 5 x 7 prints out and frame them, move them around, or if you can part with them, share a few.

The session box is a favorite among clients and one of the top selling products.

The session album. Your story in pictures is what holding a session album feels like. All of your session images are included in this artfully designed lay-flat book. It’s a beautiful keepsake that you’ll pull out again and again.

Wall art. Gallery wraps are, in my opinion, the best way to display your beautiful images on your wall. I have many gallery wraps displayed in my home and I love that when they arrive, they are ready to hang. They are easy to move from room to room when you get ready to change things up. No frames, just your gorgeous images. Sizes 11 x 14 and up.

Also available: wall prints sizes 11 x 14 and up, gift prints sizes 8 x 10, 8 x 12 or 5 x 7, the session disc, and printed cards (graduation, birth, Christmas, birthday…). Designing Christmas cards featuring your family photos is one of my favorite things. Sign up for my newsletter so you will be notified when I offer my yearly Christmas card special (free cards with purchase). I know I’m not the only one who still loves getting snail mail!

PRICES

There is no minimum investment. 8 x 10s are $40. The average client spends between $650-$1800 on their prints, wall art and keepsake album or session box.

Products

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