This guide is created to help us have a fantastic session and ensure everything is organized and ready!  This will help streamline and make a great portrait session with TLB!

The address is 618 Emerson Rd. Lugoff, SC.  When you arrive, please park in the driveway!  My studio is located inside my home on the lower floor by itself next to our guest bathroom! 

Things to help your session go smoothly:

• Arrive a few minutes prior or right on time!  
• If you need to change your baby prior to photos, please come in a few minutes earlier! 
• The night prior, please send photos of your two outfit choices for your baby (if cake smash, it will be one before cake, and the one with cake)! 
• If your baby takes a pacifier, please remove it before coming in (this will help with the not having to take it away when they are here, some babies are attached to theirs which is okay, but we will need it to be not in their mind during the process of meeting a stranger)! 
• Please be aware of your time limit!  Most studio sessions are up to 60 minutes, if we go over, a charge will occur. 
• Babies are babies, they sometimes want to participate, and sometimes do not. 
• Not every baby will want to touch their cake, that is okay!
• Make sure your baby is well fed before traveling to me, a fed baby is a happy baby!  

Things to bring:

• A towel if you prefer your own (I do have fresh clean towels), this is for sitter and one year olds! 
• Clothes!  Please send me a photo ahead of time so I can prepare!  Sitter is 1-2 outfits (I recommend one, then we do items I have), and then 1-2 with cake for one year olds (one for regular one year photos, and one to smash in)!

If you have any allergies, please let me know asap!  My studio is cleaned after each client, and sanitized deeply!  

If you or your baby is sick or having symptoms, please reschedule!  

I recommend only who is being photographed come to the session, and with sitter and cake smash no more than two as my space is small, however one is more recommended. (Grandparents sometimes likes to come and view, but due to the space limit we need to only have mom there or just mom and dad)! 

Location will be given when booking!  Things to help your session go smoothly:

• Make your your child is well rested and fed prior to session (if we are shooting later for golden light, please feed prior or give a good snack, we want a happy kiddo)!
• Take away Paci or lovie before hand!  Trust me on this one! 
• Arrive a few minutes early, sometimes I get at a session early and this allows us to walk to the spots!  
• Bug spray (the bugs here are terrible)!! 
• Babies and toddlers have their own mind, sometimes they want to partake, sometimes they don't. I will navigate this as best as I can. 
• Be aware of time limits, if you book X amount of time, that is the time we will stick with!  

Weather is very important, I am not a fan of cloudy/overcast days, I do prefer to shoot at the Golden Hour, however your schedule matters the most!  If rain happens before or at the time of your shoot, a reschedule will happen!  Rain even up to an hour prior can make for some mucky photos and we want your session to be perfect! 

SENIORS:

• Bring Cap and Gown.
• Bring whatever items you will want photographed at your session!
• I recommend up to two outfit changes! 
• Bring bug spray!  
• If you are wanting any water images, make sure to bring a towel! 
• Create a Pinterest board and share with me! 
• Make sure to have your tassel!