Holiday Sessions and Holiday Deadlines

School is starting next week and that typically marks the whirlwind fall season that will swiftly blow us into the holidays. Fall is typically an incredibly busy session season, and this year I am offering two mini "holiday" session dates to accommodate those of you who want a quick few images to give as gifts and for holiday cards. Just because these are "holiday" sessions doesn't mean cheesy props and Santa sweaters. Please, no. To book your Holiday Mini-Session, email me: nicole@nbarczak.com.  Holiday card designs can be viewed here:  N. Barczak Photography Holiday

**mini sessions can not be booked for a newborn session

Mini Sessions Available:

Saturday, October 9th:

9:00am:  booked

9:30am   booked

10:00am

10:30am BOOKED

Sunday, October 10th:

9:00am:  

9:30am:  booked

10:00am: BOOKED

10:30am BOOKED

Monday, October 11th:

NO SESSIONS AVAILABLE

Wednesday, October 13th:

4:45pm:  booked

5:15pm:

5:45pm:

6:15pm: BOOKED

With the holidays quickly approaching, now is the time to mention deadlines for holiday orders.

• Last holiday session date: November 13th
• Last day to order holiday cards: November 20th
• Last day to order prints with a guaranteed by-Christmas delivery: November 21st

Fall and winter sessions are limited and book quickly. For more detailed current availability, please check my Availability Calender.

2010 Availability

September: Limited session dates available

October: Session dates available. Mini sessions available

November: Session dates available

December: Limited session dates available

Aubrionna and Addisen │ Jackson, MI Child Photographer

The Lum Family │ Jackson Family Photographer

Why birth photography?

From TRA's blog, guest blogger Gwendolyn Waite.  She says it so perfectly, why reinvent the wheel?

Birth photography. You mention it to people, and they either get it, or they don't. Some people will call you all kinds of crazy. Birth photography is certainly not for everybody. But for those folks who do choose to document their birth in photos and who appreciate the art, beauty, and storytelling of birth photography - these images will be their most cherished. The ones they run to rescue from a fire. The ones that survive generations. The ones that bring tears to their eyes. Every. Single. Time.

Having been on both ends of the camera during the birth process, I can tell you how incredibly beautiful these images are to a family. I only have a couple snapshots from my oldest kids' births, but they are still the most amazing, beautiful photos of two of the most important days of my life. However, I would give anything to go back in time and have a birth photographer tell our story of those days. All those tiny details I will never be able to remember, that were lost in the momentum of the day. When I was pregnant with my third child, I knew that I had to document the story of his birth more completely. Hiring a birth photographer is one of the best decisions I have ever made. Ever.

So why would a family choose to hire a birth photographer, instead of having a family member snap away? Simple. A birth photographer will capture all those little details that will otherwise be forgotten. The look of relief on mom's face when she's made it through another contraction. The clock two hours in, seven hours in. Grandma, waiting patiently in the hallway. A hand of support on mom's shoulder. Dad's face when he makes the first phone call announcing the birth. All of those small moments that would slip by, unnoticed. These photos, woven together, tell the story of the birth day.

A birth photographer will also free up everybody else at the birth to support mom. After the baby is born, dad can focus all of his attention on mom and the baby, and enjoy those first incredible moments knowing that the story is being captured.

If you have any interest in a birth session, contact Nicole:  nicole@nbarczak.com for more information or to schedule your birth day session.

Baby Collin │ Jackson Newborn Photographer

This has quickly become one of my favorite images ever. 

And I had to sneak a couple in of the big brothers:

The Quillen Family │ Jackson Family Photographer