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Transparent prices? Customized packages? Studio and/or on-site options for all things portraiture, events, and property?
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Clear Packages. Personalized Planning.
Our packages cover the needs of most standard sessions, weddings, events, and property assignments.
After you inquire, we’ll confirm the details of your project (text, call, or video meeting) and recommend the package that fits best. Your final written quote may reflect factors such as property or group size, location, requested deliverables, additional setups, travel, permits, turnaround requirements, or specialized production needs.
You’ll always receive and approve the complete price before booking. Once your scope is confirmed, there are no surprise charges unless you request additional services or the project requirements materially change.
 
ESSENTIAL PORTRAIT SESSION
$350
A focused portrait session for creating a polished and expressive collection without requiring an elaborate production.
Includes:
-Up to 60 minutes of photography
-One primary location or a simple studio-style setup
-One wardrobe look
-Pre-session planning questionnaire
-Location and preparation guidance
-Professional posing and expression direction
-Lighting selected around the location and desired result
-20+ individually edited, high-resolution photographs
-Private online gallery
-Personal downloading and printing rights
-Small preview within 48 hours
-Complete gallery within two weeks
Ideal for individual portraits, couples, small families, pets, pet-and-owner portraits, personal milestones, and straightforward creative sessions.
 
SIGNATURE PORTRAIT EXPERIENCE
$500
A more developed portrait experience with additional time for visual variety, creative direction, and storytelling.
Includes:
-Up to 90 minutes of photography
-One primary location with an optional nearby setting, or multiple setups at one location
-Up to two wardrobe looks
-Pre-session consultation
-Concept, mood, and visual-direction planning
-Location and lighting guidance
-Professional posing and expression direction
-Expanded lighting and creative possibilities
-35+ individually edited, high-resolution photographs
-Private online gallery
-Personal downloading and printing rights
-Small preview within 48 hours
-Complete gallery within two weeks
Ideal for couples, creative portraits, developed personal concepts, more varied family sessions, portraits involving pets, and anyone wanting a broader final gallery.
 
CUSTOM CREATIVE PORTRAIT PRODUCTION
Built Around Your Vision
Some portrait ideas require more than a standard session.
Custom productions are available for cinematic and editorial concepts involving elements such as:
-Detailed concept development
-Mood boards and tailored shot lists
-Multiple locations
-Specialty lighting
-Fog, gels, props, or practical effects
-Set design
-Extensive wardrobe changes
-Studio rental
-Hair and makeup coordination
-Assistants or additional production support
-Advanced compositing or retouching
After discussing the idea, you’ll receive a written proposal outlining the creative plan, included deliverables, production requirements, and complete price.
Custom productions are priced according to their scope rather than by an hourly rate.
PETS ARE PART OF THE FAMILY
Pets can be included in either portrait collection, whether the session is focused entirely on them or on the relationship you share.
Sessions involving animals are approached patiently, with time for introductions, breaks, movement, treats, and adjustment to the environment. Perfect obedience is never required. The goal is to preserve their personality—not force them into an unnatural performance.
HEADSHOTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A focused individual session for creating a clean, modern professional headshot without requiring a long photoshoot.
Includes:
-Approximately 30 minutes of photography
-One primary lighting and background approach
-Portable backdrop setup at your home, office, or other approved location available for an additional $75
-Professional posing and expression direction
-Multiple angles and expression variations
-Curated proof selection
-2 individually finished, high-resolution photographs
-Web-ready files included
-Natural color, skin-tone, crop, and tonal finishing with minor temporary blemish and distraction cleanup
Ideal for LinkedIn, company websites, professional profiles, speaker bios, resumes, business cards, and press or media use.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT
$200
$75 backdrop fee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A more personalized headshot session for exploring the lighting, posing, expressions, and visual style that best suit you and how you want to be seen.
Includes:
-Approximately 60–75 minutes of photography
-Pre-session wardrobe and preparation guidance
-Planning around your intended use and desired impression
-Approximately 2–3 lighting, background, or visual approaches
-Detailed posing, facial-angle, and expression direction
-Professional, approachable, confident, and more expressive variations
-At least one creative or editorial approach when appropriate
-Curated proof selection
-4 individually finished, high-resolution photographs
-Web-ready files included
-Natural professional finishing with minor temporary blemish and distraction cleanup
Ideal for executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, creatives, performers, personal brands, and professionals wanting a more distinctive headshot.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PREMIUM HEADSHOT EXPERIENCE
$450
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A longer headshot session for people who need a wider range of expressions, looks, and visual styles for professional, casting, promotional, or portfolio use.
Includes:
-Approximately 90 minutes of photography
-Pre-session planning and wardrobe guidance
-Planning around casting, branding, portfolio, or intended use
-Multiple wardrobe, lighting, and visual approaches when appropriate
-Detailed posing, facial-angle, and expression direction
-Clean professional and commercial coverage
-Serious, dramatic, expressive, and character-driven variations
-Fashion, editorial, and creative options when appropriate
-Curated proof selection
-6 individually finished, high-resolution photographs
-Web-ready files included
-Natural professional finishing with minor temporary blemish and distraction cleanup
Ideal for actors, models, musicians, drag artists, performers, creatives, personal brands, casting materials, and portfolios.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACTOR / MODEL / CREATIVE HEADSHOT SESSION
$650
ON-SITE HEADSHOT STATION
Starting at $795
A professional portable headshot station for efficiently creating polished, consistent portraits at workplaces, conferences, events, and other organizations.
Includes:
-Starting with 2 hours of active coverage
-Professional portable lighting, backdrop, setup, and teardown
-Brief individualized posing and expression direction for every participant
-Multiple photographs with quick on-site favorite selection
-1 individually finished, high-resolution headshot per participant
-Consistent lighting, framing, background, and color across the group
-Web-ready files and organized team/company delivery
-Designed around approximately 15 participants per active shooting hour, per photographer
-Additional hours 3–6: +$275/hour
-Hours 7–8: +$400/hour
-Second photographer: +$100/hour with a 2-hour minimum
-Additional finished headshots: +$15/image
-Simple team/group portrait: +$150
Ideal for companies, offices, conferences, conventions, networking events, team days, and other organizations needing professional headshots at volume.
Participant capacity is an approximate planning estimate and may vary with event flow, individual needs, and venue conditions. Events exceeding 8 hours or requiring unusually high volume can be custom quoted.
 
 
 
STANDARD GELLES PHOTO CO. FINISH for portraits/headshots
Every delivered portrait and headshot receives professional Gelles Photo Co. finishing while preserving natural skin texture, recognizable features, and a true-to-life appearance.
Standard finishing includes:
-Exposure, white balance, and natural skin-tone correction
-Professional color and tonal shaping
-Crop, straightening, and appropriate lens corrections
-Minor temporary blemish, lint, dust, and simple distraction cleanup when appropriate
-Natural, cohesive finishing appropriate to the photograph
More detailed skin, hair, wardrobe, background, object-removal, compositing, or other advanced retouching is available for an additional fee. Contact Gelles Photo Co. for retouching options and pricing.
Retouching is intended to polish—not replace—your appearance. Permanent and defining features are preserved unless otherwise requested.
 
COURTHOUSE & MICRO WEDDINGS
 
A small wedding still deserves to be remembered completely.
These collections are designed for courthouse ceremonies, civil weddings, elopements, and intimate celebrations that do not require an all-day wedding package.
I will document the ceremony as it naturally unfolds, preserve the people and details that make the day yours, and then guide you through a relaxed portrait experience. The final gallery combines genuine moments with romantic, polished, and cinematic portraits.
TWO-HOUR COLLECTION
$700
A focused collection for a short ceremony and portrait experience.
Includes:
- Up to two consecutive hours of photography
- Pre-wedding planning consultation
- Timeline and location guidance
- Ceremony coverage
- Candid moments immediately before and after the ceremony
- Couple's portraits
- Essential family and group portraits
- Ceremony location plus one nearby portrait area
- Minimum of 100 individually edited, high-resolution photographs
- Small preview within 48 hours
- Complete gallery within two weeks
- Private online gallery
- Personal downloading and printing rights
THREE-HOUR COLLECTION
$900
More time for documentary coverage, family photographs, and a relaxed portrait experience.
Includes:
- Up to three consecutive hours of photography
- Everything included with the Two-Hour Collection
- Additional arrival or pre-ceremony coverage
- More candid storytelling
- Additional family and group combinations
- More time for directed couple's portraits
- Additional nearby portrait variety
- Minimum of 100 individually edited, high-resolution photographs
- Small preview within 48 hours
- Complete gallery within two weeks
- Private online gallery
- Personal downloading and printing rights
Three-hour collections will typically include more than 100 photographs. One hundred photographs is the guaranteed minimum, not the maximum.
DESIGNED FOR:
- Courthouse ceremonies
- Civil weddings
- Elopements
- Micro weddings
- Approximately 25 guests or fewer
- Ceremony and portrait coverage
- One photographer
- Ceremony site and nearby portrait locations
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE
An additional 30-minute coverage block may be available for $150.
Additional coverage must be approved in advance or depend on photographer availability on the wedding day. Coverage time is consecutive and begins at the contracted starting time.
HOW PRICING IS CONFIRMED
The listed collections cover most standard courthouse and micro weddings.
After you inquire, we will confirm the ceremony schedule, guest count, family groupings, locations, access requirements, and photography priorities.
Larger guest lists, extensive family combinations, multiple separated locations, reception coverage, getting-ready coverage, travel, permits, parking, specialty production, additional photographers, or rush delivery may require a customized quote.
You will receive and approve the complete price before booking.
LET'S TELL YOUR STORY
Your wedding does not need to be large to feel significant.
Tell me what you are planning, and we will build photography coverage around the moments and people that matter most.
SURPRISE PROPOSAL + PORTRAITS
Starting at $500
Planning to ask one of the biggest questions of your life?
I'll help you plan and photograph the surprise so you can focus on the person in front of you instead of worrying about where the photographer is standing.
We'll coordinate the location, timing, positioning, lighting, and overall plan beforehand so I can be in the right place when it happens.
After the proposal, we'll transition into a relaxed portrait session together while the moment is still fresh.
BASE PACKAGE — $500
Includes:
Pre-proposal planning and coordination
Location and timing guidance
Planning the best proposal position for lighting, background, and camera coverage
A clear plan for where I'll be positioned so the surprise stays a surprise
Photography of the proposal itself
Immediate reactions and candid moments afterward
Couple portraits following the proposal
Up to approximately 1 hour of photography coverage
Posing and expression guidance during portraits
A professionally edited, curated digital gallery
High-resolution and web-ready downloads
Professional color, exposure, crop, and tonal finishing
The goal is to preserve both parts of the experience:
The real moment as it happens — and beautiful portraits once you've had a second to realize you're engaged.
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE
+$200 per additional hour
Additional time can be used for:
A longer portrait session
Multiple nearby portrait locations
Family and friends waiting nearby
Champagne or celebration photos
Dinner or post-proposal moments
Additional creative or environmental portraits
Additional coverage should be planned in advance whenever possible, but may also be added on the day when scheduling allows.
TRAVEL
Travel to locations within 30 driving miles of Lakewood, Colorado is included.
Locations more than 30 driving miles from Lakewood may require an additional travel fee based on distance, travel time, parking, admission, permits, or other location-specific costs.
Any applicable travel costs will be discussed before booking.
KEEPING THE SURPRISE
Every proposal is different.
Before the session, we'll work out details such as:
Exactly where you should stand
Which direction you should face
Approximately when you should arrive
How you'll signal that you're approaching
Where I'll photograph from
Backup plans when necessary
What happens immediately after the proposal
The planning stays discreet so your partner doesn't have to know a photographer is involved until the moment has already happened.
AFTER THE YES
Once you've had a moment together, I'll step in and we'll turn the rest of the session into a short engagement-style portrait experience.
You don't need to know how to pose or what to do with your hands.
I'll guide you through it while still leaving room for the laughing, hugging, excitement, and slightly-surreal "holy shit, we're engaged" moments that make the photographs yours.
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DISCLAIMER ON COMMERCIAL RIGHTS WITH YOUR/our PHOTOS
WE USE OUR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR MARKETING, MEANING YOUR PHOTOS ARE LIKELY TO BE USED ON OUR WEBSITE, INSTAGRAM, PORTFOLIO(S), ETC!
IF YOU NEED/WOULD PREFER YOU IMAGES TO NOT BE USED PUBLICALLY, PLEASE CONTACT US! WE AIM TO LEAVE EVERYONE HAPPY!