I’m Baaaaack! | Rhode Island Photography

Did you miss me?  You know you did 😉  I am back and starting to get resettled from a wonderful trip to NC.  I had an amazing time with my newborn session and seeing my friends and the family session I booked as well.  I really didn’t want to come back but I figured my husband and the kids might miss me.

I am just starting to get back in the swing of things.  First up was a new office chair for me since my husband broke mine while I was away.  Now that that has been settled and we are ready to move the office, things should return to normal annnnny day.  Maybe.  Hopefully.  There are lots of sneak peeks to get up, lots of emails to answer and LOTS of photos to share.  If you want advance sneak peeks of random things, make sure to check out the Facebook Biz page – www.facebook.com/AmyRoPhotography

Otherwise, just check back here to see what is going on 🙂  See you soon!

Mine on Monday | Rhode Island Photography

Hello and welcome to another week!  Hope you all had a fabulous weekend and Father’s Day.  We had a nice relaxed time.  Two sessions on Saturday that you will see on here this week and then nothing at all on Sunday.  Perfect.  Not sure what you guys do for Father’s Day but when it’s someone’s “day” here that person gets to sleep in.  (Unless it’s the kid’s “day” – they don’t get the concept of sleeping in though we really wish they would.)  So the kids and I were up bright and early Sunday morning.  Then the man of honor got up and we did nice simple presents and cards.  Some snapshots from the weekend and this morning.  The last few of Layne are not great quality because I took them with my 50m 14 which is dying 🙁  So sad.  It never was the same after I dropped it on the floor and got it repaired.

Sometimes the envelope is more important than the card.  Nolan wrote all of this himself except for the s in “this” and “because.”  He has no concept of spaces between words but we absolutely love it.  So this started the morning off:

Then it was opening presents with the kids – a picnic basket, new Red Sox hat, some dress shirts and pictures in frames for his new office

Then this morning just some fun with Layne.  How she can often be found – she loves mommy’s iPhone.  A lot.

She also discovered my lens cleaning pen in my bag.  Who knew it could be so entertaining?

I love this photo.  Not sure if it’s the cheeks, her chubby arms, the belly, just love it.

Fathers | Rhode Island Family Photography

They love us from the moment we are born.  They are the ones who will hold our hands when we start walking, hold our bikes when we start riding and (usually) hold the keys to the car when we want to drive.  They can be wrapped around our little fingers (especially the girls).  They give magical healing kisses and big bear hugs.  Dads are wonderful, awesome, fun people.   And while they are usually the most difficult to convince to be in photos, a picture of a dad with his child can make me (and most people) melt.  Happy Father’s Day to all of the wonderful dads out there in my life and that I have photographed.

A Quick PSA on Investing in Professional Photographers

**Author’s note:  I originally wrote this as a note on my Facebook biz page.  It was very well received so I decided to post it over here as well.  There have been a few tweaks added that I thought of after the fact**


Luckily, this has not happened to me – my clients are pretty darned great. It has, however, happened to several friends of mine, including another one very recently. What is “it”? Bargain hunters. Plain and simple, people who want to negotiate pricing.  Pricing of a session fee, or prints or packages.

When you use a professional service, do you bargain with them on the pricing? When you get a teeth cleaning do you tell the receptionist that you’d like to pay the amount the dentist down the street charges instead? With the plumber do you say that you can’t afford the entire repair and can you just pay for the drain snaking part? When you go to the clothing store do you tell the cashier that you would like to pay less than what the tag says?

Get what I’m trying to say?

If not, think of it this way. You work. You are paid a certain amount. What if your boss told you that they’d like you to do the same amount/caliber of work but they don’t want to pay all of the salary that was agreed on. Would you do it? I doubt it.

When you hire a photographer to do a session for you, they are no different than any other professional service out there. NO their prices are not negotiable. NO they will not price match Joe photographer down the street. NO they will not give you a special break afterward because you have realized that you can’t really afford them. Like every professional you would hire, know the pricing ahead of time and be willing to pay it if you hire them. It is rude and, honestly, insulting to ask someone to work for less than what they are advertised as. Whether they sell their 8×10 for $20 or $200 that is their pricing. That is THEIR salary. Please don’t insult them by trying to get them to give you their work for less. Photographers are professionals, too. 🙂

And a quick note about bartering because I have done this before and I thought of it after I initially published this.  I, personally, never mind when people approach me with bartering options.  (Example I have a future client whose husband will provide me with accounting services, or will when we finally set it up)  As long as it is a fair trade of service exchanged, that is the key part.  If there is something of value that you can offer then I don’t see a problem offering for something of equal value.  But again, don’t offer something that would be worth MUCH much less – that gets back to the insulting part.  (While we’re on the subject though, any local good massage therapists out there needing some photos??  😉 )

Mine on Monday | Rhode Island Family photography

A few shots from last week.  We took the kids to the Pawtucket Red Sox baseball game.

Our grand plan was that we would get to see Stephen Strasburg pitch for the Syracuse Chiefs (he’s the newest phenom to be coming up – people say he’s the best pitcher possibly to ever come into the major leagues).  Matt researched the rotation, plotted it out and bought the tickets.  Of course, when we got there, no Stephen Strasburg – they had changed the rotation.  Ah well.  We still had a great afternoon. It was Layne’s first game and although she had NO idea where she was or what was going on she seemed to like the action and the colors and the clapping.  However, she did NOT like the loud cheering and kept giving the people around us the stinkeye.  I caught this REALLY cool shot during the game.  I was using the camera to get the players but decided to use the macro feature to try and take a photo of Nolan’s eye.  I had NO idea what I would see in there when I got it home 🙂  The detail is amazing if you really take the time to look!!

Jacoby Ellsbury was rehabbing with the PawSox, much to the delight of all women between the ages of about 12 and 50 (don’t really understand it, he’s okay).  LOTS of loud cheering.  Here’s his at bat.

Then it was off to a regular rest of the week.  I did take some time to take advantage of the gorgeous light in Layne’s room and get her after her nap 🙂  I love these, but my favorite is the first.  I love her little teeth!!!

That’s it for today.  Check back tomorrow for a before and after example!!



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