Portraits by Steven has offered a Children’s Portrait Club for many years and Steven was actually the first photographer in the Fayetteville area to institute such a plan.  The benefits to participating in the Children’s Portrait Club are exceptional!  Once families are enlisted in the Children’s Portrait Club, all subsequent sessions and orders will receive reduced rates for creation fees and portrait prices.  Participants of the Children’s Portrait Club also enjoy additional benefits, including bonus prints with a minimum order and an annual family session with no creation fee.

The session guidelines for the Children’s Portrait Club require that your child be photographed at three, six, nine, and twelve months of age.  At no time in your child’s life will changes occur so rapidly than they do during the first year and early childhood years that follow.  In what seems like the blink of an eye, a tiny helpless bundle is transformed into an active, robust, and inquisitive youngster.  Capture those precious moments!

Steven suggests a child be photographed every three months from 12 months to 24 months of age, but only requires two sessions during the child’s second year, at 18 months and again at 24 months of age.  After two years of age, a session should be scheduled at least once a year to remain on the Children’s Portrait Club and to receive its benefits.

 Many psychologists who specialize in early childhood development believe that children who see their own images displayed throughout the home grow up with a feeling of well-being and self-confidence.  Portraits on display, they agree, serve to make a child feel loved and valued.  And when mom and dad appear in the portrait, the child is reminded of the meaningful place he or she enjoys within the family. 

What better way to demonstrate how you feel about your child than to decorate your home with portraits created at important milestones?

Baby’s first years are also the perfect time for your first family portrait or to capture the young family – including older siblings and even grandparents – or to create the ultimate heirloom:  a multi-generational portrait.