The Preconsultation and Virtual Proofing

One of the most important services we provide to our clients is the Preconsultation.  The reasons are simple.  Our specialty is creating portraiture to decorate your home. Now for you that may be a traditionally framed canvas print hanging over your fireplace, a group of gallery wraps that hang together in your rec room, or a wonderfully adorable wall grouping framed in custom-color frames that coordinate perfectly with your new baby nursery!  We understand that you are making an investment in the heirloom quality portraiture you are purchasing for your home, and we want to help you make the best selections possible. During your Viewing/Ordering session, we recommend various options for you to display your favorite images, but it is the Preconsult that helps us do so. It gives us all of the information we need to make the very best recommendations for size, color, style, and arrangement of your purchased portraits.

What is a Preconsult? First of all, it is a completely optional service but is included with your paid session fee, and we rarely have a client that doesn't take advantage of this option. We will schedule an appointment with you at your home a couple of weeks before your portrait session. We will photograph and measure any walls that you may be interested in decorating with portraiture, and maybe a few that you didn't think you were! We will take note of your decor and discuss with you any products that you are interested in hearing more about. Now when we shoot your portrait session, we will know what types of images we need to shoot for to create the best products for you.

If it's not convenient for you to schedule the Preconsult appointment at your home, we are happy to discuss your goals for the session via telephone. You can snap a few shots of your walls, take a couple of required measurements, and email them over to us. No problem!

A couple of weeks later your Portrait Session will take place, and a couple more to follow we will schedule your Viewing/Ordering Session at my home viewing area in Collierville. There, we will project all of your final images on the big-screen and help you narrow it down to your favorites. In addition, we will show you suggested groupings on YOUR WALLS! The images we captured at your home will be projected with your session images "hanging" in various sizes and arrangements.  We call this a "virtual proofing."  This is a huge help when trying to decide what images and sizes you need to fit your space perfectly. It takes all of the guess work out of it and enables you to confidently select the proper products to invest in.

Check out one of our recent projects below.  As always, we are always available via phone or email for any questions you may have. 

The Cancer Card Exchange--Save on your session fees for a good cause!

Never before have we discounted sessions during our busy Fall season, but we want to help this GREAT cause!  The Cancer Card Xchange accepts donations of re-gifted or newly purchased gift cards and distributes them to people dealing with cancer.  You can find out more about this wonderful charity by visiting their website at www.cancercardxchange.org. 

How can you donate and save on your fall portraits?  Contact us to schedule your portrait session by October 31, and we will allow you to use $50 in gift cards to pay for $100 of your regularly priced $125 session fee!  In other words, you give a $50 gift card donation plus $25, and that covers your session fee. You save $50 and help someone fighting cancer at the same time...what a deal! 

In addition, bump up your donation with an additional $25 card, and we will give you one 8"x10" classic print of your choice.  Yes, seriously! 

Be sure to contact us directly via email or phone to take advantage of this special.  We are thrilled if you donate directly to CCX, but we cannot apply session fee discounts unless you donate through us. 

We believe strongly in this cause that helps brighten the days of people fighting the battles of their lives.  Let's see how many people we can help!  Even if you're not in the market for portraits right now, consider donating directly to CCX.  The information is below.   Be sure to also visit their Facebook page and "like" them.  We "like" them a ton!

The Dinic Family--Memphis/Germantown Portrait Photography

What a joy to meet this wonderful Germantown family...the Dinics!  After worrying that we may get a rain-out, the afternoon turned out to be a perfect one for a family session at the Memphis Botanic Garden.  You can see why we love photographing at this beautiful Memphis location, and a family like this makes it that much more enjoyable.  Much love to the Dinics!

The Young Family--Memphis/Collierville Portrait Photography

We recently spent a beautiful afternoon with this beautiful family at the Memphis Botanic Garden! Thanks to the Youngs for allowing us to create their latest family portraits. Of course, given that these images are the first family portraits to include the smallest member of the Young family, they are that much more special! Here are a few of our favorites from their session. Can't wait to see the Youngs again when they celebrate a big First Birthday!

Our Dear Friend Jonathan!

I am so glad that we were able to capture some images of our friend and sweet neighbor Jonathan Brang in honor of his First Holy Communion.  It is so bittersweet because, after living next door for the past 8 years, the Brang family is moving away to North Carolina. 

This family has been such a blessing to us.  My boys are as close as brothers to Jonathan, and I can depend on my friend Val for anything I could possibly need.  I am not sure what we will do without them, but we are happy for them that they are off to a new adventure in NC.  I know we will stay in touch and remain friends for the rest of our lives.  I cannot bear to think of the day they leave this August, but we will make the most of the rest of the summer while they are here.  We love you all! 

By the way...isn't he a handsome young man?!  He was 3 months old when we met him.  They grow up way to fast!

Baby Cooper--Collierville Baby Photography

We always get to photograph the cutest babies!  How did we get so lucky?  Little Cooper, at 3 months old, is such an angel.  He fit right in this basket like it was made for him.  We feel so honored to be given the opportunity to preserve these precious moments for families.  They grow up so quickly!

We are looking forward to photographing Cooper throughout the rest of his first year and beyond.   He's going to be a lady-killer don't you think?

The Troup Family--Germantown, Collierville Portrait Photography

This past Fall we had the PLEASURE of photographing the Troup family.  We hope they had as much fun as we did on this shoot!  It was a perfect combination of perfect lighting, pretty fall leaves, beautiful people, and great personalities.  We thought the best way to share some of the images from this session would be this video. Enjoy!

The McCarter Family--Collierville Portrait Photography

So, it was a busy holiday season for Cline Ellis Photography, and we have been a little behind on our blog.  Time to make up for it with a new family post!  We had a blast meeting this sweet family from Murfreesboro, TN, the McCarters.  It was an overcast Fall day, making for perfect lighting for our shoot.  Aren't they such a pretty group?