the HEIRLOOM PORTRAIT experience
THe heirloom experience
A customized full-service experience that includes consultations on wardrobe styling, the photography session, in-home framing service, and custom archival framing from a curated selection of frames, mattes, and fine art paper.
Let me handle everything for you, so you can fully enjoy the beauty of your heirloom portrait.
Lynnesy is the best of the best! She captures and celebrates the individuality of each child. She creates timeless portraits and takes her time to capture each child’s unique personality. As mothers, we want to preserve our kid’s childhood, and heirloom portraits are the perfect way to do that! Lynnesy’s heirloom portraits are something you’ll surely treasure for a lifetime!
-Alexis Cosinuke
Heirloom portraits you'll treasure for a lifetime
Nothing compares to working with Lynnesy Catron. As a mom wanting to preserve the precious fleeting moments of my boys’ childhood, I could not have asked for a more enjoyable, authentic experience. Not only does she have a gift for evoking genuine smiles and candid moments, but our Heirloom experience with Lynnesy left us with stunning images preserved as professionally framed and matted fine art prints carefully selected with her expertise. Thanks to Lynnesy’s gentle nudge, our boys portraits will be beautifully displayed in our home for decades to come rather than stowed away on a hard drive never to be seen again.
- Emily Grant
It was an enjoyable, authentic experience
She has truly crafted a complete heirloom experience—assisting with wardrobe for the session, helping with choosing the final photos (because there will be too many good ones to choose yourself!) and going through framing options that will look best in your home. I would highly recommend Lynnesy if you’re looking for a extremely talented heirloom photographer who has taken the time to learn and dedicate herself to the craft in order to curate the most perfect snapshot in time. I can’t wait to have my son photographed next!
-Caitlyn Neltner
all my expectations were exceeded after the heirloom experience
The heirloom portrait experience offers custom archival framing from a curated selection of moldings, mats and fine art paper to last generations
Wall Art & Albums
Your legacy, displayed
framed wall art
Professionally matted, archival wall portraits. Frame molding choices of varying thicknesses include black, gold, silver, and wood.
Each frame includes the corresponding high-resolution digital file in color and black & white.
Starting at $600
The vignette frame
Traditional heirloom portrait frame with custom oval windows to display two, three, or four portraits. Print size available in 5x7 and 8x10.
Each frame includes the corresponding high-resolution digital file in color and black & white.
Pricing start at $800.
The matted print box
Your favorite images matted to 11x14 and stored in an heirloom linen box, ready to be viewed or easily framed. Each photograph is printed on archival, fine art paper to last generations.
Each printed mat includes the corresponding high-resolution digital file in color and black & white.
Pricing start at $1200
The entire heirloom portrait experience generally takes 8-10 weeks from session to finished product.
ordering
I select 20 images to share with you in an online gallery. You select your top 5 to become your final heirloom portraits in color and black & white.
Proofs
The photography session takes only 20 minutes per child, making it easy to fit into your schedule. I help your child warm up to the camera and teach them how to sit properly for the photos with various expressions and profiles. Included in the session is time to view frame options and hold finished products to determine which is best for your family and will complement your home.
Sitting session
Via phone, Facetime, or in person, we discuss wardrobe styling to complete the heirloom “look.” This is a chance for me to learn details about your child, and for you to learn more about the process and to ask all of your questions.
Consultation
THE PROCESS
Complete the inquiry form to receive the detailed portrait information guide with booking details and information about pricing.
Contact
Let's get started
Via Zoom, we decide what you want to do with your portraits. You can choose an heirloom print box, a fine art album, or frames.
full service pricing
Heirloom portraits
Digital collections and artwork are purchased
a la carte during the viewing appointment
$200 sitting fee for 1st child
$100 Each Additional child
Schedule your session
Approximately ages 9 months to 12 years. When considering my own children, I have realized that in a few years I would have wished I had. Even “big” kids will soon seem as though they were little.
My only requirement is babies must be able to sit up on their own.
Another option is to have portraits made at different ages to document their entire childhood.
Please select whites or pale, pastel colors as they photograph best for a clean, vignette look. Think dresses, collars, special occasion outfits, lace, ribbon, smocking, and Peter Pan collars. Examples of designers: Feltman Brothers, Strasburg Children, the Edgehill Collection, The Beaufort Bonnet Company, Dondolo, Little English, Cecil and Lou, and Bailey Boys.
I do offer complimentary wardrobe outfits, but you may wish to purchase your own attire to pass down. Not only will your photograph be treasured, but what a gift to enjoy and photograph an heirloom outfit for generations.
A non-refundable sitting fee ($200) is required at booking to reserve your date and time. In the event of sickness, the fee may be rolled over to the next available session.
The sitting fee includes up to 20 minutes of shooting per child. Each child receives a proofing gallery option to purchase products a la carte. Digital images are only available to purchase after the purchase of products.
In all my years of photographing children, I have never given up. I have toys, jokes, and a calming presence to ensure children are comfortable. Almost always, you leave your session facing the difficult decision of narrowing choices down.
I often serve Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky. I am able to travel to other Kentucky towns for heirloom events. If you’re interested in hosting an heirloom event, please contact me.
Heirloom events are often held in the home of a client who is willing to host other interested families. If you host a minumum of 6 children, your sitting fee is waived.
If you’re interested in hosting an heirloom event, please contact me (lynnesy.catron@gmail.com).
My edited portraits are hand-edited to be on a true white background so that sibling portraits, repeated portraits at different ages, etc., can all be hung side-by-side and look cohesive. For each size of print, I also spend time crafting each child’s features to be proportionate side-by-side, meaning that the perspective of photos complement each other.
There is a difference in paper quality, print labs, glass, and archival materials, and I have curated a specific collection that will never go out of style or deteriorate over the years. I hope this makes for an easier process to create and hang your finished product.
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