Rather than make you dig for it, here it is.
The session fee is $295. Most clients invest somewhere between $900 and $3,000 in final artwork. Wall art begins at $495. And at $1,500 in artwork, the session fee comes back to you as a credit. At $2,500, you’ll also receive a complimentary 5×7 image block. Both happen automatically at your ordering appointment.
If you’ve been putting this off because you weren’t sure it was in your range, this is for you.
If you came here looking for that, brilliant, now you have it. But the number on its own doesn’t tell you the whole story. What you might actually want to know is why it costs what it does, and whether it’s worth it for you and your dog. So let’s talk about that instead.
Why the session fee and the artwork are separate
The session fee covers the planning, the photography, professional editing, and your private viewing and design appointment, where you’ll see 25 to 30-plus images of your dog looking like themselves, not stiff or over posed.
That’s intentional. A lot of photographers bundle everything into one package upfront, which sounds simpler but usually means you’re either paying for items you didn’t really want, or that often spend more time on a hard drive than on display. Buried. Forgotten. Rarely seen again.
I’d rather you meet your photographs before deciding what belongs in your home, fall in love with a few of them, and then decide what they deserve. That’s a very different decision-making process than picking a package off a price list before you’ve ever met your dog’s photos in person. It tends to lead to choices people are actually thrilled with, rather than ones they settled for.
Why the range is $900 to $3,000, not a flat number
Because what one dog and one home want is different from the next. Someone with a narrow hallway and a soft spot for collage storyboards is going to land in a different place than someone with a big blank wall over the sofa that’s screaming out for a single, impactful piece. A character home in St. Catharines calls for something different than a waterfront property in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Someone wanting a small collection for a few rooms is different again.
Why artwork comes first
I do offer digital files. But if you ask me what I’d recommend, it’s never going to be a folder of files you’ll print “someday.”
I learned that lesson the hard way with my own dog. I have phone photos of Sam. I even printed some at a big box store after she was gone. They’ve yellowed and faded, and I never once broke out my camera for a proper portrait of her. I didn’t think I’d need to.
That’s the whole reason this business looks the way it does. If you want the longer version of that story, it’s here.
Every wall art order includes matching digital files for sharing. So you’re not choosing between the two, you’re just starting with something that will outlast a hard drive.
So, is it worth it?
That’s your call. But if you’ve read this far, you probably already believe your dog deserves to be on your wall, not floating in the cloud. I’d love to help you do something about that, and give you something to smile at every single day.
Still got questions? Book a discovery call and we’ll sort it out together.
