Happy New Year!
I am happy to announce BIG changes to Photography by Nylora this year! Changes that I am sure no one saw coming. Not even ME at first!
This new blog is the first of many announcements to come. The last time I had a blog it was for Bellies and babies and we had MANY followers! I am hoping to top those numbers this year with the new Modern Beauty Blog that you are reading now.
2016 is going to be a whole new year for us here at the studio and we are so excited to be growing again! Times they are a changin'! And, as you can imagine, if you don't change with them you will fall behind and be forgotten. That is not what we are about here! For those of you that already know me, I like to stay ahead of the curve, be a leader, not a follower.
When I began offering Bellies and babies back in 2003 it was ground breaking for this area. I was literally the first to offer prenatal (pregnancy) portraits. No one else was offering them! So I took a chance and decided I was going to "specialize" in them. And, I did. I gave up weddings, seniors, families and focused mainly on learning everything I could about posing, lighting, and marketing prenatal portraits. It was good. Real good.
It was a natural progression to also include the newborn session because as we all know after the pregnancy comes the baby! And, who doesn't want gorgeous newborn portraits of the little person that you fall in love with the second you lay eyes on them?
This has been an incredible journey, has taken me a long way and kept my business thriving. I have received many awards for my Bellies and babies work, I have traveled around New England teaching other professional photographers how they too love the bellies and babies business and be successful at it. I have made my mark. I have been truly blessed!
However, it is no longer a "specialized" service any longer. Everyone is offering maternity and newborn photography now. It seems as though anyone with a new camera is instantly a "professional" baby photographer. Pair that with offering a session including all the "edited" images from the shoot for $100 and I cannot, will not compete on price.
It was a hard decision to make, and I spent many nights weighing my options. But I am here to announce my first, and biggest change for 2016.
I will no longer be offering baby, children or "traditional" pregnancy portraits.
Yes, you read that right. Now, there is a small twist to this last statement. Please allow me to explain....
I will still photograph babies and children, BUT, it must be done with mom. :) And, our Belly sessions will only include our artistic Belly Couture Sessions. Why? Well, the biggest reason is (and I can tell you this first hand), is that as a mom WE are the ones that take most of the pictures in the family, and this means we are BEHIND the camera! What will your children have of you if that is always the case for the next 18 years? While this probably won't change the fact that you will still be behind the camera MOST of the time, it will guarantee that you will have, at the very least, a beautiful hand crafted image of you with your child(ren) made with love for generations to come!
Yours in Love and Light,
Nylora :)
ps I will be announcing more changes and exciting news over the coming days! So be sure to check in often!
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