As you can see from the reasons above, destination sessions provide an unique opportunity for your portraits. But you likely have a few more questions, so I will cover some of those below.
Are the pictures included in the price for the trip?
Yes and no. I do not charge a session fee to take the pictures while we are there, but you would need purchase the prints and products you would want separately after the trip. We invite you to the studio after we get back and that is where you will view your portraits and make your selections. We do not have a minimum purchase amount, so you only order images that you want.
How many trips can we do?
As many as you want. We do not limit how many trips clients can go on. If you want to go on multiple trips, you just pay the costs for those trips and whatever prints/products you want after the trip.
I’m a senior and want to go on a trip. Who is required to go with me?
A parent (or someone over 25) is required to go with anyone under 25. There are several reasons for this.. 1) liability 2) car/hotel rentals 3) gives you someone to be there with you to tour while I may be photographing someone else and 4) just a rule we have :)
I want to go on a trip, but I want to see the sights. Do we do portraits all day?
It depends on the trip. Our one day trips are portrait based and there wont be much time to see the sights outside of the locations we photograph. We are in and out the same day. ALL of our international trips include time to tour. We do not shoot all day on those trips, so once your session is done, you are free to be a tourist the remaining part of the day and other days you arent shooting. We want you to be able to experience as much as possible, so we dont take all day to photograph you. The one exception to this would be Iceland. Since everything is so spread out, a lot of time is spent in a car. So days we do photoshoots, we are traveling several hours by car, so you wont have a ton of tourist time in Iceland, but lets face it, you didnt choose Iceland for the tourist activities. You chose it for the landscapes and scenery and there is a TON of that.
Are there any extra costs to the trips?
Again, it depends on the trip. I try to provide as much transparency as possible. I try to do an all inclusive rate so that you just pay once and airfare, lodging, ground transportation, etc is included. The main thing we do not include is food because that is up to each individual. Each person can decide what they want to spend on food each day. Some people spend more/less than others, so we dont include that in the pricing. There would be other fees like museum admission, souvenirs, etc that you would pay for separately.
Do we stay with a group of people?
Yes, we typically stay together as a group in each location. This is mostly to keep costs down for lodging. You dont have to stay with the group during the day, but most of the time, we share an apartment/condo unit. While we share the common areas, you will have your own bed (or share with your child). You may need to share a bathroom, but we try to get each “group” their own bedroom. Doing it this way allows us to keep the prices significantly cheaper than staying in individual hotel rooms.
If you have any questions or are interested in one of our trips, please visit www.curtissbryantphotography.com/destinations to get added to our mailing list for destination sessions. Cant wait to travel with you!
