To celebrate the October Mid-Term we’re offering Forest Sessions for €50 (includes one 8×12 print).
Autumn Photo Sessions this October
Now is your chance to get that family session in the woods done while there’s plenty of colour left out there.
You’ll pay just €50 for the session (normally €80) in a location somewhere in the Cork area. The price includes one 8×12 print in a ready-to-frame mount.
You’ll then be invited back to the Gallery in Douglas the following week to go through your pictures and choose how to display them at home.
These sessions always provide a wide range of great pictures and many families choose to put together a Storyboard with their images. So we’re also offering a €50 discount on Storyboard orders taken from the 2012 October Mid-Term Sessions.
The offer is only valid for the October break: from October 27th to November 9th. There is limited availability so call us now to book your session: 021 429 3714
So May is here and we’re looking forward to Summer. We’ve already started the Outdoor Sessions and had a lot of fun picking bluebells and running free in the Forests of Cork.
Lots of lovely images I’d love to share so ‘stay tuned’ and I’ll try and get them up here in the next few days.
Also keep an eye out for a special deal on these sessions coming up for the Summer Hols…
With the Easter Holidays approching and Spring definitely here, it’s time to get out in the local parks and forests and take some pictures!
People always love our Forest Sessions and to encourage you to get out there this Easter break we’re offering a special promotional offer.
For €50 you get:
A full Outdoor Session in the Cork Area
A Viewing Session at the Gallery in Ardfallen Estate to review your selected images
A 12×18 Canvas Wrap
The offer applies to Outdoor Sessions taken between 31st March and 15th April 2012 (no sessions available on Easter Sunday 8th April). Other products can be purchased using session images at our normal pricing.
So now’s your chance to get that Forest Session done over the school holidays.
Following the success of last year’s Studio sessions in the Gallery on Communion Days, we’re offering the same packages again this year.
These sessions are designed to be a convienient way to drop in to the Gallery on the day of your child’s First Communion. They last around 10 minutes and there is no session fee.
Ten minutes doesn’t sound like a lot but you’ll get a range of images of everyone you bring into the Gallery that day. Of course we’ll get a range of solo portraits of your son or daughter on their day. But there is also time to get pictures with their siblings, grandparent, godparents and don’t forget the parents of course.
There are only a number of 10 minute slots available on each Saturday in May so it’s best to enquire as early as possible if this is something that would suit you and your family.
The panel below gives a good idea of the range of images from a session last year. I’ve also posted more information about the different kinds of sessions and the package prices but feel free to call in to get more info.
Gallery sessions will also be available for Confirmation sessions in most of the local schools. Contact us for more.
Vouchers are also available for confirmation gifts
Your child’s Confirmation day certainly isn’t as big a day as their First Communion but it is not less important as a milestone in their lives.
In fact in many respects it is more significant because it coincides with a major transition in their lives: the move to senior school.
Now my kids aren’t there yet – this is all ahead of them – but I’m assured that things change considerably once they move on from National School. It’s not just that they are teenagers, their peer group is now exclusively other teenagers. It’s a time of change and many challenges.
What I have seen is that kids in 6th class still behave like kids in front of the camera. They don’t yet wear that protective shell of self-conciousness that many teenagers grow. They are open, relaxed, comfortable in themselves and photographs taken for their confirmation have a unique blend of confidence and innocence.
So although your child’s confirmation is probably going to be a low-key event compared to their communion, that doesn’t mean that it should go unmarked. You may not be planning a large family get-together, a bouncy castle and a big party, but think about getting photographs taken professionally.
There are a number of things you might consider:
Sessions are available at the Gallery on the day of the Confirmation. There’s no charge for the session, it takes about 10 minutes and you’ll get a range of studio images with the rest of the family
If you’re going on to a Hotel or Restaurant after Mass then I can meet you there.
I can come to your home either before you leave or if you’re celebrating at home afterwards.
We can arrange a session on another date if that suits better. This allows a more flexible and relaxed session with a wider range of images possible.
Generally there is more availability for confirmations because they are weekdays and schools don’t coincide but some dates are very busy for sessions. So contact us now to discuss your child’s confirmation and let us capture it in a unique way.
We are pleased to announce a very special €30 Gift Voucher Offer
This time last year we celebrated the opening of the Gallery with a voucher offer and it was a huge success so we’ve decided to launch a new Voucher Offer in time for Christmas this year.
The €30 covers a family session and a 5×7 print.
We found last year that many people gave these vouchers as ChristmasGifts for relatives or as Chris Cringle gifts.A family session is the perfect Christmas present: it allows someone you know to create a milestone in their family’s lives that they’ll cherish for years to come.
The voucher includes a full family session and it can be taken at a location of your choice in the Cork City area.
The only restriction on this offer is that the vouchers need to be used before 31st March 2012.If that doesn’t work for you, there is no expiry on our normal session Gift Vouchers which start at €80.
Vouchers are available from the Gallery on Ardfallen Estate or give us a call and we can arrange to get one sent out to you – 021 429 3714
We’ll be busy in the next couple of days setting up a ‘Halloween Den’ in the Gallery and we’ll be inviting local kids to come in between 11am and 3pm on Thursday and Friday to come in and get their picture taken.
Everyone will get a free print and there’ll be the chance to make a donation to these special children’s charities.
We’d love to get as many kids into the Gallery to please help spread the word.
We’ve already made the Cork Independent and we’re hoping the Echo will feature the event this evening.
The Small Fella is of course loving seeing himself all over Douglas!
Stay tuned for more updates including some early shots of the Den as we start getting it together.
We’re just back from hanging another stand in the bank: this time in the Douglas Branch of AIB on the Douglas Road. On the table are more of these special discount vouchers to be used with new sessions taken between now and Christmas.
So if you’re passing in the next two weeks call and and take a look…
We’re just back from setting up a stand at the Bank. Earlier this year AIB invited us to put up a promotional stand at 66, South Mall.
We spent most of last week running around organising a few things and we’re pleased to say that it went up this morning.
AIB, 66 South Mall
On the table is a special promotional voucher for a free 8×12 print with every session booked between now and Christmas. There are more details on the promotions page.
I’d like the chance to thank Print XPress on Tramore Road and DMOS for pulling out the stops to get things to me in time for the stand to go up this week. I really meant to allow two weeks to get this thing organised between the jigs and the reels it all happened last week!
So if you’re in town, why not pop in and take a look!
