NOW BOOKING WINTER 2025
OUTDOOR SESSIONS: TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY AT 3:30PM
INDOOR SESSIONS: GREENHOUSE OR YOUR HOME, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, OR SATURDAY, ANY TIME OF DAY
NOW BOOKING WINTER 2025
OUTDOOR SESSIONS: TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY AT 3:30PM
INDOOR SESSIONS: GREENHOUSE OR YOUR HOME, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, OR SATURDAY, ANY TIME OF DAY
We get it… choosing a family photographer is a tough choice. You might be here because feel past photo sessions have missed the mark; they were lacking personality. We think your family is one-of-a-kind and you deserve images that are authentic to your tribe and don’t feel like the same family pics everyone else is posting.
We want you to have a TON of fun and won’t settle for your fake smiles, that’s for sure. We live for the moments when your genuine laugh shows up and your family’s personality shines through. During a session with us, there will be games, giggles, movement, and more. Basically, we want to capture LIFE in your photos… your life.
As you’ve probably guessed, we’re not the photographers for you if you want overly-posed pictures. You know, the awkward and stiff photos where you sit perfectly still smiling at the camera with each microscopic detail perfectly attended to. That’s not us. We think real is beautiful and perfection is a tricky little word that takes much of the joy out of photos.
Come spend an hour with us. We’ll play, relax, laugh, and connect to create pictures that capture your family being authentically happy.
We want nothing more than for you to have a great time, remembering how much you love this crazy bunch of people who you call family.
We get it… choosing a family photographer is a tough choice. You might be here because feel past photo sessions have missed the mark; they were lacking personality. We think your family is one-of-a-kind and you deserve images that are authentic to your tribe and don’t feel like the same family pics everyone else is posting.
We want you to have a TON of fun and won’t settle for your fake smiles, that’s for sure. We live for the moments when your genuine laugh shows up and your family’s personality shines through. During a session with us, there will be games, giggles, movement, and more. Basically, we want to capture LIFE in your photos… your life.
As you’ve probably guessed, we’re not the photographers for you if you want overly-posed pictures. You know, the awkward and stiff photos where you sit perfectly still smiling at the camera with each microscopic detail perfectly attended to. That’s not us. We think real is beautiful and perfection is a tricky little word that takes much of the joy out of photos.
Come spend an hour with us. We’ll play, relax, laugh, and connect to create pictures that capture your family being authentically happy.
We want nothing more than for you to have a great time, remembering how much you love this crazy bunch of people who you call family.
-Josey
{Single Family – $150 plus tax}
{Multiple Household Family – $300 plus tax}
Sessions are approximately an hour in one of the following areas: Northern Johnson County, River Market, Crossroads, West Bottoms, Plaza area.
Sessions are scheduled Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday.
Your session fee comes with a reveal and art ordering session held via Zoom, custom wall art design preview, and a custom album design preview.
(no digital or physical product is included with the session fee, all digital and physical product is purchased separately)
Minimum product purchase of $200 is required. A signed contract and session fee payment must be received to reserve a spot on our calendar.
Sessions book 2-4 weeks out, depending on the season. Session fees are non-refundable, but transferable up to 6 months.
Sales tax will be added to all session fees and product purchases. Please reach out to us via our contact form to receive a full price list.
Prices subject to change without notice.
Most clients invest in a mixture of physical artwork and digital.
For a full price list and to book your session, fill out our contact form.
We’ll spend about an hour together at the Kansas City metro location of your choice. First and foremost, we’ll help you choose a location that is right for your family, has great lighting, and fits your style. You’ll spend your time with us laughing, playing a few games, having a stress-free, FUN time. We WILL ask you to smile for the camera, but we’ll do it with style and hopefully a bit of entertainment (which is code for Mike will make odd sounds and jump over Julie’s head-true story). We always do a mix of natural posing and candid shots. Don’t expect it to be a ‘smiling at the camera the whole time’ type of session. We firmly believe it’s important to capture not only what y’all look like at this moment in time, but just how much y’all love each other.
Once your session is over, the agonizing wait begins! Once we are done preparing your images and designs, you’ll cozy up in your favorite spot from the convenience of your home for your guided ordering session via Zoom. This is when you’ll see your images for the first time, as well as seeing your very own wall art and album preview. You’ll place your product order at this meeting. PLUS… we promise to come alongside you to help you prepare for your ordering session, no worries.
Aaaaabsolutely, we can! We even made a whole blog post about it, check it out here: WHAT TO WEAR to my fabulous session with MIKE + JULIE. But, our biggest concern is that you choose clothing that you feel GREAT in. When you feel good, it shows.
Well first off, let’s agree that people trump location, every time. Great connections between people can happen anywhere 🙂 Now that we’ve established that, we specialize in the Northern Johnson County, the Plaza area, and Downtown areas. We have favorite spots that we know photograph well and we’d be happy to suggest the one that fits your family’s style the best. Want to know more about what we look for in a good location? Check out this blog post.
Payment of your session fee reserves that day and time for you, and only you. So, when you can’t make it, no one else gets that spot either. But… we totally understand that life happens. You get one complimentary reschedule for any reason. After that, if you still need to reschedule there is a $75 rescheduling fee.
Our favorite time of day to shoot is during the evening a few hours before sunset. It’s hands-down the most flattering light of the day. But, it really depends on where your family is at these days. When is your kiddos’ best time of day? That’s when we want to shoot!
Since we live in the land of weather being persnickety, it’s a very good time to talk about our inclement weather procedure. If the forecast calls for poor shooting conditions (rain/strong winds/snow/excessive heat), we will contact you the night before your session and see if it’s possible to make a call at that time. Often though, it’s a matter of waiting until those last few hours prior to really know whether a reschedule is needed. If that’s the case, we will call you 3 hours prior to let you know our thoughts. If we postpone, no worries! We’ll compare calendars and come up with a date that works for both of us.
DON’T worry if your kiddos don’t want to smile. As much as you want your kiddo to be a perfect angel during the session, let yourself off the hook if it doesn’t happen. This is where we work our MIKE + JULIE magic 😉 It takes some kiddos a little longer to warm up to new people than others. We are pretty good at detecting that and turning things around. We never want you to push them, or force them to smile. It’s just not how we roll. Part of choosing a session with MIKE + JULIE means trusting our process. For us, that process looks like getting in there and just playing with your kiddos. It’s MORE about the experience than it is about the perfect pose.
Yep, we sure do. You can purchase one individual file, a bundle, or the whole kit and caboodle! We even provide an opportunity to earn your digitals. But, that digital file sure won’t look as nice on your walls as a big, beautiful piece of framed art though 😉
Well, you can, just not with us… 😉 Studio work is great and all, don’t get us wrong. We just like the freedom of a real environment more. It’s actually an important element in what makes our style look the way it does.