We love CAPTURING the essence of little person
Hi, Im Carly the owner of The Visual Project.
I started my business back in 2022 as a wedding videographer. Since then my business has grown to now include portrait photography and Early Childhood / Preschool photography.
I have a background in Early Childhood with 10 years experience working with children 6 weeks to 6 years. I still absolutely love children and the joy they bring to my job. I feel so grateful to be able to continue working with children while following my new passion for photography.
I have a WWCC which I keep updated and my first aid/CPR training.
A bit about us .....
OUR APPROACH
Our aim is:
To capture natural photos of your children in their play environment. This may look a little different to what you and your families are usually used to. Our photos aren't posed and are child lead.
To create a comfortable and enjoyable photo experience for your children.
To not impose on the learning or create a stressful environment for your educators.
To provide affordable high quality digital portraits for your families.
Based on my own experience I know photo week can sometime be quite stressful for educators, trying to please the families and support the children with the photographer, it can be overwhelming for everyone.
Genuine & natural portraits
Read on for how we aim to make the experience enjoyable for everyone.
What this will look like .......
Families will be notified of the upcoming photo week and will be given an online family brochure about 1 month before the booked date (We will send you information and brochure to post to your families).
Families will then be asked to register their child/ren if they are interested in getting portraits about 2-3 weeks before photo week (We will send registration link).
I will take pictures of the children within in their play environments without removing them from their play. This means that your educators can continue being educators. I should not need their support unless I am finding it really difficult to connect with a particular child.
I may ask the children a few questions or ask if they would like to smile or look at the camera, but nothing will be forced. The photos are child lead and often after a few shots they are telling me what they want to do and where they want their photos taken. It's also fun for them to watch their peers having their turn too.
Each child will be allocated a day but if for some reason they were not interested or I wasn't able to get many pictures of them I will attempt again on another day they attend that week. This may mean that they aren't in their “photo clothes”. In the parent brochure we will explain that this may occur. We will do our best notify the parents or educators of their new day but ultimately our aim is to capture natural pictures of the children in their play environment, not them in their “photo clothes”.
I will do my best to also get sibling photos too but these will not be guaranteed.
Staff photos are included if you want and update at no cost to your service.
A few weeks after, all the photos will be send out to your families via a link. This link will be a gallery of all edited photos (watermarked) taken throughout the week sorted into days and rooms/age groups.
Families will then be able to browse through all edited photos from each day and choose which ones they would like to purchase.
For children with NO INTERNAL PUBLICITY, I will need to know
who they are before we start and I will make sure they are not in the background of any other photos and they you will receive a separate link which includes their photos too.
The photos are all DIGITAL ONLY and once purchased families will be emailed a link to download them instantly.
Get in contact today to secure a spot or discuss things further …..
