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Playdate Photo Session in Bethesda!!

Babies
07.26.2009
03:44PM
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What a great idea!!!  I will be offering these starting in October because it went so well in Washington DC!  

One of my best friends from college had a baby 10 months ago– and I had not met him yet… I saw her in Austin for a wedding and her husband said she wouldn’t stop talking about how she wants me to come photograph little James.  So, for Mother’s Day her husband gave her a gift certificate of ME!  :)  We had a full session together with her family yesterday (will post that later this week)… however, she had a few friends who wanted photos too, but I didn’t want to take the entire weekend up taking pictures when we had lots of shopping, eating, playing and sightseeing to do, so we organized a playgroup/playdate photo session.  The all got roughly 30 minutes of picture taking time, and if one got fussy, we moved to the next one and then came back to the other… it worked out perfectly!  The moms got to talk, hang out, eat, play– (so did the babies) and they all came away with some great images!  

So– email me if you are interested in doing something like this with your playgroup!!   The rate will be $250 for 2-3 hours and you divide that up among however many people come!  We could meet at somebody’s house (as we did here) or at a park.   Just remember, the more people you have, the less time with me… but 30 minutes seems to be plenty to get a few good shots!

Anyway… here are some from my first playdate photo session!  Be ready– there are A LOT (might take a long time to download– I’m sorry)!!!

ENJOY!

These four got their lollipops early so they could go home and nap…. but there were 5 there total!

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  • 1 Candace Hickey: These children are all so beautiful...great colors....you captures some good ones Betsy!

    The play group photo session is a GREAT idea!!! I need to think of a fun place...woo hoo! (26.07.09, 03:49PM)
  • 2 Stephanie: I love all of these and their adorable pudginess....what great fun you must have had. Beautiful job, as always. (26.07.09, 04:04PM)
  • 3 amber mcginnis: The picture of the "snaggle-tooth" baby is the stinkin' cutest thing I've ever seen! (26.07.09, 04:07PM)
  • 4 Misty urech: What a brilliant idea! Hmm...... I wonder if we got a quad playdate if that would work. LOVE IT! And the pics are gorgeous as always. (26.07.09, 04:16PM)
  • 5 courtney: what a great idea! I will have to remember this when i have kids! (26.07.09, 05:25PM)
  • 6 Betsy: Thanks for your comments!!! They were some pretty cute kids (all born within a month of eachother-- which made it pretty fun!) (26.07.09, 08:58PM)
  • 7 Jen Rampulla: Betsy, thank you again!! The pictures are amazing and we had so much fun! The playdate photo session was such a fantastic idea. I definitely recommend it to others. We can't wait to see more pictures of Maya and the rest of the kids! (27.07.09, 10:03AM)
  • 8 Jennie: Gorgeous! Can't wait for your LA session! (27.07.09, 11:44AM)
  • 9 Alicia: These are all wonderful! What a great idea! (28.07.09, 09:41PM)
  • 10 Jen Young: Betsy, thank you so much for taking time out of your weekend to host such a fun photo shoot for us at Laura's. The photos are adorable and I can't wait to see the rest of them. Thank you again! (29.07.09, 06:48AM)
  • 11 farah: I'll take one of each....and two of the little guy in the bucket with the best smile I've ever seen in my life!! Gorgeous shots. Nice work, my friend. (01.08.09, 05:59AM)
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