Fall Family Mini Session Fun | Clermont, FL Portrait Photographer

I'm a bit behind on blogging, and I've been waiting to share some of these because a few of the families were using photos for Christmas cards, but now it's time. Fall family mini sessions took place at Going Green Family Farm in Clermont and Oakland Nature Preserve this year. The locations were gorgeous. If you haven't checked them out, you really should. Not only were the locations gorgeous, but check out these families! I've got some good looking clients, right? Thanks to you all for being a part of my fall mini sessions. It was so much fun! I'm wishing you all the best in the new year! Enjoy!

Announcement: 2013/2014 Senior Rep Program for Lynda Payne Photography! | Clermont, FL Portrait Photographer

Calling all high school juniors!

I’m excited to introduce the Senior Rep Program for Lynda Payne Photography!

A limited number of students will be chosen from the area to be senior representatives.

I am looking for fun, outgoing students with a positive attitude who are comfortable in front of the camera and have a flair for fashion.

Requirements: 

•  You must currently be a 2013 Junior, graduating in 2014.
•  You must live in and attend a high school within 30 miles of 34711 (Clermont, FL).
• You and your parents must agree to promote ONLY for Lynda Payne Photography for senior portraits.
• You will receive a customized Facebook cover image for your timeline as well as a minimum of 3 watermarked, web-sized images to use as your facebook profile image. You will need to use these for at least six months throughout the 2013 calendar year.
• You will need to become a fan of Lynda Payne Photography on facebook and share information and updates with your friends.
• Your parent or guardian MUST sign a model release, allowing Lynda Payne Photography to use your images for marketing and promotional purposes.

As a Senior Rep for Lynda Payne Photography, you will receive the following:

• A FREE mini session lasting up to 45 minutes with up to 2 outfit changes. You will use the 10-15 images from this session to advertise throughout the year for Lynda Payne Photography.
• A customized Facebook profile & cover image for your timeline.
• 25 senior rep cards. Each card will be customized with your name, your photos and Lynda Payne Photography’s business information to hand out to your friends and classmates.
• A FREE senior photography session! This is a full session lasting approximately 3 hours and has no limit on outfit changes. This session will produce 20-40 additional images for you.
• Gallery of your images on my website.

After your first referral books and pays for their session you’ll receive:

• One mini accordion album with some of your best images to show your friends and classmates.
• A la carte discount of 15%
• $50 print credit for each rep card returned to me with a booked and paid full session. Referrals can be for senior portraits, newborn sessions, family sessions, engagement sessions, etc.
• The opportunity to win a $50 Visa gift card for the senior rep who provides the most booked referrals by July 31, 2013.

When your referrals present your senior rep card, they will receive a 10% discount on their session fee as well as a free 8x10 print when they have paid for and completed their session.

Click here to apply.

I will announce the names of my new senior reps on my blog and facebook page.

Senior Rep Mini Sessions must take place by April 2013, and Senior Rep Portrait Sessions must take place by October 2013. Referred Sessions must be scheduled by September 2013.

Lynda Payne Photography Blog Feature

I'm being featured today on Holly Clouse Photography's blog as part of her Small Business Friday series. I am so excited and honored to be included! Please go check it out here! Holly does some great work so check her out while you're there too. In the blog post you'll learn a little about me and see some of my favorite photos featured. It was so much fun doing this with Holly! If you stay tuned to my blog, you just might see some of her work featured here someday too.

Introducing Sam! | Clermont Photographer

I think it's pretty clear I haven't done a good job of blogging regularly. That's about to change. For reals! I actually have a lot in store for this blog over the coming months. I'm planning to begin some regular features here including local business features, meet my photog friends (where I will feature fellow photographers that I admire), and of course client sessions, just to name a few. There are so many exciting things I'm planning for 2013, and I can't wait to share it all with you, but for now...

First up is a client session I recently completed. Meet Samuel Robert! He definitely made us work to get the sleepy shots. He really fought going to sleep. However, once he did, he was such a champ! And of course, he couldn't be any cuter or sweeter. Check him out!

The Blog is Back!

So it's obviously been a really long time since I've posted to the blog, and so much has happened since the last time I posted here! I certainly had no idea back in February of 2009 how much my life would change in a couple of years.

I photographed four weddings in the summer of 2009, making for a very busy summer! And three of the four couples have a little something in common with my husband and I, but more on that later. These are the lovely couples.


In January of 2010 my husband and I learned that we were expecting our first child! And as you can imagine, since then life has been a roller coaster. But I love roller coasters, so that's cool! My pregnancy went really smoothly and in August of 2010, three weeks before my due date, we were having a garage sale to help clear out some space for our new arrival when he decided to move up his arrival date. Avery Daniel Payne was born, and I've been hooked ever since!


So what do my husband and I have in common with three of those couples I photographed back in 2009? We all have baby boys now! Yep, for a few months I was pregnant at the same time as three of those brides, and we all had boys within a few months of each other! I even did some maternity photos for one of them when Avery was just a few weeks old.

Almost as soon as I returned to work from maternity leave, my husband got an offer we couldn't refuse... a job offer in Florida, that is. We were visiting Florida 2-3 times a year, and we were getting so tired of Illinois winters. It wasn't going to be easy saying good-bye to friends and family, but we made the decision to make the move. And on Thanksgiving Day of 2010, with our 3-month-old, our dog and cat, and my mom in tow, we arrived at our new home in Florida. We sold our house the following spring, but we are still renting a house until we can find and buy the house we want to be in for a long time. I'm also still working for the same wonderful company I worked for in Illinois. I'm just doing it from home now.

This past summer as Avery's first birthday was approaching, I decided it was time for me to get my photography business set up down here in Florida. I really missed shooting, and I was finally starting to feel like I would have enough time to take on some extra work. Aside from filing paperwork and all the other business that needed to be done to make it official, I researched and bought some new props, lighting, and software and had a new logo designed. I offered sessions to my mommy group to get the ball rolling and expand my portfolio, and the website has undergone a major makeover! Here's a few shots from the mommy group sessions.


And the new Lynda Payne Photography is now open for business!

Thank you to all of my family, friends, and past clients for helping me get to this point!! And a special shout out to Tiffany at On the Spot Studio and my friend Brian for all their help with my design work and website! You guys rock!

Keep an eye out for an announcement about my Grand Re-opening Special... coming soon!