How much time in advance should I book my shoot? You should plan on booking it about six to eight weeks in advance. You do get to see and pick out your pictures the same day as the shoot. However, on the backend, albums can take up to four weeks and retouching can take another two.

We suggest about eight weeks beforehand just to be safe if you've got a certain date that you are going to be giving this by. If you're doing it for yourself, I always suggest doing it on a day that has some special meaning to you. We have a woman coming up who's actually photographing on her birthday, and then she's keeping her hair and makeup on and she's going out after.

Here is a sample timeline:

9 am: start hair and makeup

11 am change into outfits. I show you how to pose 100%

12 ish Finish your session, a short break happens and then we view how well you ROCKED your shoot!

1ish: walk out on cloud nine!

Up to two weeks later: you see your final images, fully retouched.

Up to two weeks later: if you have selected printed items, it may take up to two weeks to get them into your hands.