First days,
forever frames.
We capture the grin, the new-backpack pride, and the hallway reunion — then deliver polished photo and video packages your family replays for decades.
Shutter Gallery
Lily's First Day ✨
0:24
Photos delivered
147
in your gallery
Mini-Film
1:42
cinematic video
Your package, your story
Hover any card to see exactly what you'd be getting — and what you'd be missing at the tier below.
Tier 1
Portrait Set
$79
per session
The classic, done beautifully.
- 12 edited portraits
- 3 backgrounds
- Digital download
- Print-ready files
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Portrait Set
What you're getting
A dozen polished portraits in three settings — enough for the fridge, the grandparents, and the school directory.
- 12 edited portraits
- 3 backgrounds
- Digital download
- Print-ready files
Tier 2
Candid Collection
$149
per session
Real moments, not poses.
- 30 edited photos
- Candid + portrait mix
- Sibling shots
- Same-day preview
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Candid Collection
Why parents love this
The laughing-mid-twirl shot. The shy wave. The backpack-too-big moment. Thirty images that tell the whole story.
- 30 edited photos
- Candid + portrait mix
- Sibling shots
- Same-day preview
- Digital download
Tier 3
Lifestyle Day
$249
per session
Morning to bell — all of it.
- 60 edited photos
- Home + school locations
- Family group shots
- 10 black & white edits
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Lifestyle Day
The full first-day story
Breakfast table, front door, school gate, classroom door. Sixty frames that replay the entire morning, every September.
- 60 edited photos
- Home + school locations
- Family group shots
- 10 black & white edits
- USB keepsake
- Print credits $50
✦ Yearlong Package
Premium Year
$599
per session
Four seasons, one childhood.
- 4 seasonal sessions
- 200+ edited photos
- Cinematic mini-film
- Printed photo book
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Premium Year
A year in their life
September through June. Four sessions, one photographer who knows your kids by name, and a hardcover photo book that outlasts any screen.
- 4 seasonal sessions
- 200+ edited photos
- Cinematic mini-film
- Printed photo book
- Priority scheduling
- Dedicated photographer
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$149
Candid Collection
Not a pose in sight.
We follow your child from breakfast table to classroom door, catching the moments that happen between the official shots — the ones you'll still be showing at their graduation.
"I didn't know I was crying until I saw the hallway shot."
Sarah Chen
Mom of two · Candid Collection client
A sun-warmed stack — hover to straighten
mid-twirl, 8:14am
the gate moment
"look at my backpack!"
the hallway reunion
the last hug
new classroom wonder
The difference a candid photographer makes
vs candid
+$70 from Portrait Set · 30 photos included
Two minutes they'll
replay for twenty years.
A cinematic short — scored, color-graded, and edited — that captures the whole first-day story in under two minutes. The kind of video that gets shared at graduation parties.
— sample frames from a real Shutter mini-film —
Cinematic grade
Every frame color-graded to that warm, honeyed late-August light. Slow-motion at the key moments.
Licensed score
A custom-selected soundtrack that fits your family's energy — not a stock loop.
Delivered in 48hrs
Private streaming link, 4K download file, and an optional USB keepsake in a kraft box.
Johnson Family · First Day 2026
1:42 · 4K · Color-graded
Add to any package · Delivered within 48 hours
600 kids, 4 hours,
zero chaos.
We've run picture day for schools from 80 students to 1,200. Our logistics system means no queues, no retakes pile-up, and every child photographed before lunch.
Riverside Elementary — 2025
614 students · 3 hrs 48 min · zero retake backlog
By the numbers
How it works
"Shutter ran our picture day for 580 kids without a single complaint. Parents were sending me thank-you emails by 3pm."
Marcus Williams
Principal · Oak Hill K–8
"The preview portal is a game changer. Parents were approving or requesting retakes before the kids even got home."
Jennifer Park
Admin Coordinator · Maple Grove
Book picture day for your school
Schools of 100–1,500 students. We handle scheduling, logistics, and delivery. You handle the coffee.