Saundra Karol Photography is now offering brand new collections! These are better than ever and make it easier for you to share your favorite images with family and friends!

I have spent countless hours meeting with clients to review images from sessions and listening to what products are most popular. I put all of that “research” into providing collections that would appeal to my current and future clients.

What changes have I made to my collections? One big change is that all collections now include a “social site” DVD, which is a disc of watermarked, lo-res images printed from that particular collection. Now, it’s easier than ever to share your favorites with friends and family via the Internet on social media sites, like Facebook or Myspace. Please note that only my watermarked images are allowed to be shared online with my permission.

Another change to the collections is that the top two collections, the Ethereal and the Zen Complete, both include DVD’s of high resolution image files as part of the collection. The Ethereal includes the half-session DVD, and the Zen Complete includes the Full Session DVD, giving you a discount on both of these discs along with some of my other my top-selling products.

The last change to my collections is that the session fee is separate from the collection, allowing them to be used with any type of session you reserve and allows me to run more specials on them. Previously, collections were available only for newborn and maternity sessions, but now even older babies and children sessions can take advantage of these special discounts!

I am very excited to be able to bring these new collections to you, and I encourage you to e-mail or call me today for a complete price list! See you at the studio soon!

-Saundra
773.301.1404
info@saundrakarol.com

These little ones were such a delight to have at the loft! It was a “duo” session where I photographed older brother, Tillman, and then made portraits of Baby Londin. I’m not sure who had more of a workout, me or their nanny. Although they presented a challenge, I was happy with the process and the beautiful images that came out of this session!

Thanks, again, G Family! It was so great meeting you all and making portraits of both of your beauties!

This beautiful family came to me recently for a maternity session at the loft. When Mom mentioned that she plays the violin, I just had to ask her if she would bring along her violin. I wasn’t sure what I had in mind, or even if I would use it, but I just had to give it a try. I’m glad I did too! One of my favorite things to do for sessions is incorporate another part of you. I was also so glad to be able to document their son’s affection for the baby belly…what a seriously sweet kid. Can’t you just tell from the images?

Thank you for coming into the city from Plainfield and for giving me the chance to work with such a charming family! All the best to you!

What a privilege it was to make this mom-to-be’s maternity portraits! Although stationed far from Chicago, she reserved her session with me for when she would have a short stay back here in the city. She knew exactly what she wanted since she had her clothing changes already picked out; I just loved that enthusiasm! (Don’t worry- I am more than fine helping you choose and “going with the flow” during a session too!) We went for some studio images, then got in some urban flair. Great session!

Thank you so much, Toi, and congratulations on your new arrival!!

It was truly a blessing to meet this family and capture their love and connection. I believe that everyone who has met them or their son, Baby Joshua, has been touched and changed in a way that words can not express. Their strength and love is something that I will keep with me in my heart forever and opened my eyes to how important my work really is. Their son, Joshua, found his peace and passed away only fifteen days after I captured these pictures. My deepest sympathies and love go out to this beautiful family.

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It’s always a blast for me to work with friends’ babies, and this was no exception! Yep, I’ve known Mom and Dad for years; we were all Indiana kids who migrated to the big city. Now, we’re all having kids of our own….

Baby Rachel is just starting to want to move around to explore more, and her expressions were fantastic the whole session. You’ll even see some great “serious” captures below of her and her beautiful, big eyes. (I am more into photographing a variety of expressions- not only smiles, but your child’s true expressions and personality.) Yep, it’s that wonderful age of around six months that tends to photograph very nicely! Keep in mind that all babies develop differently, but when they can sit on their own and give a nice range of expressions, it’s a great time to call your photographer. I recommend this one: www.saundrakarol.com!

Thanks, you guys, for coming to the loft and having me do Rachel’s portraits! See you all soon!

This was another beautiful day that clients and I decided to take advantage of while it was there. It’s Chicago; you take them while you can! We started out in the loft as many of my sessions do, then moved outside for more urban flair. They were a great-looking couple with such good energy! I think the “worst” part about this couple is that I now have to wait until at least the end of August to work with them again when they bring their baby. Oh, and their baby’s sex is a surprise….what’s your guess from looking at the pictures?

There are a lot of great areas to take advantage of around the loft!

Thank you, Adam and Lindsay, for such a great session! See you soon!

Yes, I have been away for a while. My apologies! I even had to look up my password to get into my blog, but I suppose I could also blame that on sleepiness since it’s almost 3:00 a.m. Things have been really busy, which is wonderful, but that does make for some late nights! So, let’s back track a bit and see some of what I’ve been up to…

This family was so laid back and fun, and Baby Dylan gave me so many great faces that meant for a really nice variety of portraits. As much as I love the newborns, the older babies, with their slobbery smiles and baby rolls, make for some fun captures that show an emerging personality! We started in the loft and then took a stroll around the neighborhood to enjoy the day and try for some great urban images.

Thank you, W Family, for a great session!

I am sharing some images from a session that took place a while back, but I just have to get these up. These kids are just too darn awesome to keep them hidden! Sweet Caroline and Nathan came to the loft for the Little Zen sessions I offered a while back. Mom and Dad happen to also be friends from my college days. I love sessions like that with friends and their kids, even if it makes me feel old.

This is a “Nathan” face!

Great seeing you all again!

- Saundra

I met with Miss Jackie’s mom to talk about the session, and she gave me fair warning- Jackie is fast and is always on the move! I assured her that I was fine with that and had a two-year-old at home, so I completely understood. After showing her I was up for the challenge by dropping and giving fifty (okay, maybe not), I met her little Jackie soon after our consultation. Let’s just say that she was not kidding around, but I am happy to say I met the challenge with many successful captures of this active toddler!

Here are some of my favorites from her session…

This one below was ordered as a 20×30 gallery wrap for the studio because I liked it so much!

Thank you, Mom and Jackie! It was great getting these for you before your big trip!

-Saundra