Gretchen Fawn Photo - part of the Snoqualmie Moms Support Collective

Why Does Custom Photography Cost More? The digital revolution has brought amazing flexibility and ability to control various factors during the image taking and making process. Photographers, the hobbyist, the professional, the amateur all benefit from this ability to manipulate pixels. However, with flexibility comes a price. Digital camera equipment is still considerably more expensive when you factor in its' lifespan, the need for additional resources for processing those images, the time it takes to get a usable image and the effort that goes into creating a work of photographic art. We all know that you can go to the local Walgreen's and pay a $1.99 for a print – as a client you may wonder why you may pay upwards of $50, $70, $90 for a custom photography print. Photographers hear this statement every once in awhile: "How in the world can you charge $60 for an 8×10 if it costs me less than $2 to print at x store?" The truth of the matter is the answer to thi...

Custom Photography as something "special" Custom photography is more of a luxury than your entry level cookie cutter chain experience. Custom photography truly is not for everyone, it requires a level of commitment, investment in time and money, forethought and planning on the part of the subject/client and requires a larger time commitment for the photographer as well. Clients who enjoy taking a more active role in the creation of their families’ memories have the desire to have portrait art that is truly personalized. These more discerning clients have been known to budget and allot time for a custom photography session. Many clients opt for it to be a once a year special experience, some opt to have custom photography sessions done to record their child's stages in life. Having said this, it is clear that custom photography is not in everyone’s budget, it is something that most families save for to splurge on from time to time to memorialize their children as t...

Thought you might like to read the philosophy behind our business: Who? We are Joe and Gretchen Korf. We live in Snoqualmie, WA. with our three girls ages 14, 10 and 5 1/2. We enjoy living in the foothills of the Cascades. It's a beautiful life out here, with clean air, majestic mountains and a vigor for life! We enjoy small town living as compared to our first 9 years living nearer to Seattle. Joe has a degree in graphic imaging and Gretchen has a degree in photography. We love what we do! What? We take natural light relaxed portraits. We enjoy photography and find every photo shoot to mark a special moment in our lives. We most often work outdoors and love to capture the beauty in nature along with the beauty of our subject. Why? There are lots of reasons to take pictures......our favorite is to mark a special time in the life of your child or your family. Some will have professional portraits taken yearly to celebrate and document the growth of their families, others like to m...

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We are building our portfolio for weddings. We want to shoot your wedding! $500 will get you two photographers for the whole event, including before and after. We have one gal and one guy shooting, so we can cover the getting ready shots for both bride and groom. We will travel within 100 miles of Seattle. You will get amazing images at a price never to be offered again. Limited to the first 3 bookings! Call 425-922-2324 to reserve your spot. We specialize in natural light relaxed and genuine photography.

Hello! We hope this muggy and hot weather finds you well. We have been walking around in our skirts and tank tops today to stay cool. I can't remember a late September like this and I grew up here! Well, I got an email with this cool graphic for the show this weekend. We are so looking forward to participating with other local artists and to show you our new art from the summer. Send us a note or text if you are coming and we will keep our eyes out for you! Gretchen

I get to have some extra fun on my birthday this year with an art show we will be participating in. There will be treats and snacks, there will be local artists, there will be things to look at and things for sale. There will be people to talk to and there will be a drawing! Hope you can come. It's in Seattle at Iridio, south of Pioneer Square from 6-9pm on Saturday October 2nd. Hope to see you there and we look forward to show casing some new art canvas' we will be selling from our travels near and far this summer. Drop us an email with any questions: gretchenfawnphotography@gmail.com (Here's the address: 5050 1st Ave South, Seattle , WA 98134)

We have had a wonderful summer despite the uncooperative weather! New updates of images are now on our website. New music too! We are currently featuring local artist, Andrew Platter's music on our website. He has almost completed his 4th album. They opened up for the Newsboys! Take a listen: www.GretchenFawnPhotography.com We would love to feature other local artists music as well. Drop us an email with your song and we will check it out! Current specials: Family Christmas Portraits with high end cards included, (25) $200 includes sitting fee and 25 cards with foil lined envelopes. Book before mid November to take advantage of this special. Also, Homeschool portraits. If you are a homeschool family and would like some portraits of your children, we are running a special this September. Date TBA. $50 includes sitting fee and several prints. We did this at the end of the year and had such a blast. I will post some examples soon.