Mountain Portrait Adventures
A guided hike to a stunning viewpoint for a photo shoot, and imagery documenting the adventure. Base rates below are for 1 or 2 people. Additional people in the group adds 150.00 per person.
Half-day 680.00
Trailhead location in the central or south cascades of Washington state.
Up to 4 hour hike, destination photo shoot, and photos documenting the process.
Full-day 1080.00
Trailhead location in the central or south cascades of Washington state.
Up to 12 hour hike, destination photo shoot, video and photos documenting the process.
2-day Backpacking trip 1480.00
Photo Team Upgrades
Half-day Hike + Portrait Package 50 = 1080.00
Full-day Hike + Portrait Package 100 = 1480.00
Details
The Half-Day package entails a carefully planned hiking trip, typically up to 4 hours or 5 miles. Ross takes photos of the journey and includes time at the destination for some directed photo shooting with his camera. This package includes at least 30 edited photos.
The Full-Day package is for those seeking a more comprehensive hiking experience. This extends the time up to 12 hours allowing us to get to the higher and more remote viewpoints. It also doubles the amount of photo/video content. Clients will receive at least 60 edited photos.
For those who want to focus on the highest quality portrait photography, a Portrait Package upgrade includes the addition of a team member for technical photography help, and increases the amount of photo edits. Ross and his assistant can then place greater emphasis on portrait quality, incorporating off-camera lighting gear, multiple perspectives, and detailed posing direction. Clients will receive more professional camera photos (50/100) to ensure that every aspect of the portrait is captured perfectly.
Travel Expenses
Prices include travel expenses for locations within 200 miles driving distance from Kennewick, WA. For further locations in the Cascade Range, $1/mile beyond 200 miles (1-way calculation).
Deposits
$680.00 (halfday rate) is requested as a deposit. Because of the nature of planning a hike in the mountains (weather, forest fires, etc) rescheduling does happen. Should we agree on rescheduling our date due to conditions out of our control, the deposit is good for any available date for two years. If you, as the client, need to completely cancel with 3 or more days of notice from the event date then 60% refund will be issued. If for some reason I need to cancel on you (has yet to happen!), 100% will be refunded.
Portrait Shoots
“The Adventurer” } 780.00*
8 retouched final images from a selection of 50+ unique photos ᛫ approx. 2 hour photo shoot
“The Local” } 580.00*
5 retouched final images from a selection of 25+ unique photos ᛫ approx. 1 hour photo shoot
“The Mini-Shoot” } 460.00*
3 retouched final image from a selection of 10+ unique photos ᛫ approx. 30 min photo shoot
*Portrait shoots can be in the studio or on-location. Professional lighting equipment is used in both situations. Travel rate would be added for locations outside of Tri-Cities, WA. These packages include digital files for personal and promotional use. Additional retouched image selections can be purchased at $75/ea. Purchase of physical photo displays from Ross James Photography are optional.
Ross has a high standard in creating captivating imagery.
The process looks like this:
1. Get creative in the planning stage
2. Ross executes the photography with precision
3. You select your favorite images for retouching from a proofing gallery
4. Ross goes above and beyond in single image, micro editing for a polished small selection of images
Headshot & Staff Photo Pricing
Session fee } 300.00
Choice of a Kennewick studio location or on-location setup in the Tri-Cities. The session fee includes one photo selection ($75 value) and is charged once per group, per day.
Additional photo selections / staff members } 75.00/ea
Any selected photo beyond the one included in the session fee. Headshot and staff photo selections are edited with care of details, and to the standard of modern commercial imagery. Marketing and promotional usage is granted with these files.
*Headshot photo selections typically happen on site of the photoshoot and are digitally delivered in 2-5 business days.
Event Photography
This all-inclusive fee is calculated by time spent on-site but also covers subsequent post-production tasks necessary to deliver high-quality edited images. Amount of final images can vary depending on the type of event, but a typical average is 40-60 images per hour of photography.
FIRST HOUR PREMIUM } $400
ADDITIONAL HOUR } $150
Add-ons:
*Directed portrait shooting involving lighting setup and/or assistant
*Photoshop retouching requests
*Advertising usage rights
It’s been a while since an update. This year has been a wild one and there’s a lot to catch up on. As the pace is slowing a bit now, with winter vibes quickly rolling in, I am going through some video footage from earlier this year.
The biggest update I have yet to mention here is a mountain climbing project I collaborated on between mid-June to early-September. I had the privilege of…