The Value of Privacy at Outdoor Locations

You deserve a wonderful and personal session experience, whether we are in your home or we are shooting at an outdoor location. The problem is, during the Fall months, popular public locations will be crowded, and cannot provide the unique private experience that you’ll want for your session — and nobody likes being right next to another photography group at a busy public spot!

For this reason, I absolutely love shooting on private property where we will have the place all to ourselves to do our thing. In the past, I have done my best to tap into my circles and secure some cool private property options for family sessions during the busy Fall season.

Now I’m asking for your help. Since you are the coolest clients who have access to places I don’t even know about, I was thinking that this year, I’d love to tap into your circles to perhaps gain access to new options for some fresh settings for Fall family sessions. Historically when families have generously let me photograph multiple other clients on a private property, I have done an abridged session ($300 value) for them as a thank you, or I have paid a small site fee each time I visited — I am open to considering other arrangements as well to make sure this a “win” for everyone involved. I would be so grateful to anyone willing to give me some places to look at and consider!

ideas as you think about places you know of…

orchards / groves / large yards / desert preserve or rustic desert landscaping / old barn or shed / overgrown corners / homes or buildings with simple architecture and lots of space / ranches or ranch-style homes / private dirt roads or long driveways / big plain walls / estates / exclusive event venues / fruit and nut trees / unique private commercial buildings / wood fences / large trees

Do you have any ideas? If you or someone you know has a property that might provide a great setting for family photography sessions, I want to hear about it!! Please use the form below to tell me all about the spot you have in mind! I’ll check it out and discuss it further with you and/or the property owner and see if it would be a good fit for some sessions this Fall!

Tell me about the place:

Your Name

Your Email

Your Phone Number

The property in mind belongs to:

If it's not you, did you give the property owner a heads up that I might reach out?

Property Owner's Name (if not you)

Property Owner's Contact Information (if not you)

Where is the property located? (City)

Property Address (OPTIONAL)

will be used only for looking at it on a map. Julie will not show up at this address without making arrangements with the owner first!

Can you tell me a little bit about the property?

In the event that Julie is interested in using this property, what are your initial thoughts on the type of arrangement that would work best?

We would probably charge Julie a small fee each time she shoots on the property

We would like to discuss doing a complimentary photography session in exchange for multiple uses of the property

This would be a 'Pay It Forward' and we'd like Julie to bless somebody else along her journey!

We would like to use it for just our session

not sure yet

If you'd like to make the selection process even smoother, feel free to email a photograph of the property to juliegriffinphotography@gmail.com! Anything else you'd like me to know?

Further details:

Julie would love to find 2-3 locations that she can use regularly in October and November, for maybe a handful of sessions, or maybe even a dozen sessions!
Julie’s sessions do NOT involve the use of confetti, glitter, frosting, smoke bombs, or any other “photography” props that might leave a mess at the location. So you don’t need to worry about us trashing the place!
Julie’s business insurance carries a liability policy, so in the unlikely event that an incident occurred during one of her sessions on any property she shoots on, it would be covered. She is always happy to provide proof of insurance to anyone that she enters into a site/location agreement with, verbal or written.
For the safety of all visitors, locations with free-range animals or outside pets cannot be considered. (Pets that can go in the house during photography sessions are totally fine as long as the property is clear of pet poop!)
Julie has a lot of criteria for choosing the perfect locations for her Client Families, some quirky things that might not even make sense to other people ha! So please don’t be bummed if yours isn’t the perfect fit!

The Value of Privacy at Outdoor Locations

ideas as you think about places you know of…

Tell me about the place:

Further details:

Julie would love to find 2-3 locations that she can use regularly in October and November, for maybe a handful of sessions, or maybe even a dozen sessions!

Julie’s sessions do NOT involve the use of confetti, glitter, frosting, smoke bombs, or any other “photography” props that might leave a mess at the location. So you don’t need to worry about us trashing the place!

For the safety of all visitors, locations with free-range animals or outside pets cannot be considered. (Pets that can go in the house during photography sessions are totally fine as long as the property is clear of pet poop!)

Julie has a lot of criteria for choosing the perfect locations for her Client Families, some quirky things that might not even make sense to other people ha! So please don’t be bummed if yours isn’t the perfect fit!