Our photography retainer gives you ongoing visual partnership designed around your business calendar—so you always have fresh, professional imagery when you need it.
Why Brand Photography Actually Matters
Ideal for Established businesses ready to eliminate the stress of last-minute photoshoots and keep their visual brand consistent all year long.
What makes this different:
Instead of booking one-off sessions and hoping the imagery lasts, you get:
• Continuous visual support throughout the year
• Quarterly planning to anticipate your needs
• Priority scheduling during busy seasons
• A cohesive look across all campaigns and platforms
• You're launching without the imagery to support it
• Your marketing calendar stalls because visuals aren't ready
• You're piecing together mismatched content from different shoots
• Your team is stressed trying to coordinate one-off sessions
• You miss opportunities because you don't have the right imagery when it matters
The reality:
You have launches. Events. Seasonal campaigns. New team members. Product drops. Website updates. Social content needs that never stop.
But if you're booking photography sessions reactively—scrambling to find a photographer when you suddenly need images—you're always behind.
Your Business Doesn't Operate in One-Off Moments
Delayed launches. Inconsistent brand presence. Marketing campaigns that don't perform as well as they could. And the constant mental load of knowing "we need to book another photoshoot" but not having the bandwidth to coordinate it.
Here's what that costs you:
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What's Included in Your Photography Retainer
Every retainer is customized based on your specific business needs.
Here's what we can include:
Comprehensive brand sessions capturing your expertise, your team, your workspace, and your client experience. These sessions are strategically planned to give you a versatile visual library for websites, marketing, and campaigns.
Brand Photography Sessions
stock imagery
Professional photography for your workshops, launches, conferences, and company events. Up to two hours of coverage per event, giving you polished imagery to promote future events and showcase your brand in action.
Event Coverage
Styled stock photography specifically for your brand—not generic stock that looks like everyone else's. We create custom imagery for ads, website graphics, and campaign visuals that feel authentic to your business.
Custom Stock Photography
Keep your team page current and professional. As you grow and add team members, we schedule headshot sessions to ensure everyone's imagery is cohesive and on-brand.
Team Headshots for team members
lifestyle brand session
Strategic planning sessions every quarter where we map your upcoming needs, review your marketing calendar, and build a photography plan that supports your goals. This is where we stay ahead of your visual needs instead of reacting to them.
Quarterly Planning Calls
You get first access to my calendar during busy seasons when everyone else is scrambling for photographers. Your sessions are scheduled in advance, and you always have the dates you need—no last-minute stress.
Priority Booking & Scheduling
team brand session
Instead of one big session that needs to last all year, you get continuous visual support throughout the year. Fresh imagery for every season, campaign, and launch—so your content always feels current and relevant.
Continuous Content Pipeline
Kristina DeBusk
We had an incredible experience, once again, working with Gari-Ann!! She went above and beyond to ensure our team pictures were perfect-from organizing us with ease to capture shots that truly reflect our personality & brand. Her professionalism, creativity, and genuine enthusiasm, made the process seamless and enjoyable. The final Photos exceeded our expectations. We couldn’t be happier. I’d highly recommend Gari-Ann Kia!!
from current client
Realtor, Keller Williams Huntsville
✓ You value consistency and want your brand to look cohesive across every platform
✓ You're tired of scrambling for photographers every time you need imagery
✓ You think strategically about your marketing and want a partner who does too
✓ You're building for the long term, not just solving immediate problems
✓ You have a marketing team or calendar that requires continuous visual support
✓ You're ready to invest in visual partnership, not just one-off sessions
This Is For You If:
Photography retainers aren't for everyone. They're designed for established businesses with ongoing visual needs and a commitment to strategic brand building.
✗ You're just starting out and not ready for ongoing partnership
✗ You prefer to book sessions sporadically as needs arise
✗ Your visual needs are unpredictable or minimal
In that case, check out our individual Brand Photography Sessions, Professional Headshots, or Product Photography services.
This is NOT for you if:
We start with a conversation about your business, your visual needs, and your marketing calendar. I'll ask about:
Consultation & Strategy
This helps us determine if a retainer is the right fit and what should be included in your custom package.
Your upcoming launches, events, and campaigns
How often you typically need fresh imagery
What your current visual pain points are
What success looks like for your brand
What we cover:
Based on our consultation, I'll create a custom retainer proposal tailored to your specific needs. This includes:
What's included in your retainer (sessions, events, planning calls)
Monthly investment
Commitment length (typically 6-12 months)
Scheduling approach and timelines
What we cover:
Based on our consultation, I'll create a custom retainer proposal tailored to your specific needs. This includes:
Custom Retainer Proposal
Quarterly Planning Sessions
Review your marketing calendar
Identify upcoming visual needs
Schedule sessions and events
Plan shot lists and priorities
Ensure we're always thinking ahead
What we cover:
Every quarter, we meet to map the next 3 months:
Ongoing Sessions & Delivery
Throughout the quarter, we execute the plan:
Brand sessions scheduled and completed
Event coverage as needed
Team headshots coordinated
Custom stock photography created
All imagery delivered within 1 week
You always have fresh, professional content flowing into your marketing pipeline.
Review & Optimize
At the end of each quarter, we review what worked, what didn't, and how to optimize moving forward. Your retainer evolves with your business.
Next Step
Working together on a retainer is simple, strategic, and designed to eliminate stress—not add to it.
The Retainer Experience
- Number of brand sessions per quarter
- Event coverage requirements
- Team size
- Custom stock photography needs
- Understand your business deeply
- Anticipate seasonal needs
- Create imagery that compounds over time
- Build visual continuity across campaigns
Six months gives us time to map your year, cover at least two quarters, and create the kind of strategic advantage that only comes from ongoing partnership.
Starting at $1250/month
Investment
Frequently Asked Questions
Huntsville BRAND sessions
During a headshot session I concentrate on your face, resulting in images that clearly show what you look like, while brand photography is more strategic & focuses on capturing images that reflect and promote a brand's identity, values, client experience, as well as your product/service. For more information on what each type of session includes, take a look at my Headshot Photography & Brand Photography packages.
I believe high quality brand photography is so important because it’s usually one of the first ways that a client will interact with your business–whether they see your social media, website, or print marketing first–the thing that will most likely get their attention will be the images. During this first impression, you want to make one that represents the value and quality that you bring–setting you up to be an industry expert. I work very closely with many other marketing professionals and they say that their job, whether it be copywriting, graphic design, digital ads, just isn’t effective without high quality images.
3. WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BRAND SESSION THAT I PURCHASED?
- Pre-Session planning consultation
- Personalized Session Plan
- Directing, styling, and posing
- Multiple outfit changes
- Integration of Props: work tools, lifestyle favorites, and products
- Digital Images with Commercial License
- Headshots of each team member, small & large group shots
- Images delivered via online gallery
- Post session consultation to go over images & strategy for using your images
Specifics of each package can be found here: Brand Session Packages
My goal with every session is to get you a very diverse gallery, the best way to do this is:
- Bring as many props as you can that represent the work that you do, how you interact with your clients, & represent you and your lifestyle. This will ensure that we have a lot to do during your session
- Change your clothing & hair so that you look different throughout your gallery
- Pick a location that has a lot of different “looks” in a small area
As soon as you select your images, I’ll do my final edits & get you a final download gallery within 2 business days.
Half day session: 2.5-4 hours
Petite session: 1-1.5 hours
