Deacon in his Holmen soccer jersey on the Cass Street Bridge at dusk

The experience & investment

You’re wondering what this costs, and whether it’s worth it.

Fair. Here’s the whole answer — no surprises.

You’re worried about the number.

The $300 session fee reserves your date, covers your planning call, the session and your theater reveal — and applies in full toward your artwork; most clients invest $1,500 or more.

Why artwork

More than a file — a feeling, framed.

The one you pass doing the dishes and smile at for no reason. The one she clocks on her way out the door and understands, without a word: this is how my family sees me.

Jeff and Alisha Wiswell

You’re guided the whole way

Two of us, on every session.

Alisha directs posing. Jeff builds the light and makes the image. Both of us, the whole time.

The plan

Four steps. Zero guesswork.

01

The planning call

Locations, wardrobe, and the walls the art might live on. By the end of it you know exactly what your session can cost.

Relaxed portrait session in progress
02

The session

An evening that feels like a night out, not a shoot. Both of us, working around you.

Senior leaning on a railing at night
03

The theater reveal

See the finished images big, one at a time — then we design the album and choose the wall art together. The only place money gets decided.

Deacon on a stone ledge in golden-hour light
04

The Wall Art Design

In the same room, we design the artwork with you: what hangs where, at what size, and the album that holds the rest. Handcrafted in Europe, in your hands four to six weeks later.

A collection of four senior portraits hung as a cluster above a grey sofa in a warm living room

The alternative

Four hundred files nobody opens twice.

That is the usual outcome, and it is the expensive one. Ours ends in a theater, with the artwork designed while you are in the room.

The investment

$300

The $300 session fee reserves your date, covers your planning call, the session and your theater reveal — and applies in full toward your artwork; most clients invest $1,500 or more.

If you are not genuinely obsessed with your images, the session fee comes back.

The honest part

Everyone means to print them. We’re guilty too.

Choosing, sizing, ordering, framing, hanging — five separate jobs, and none of them is ever urgent. Even our own photographs sit in folders.

Done for you

You choose. We do the rest.

You don’t choose alone. Designed with you at the reveal.

You don’t measure anything. Sized to your actual wall.

You don’t place an order. Production is handled.

You don’t frame anything. It arrives finished.

You don’t guess where. Planned for a specific wall, ready to hang.

A senior portrait of a student holding a basketball, in a gold float frame above a grey sofa

Wall art

Sized to your walls, ready to hang.

Printed in Italy · arrives framed and wired

Leather-bound album open to a full-spread portrait

The album

Wall art is seen. An album is handled.

A full custom design we review with you. Handcrafted in Italy & Portugal; a gift album for grandparents comes included — accent pieces cover the desks and shelves.

Common questions

Asked before every booking.

Is there a package list?

One $300 session fee and a range — most clients invest $1,500 or more in artwork. The planning call is where your number gets specific. You never commit sight-unseen.

When do I pay?

The $300 fee reserves your date. Everything else happens at the reveal, after you’ve seen the finished images — and the fee applies in full to whatever you choose.

What if I only want files?

Digital images come with the artwork collections. If files-only is what you’re after, we’re honestly not the right fit — better to say so here than after a booking.

Is the reveal a hard sell?

No. You see the finished images, you choose what you want, and nothing is priced differently than what’s on this page. “Let us think” is a fine answer.

What if I don’t love them?

Then you don’t pay for them — the session fee is refunded. That’s the guarantee, and it’s the whole policy.

Get in touch

Ready when you are.

“My son’s senior pictures turned out absolutely stunning and we had no hesitation returning for our daughter’s session.”

We reply personally, as soon as we can. Asking commits you to nothing.

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Deacon in his Holmen soccer jersey on the Cass Street Bridge at dusk

The experience & investment

What does it cost, and will it be worth it?

Fair question — it’s the one everyone arrives with. Here is the whole answer: how a session works, what it costs, and exactly what comes home with you. No surprises anywhere on this page.

CHECK AVAILABILITY

You’re worried about the number.

The $300 session fee reserves your date, covers your planning call, the session and your theater reveal — and applies in full toward your artwork; most clients invest $1,500 or more.

CHECK AVAILABILITY

Why artwork

More than a file — a feeling, framed.

The one you pass doing the dishes and smile at for no reason. The one she clocks on her way out the door and understands, without a word: this is how my family sees me.

The session is the start; the artwork is the point.

The plan

Four steps. Zero guesswork.

01

The planning call

Before anything is booked solid, we talk — about who this session is for, the locations that mean something, wardrobe, and the walls the finished art might live on. By the end of it you know exactly what your session looks like and exactly what it can cost. Nothing is decided without you.

Relaxed portrait session in progress
02

The session

We show up together, every time — Alisha directing posing, Jeff building the light — both of us working the whole session. You never have to know what to do with your hands; that’s our job. Most people tell us it felt less like a shoot and more like the best evening out they’d had in a while.

Senior leaning on a railing at night, city lights behind
03

The theater reveal

A week or two later you see the finished images the way they deserve to be seen — big, projected, one at a time. Then we design together: the album, spread by spread, and the wall art, sized to your actual walls. It’s where the investment happens, which is why it happens here on the page too.

Deacon on a stone ledge in golden-hour light
04

The Wall Art Design

In the same room, we design the artwork with you: what hangs where, at what size, and the album that holds the rest. Handcrafted in Europe, in your hands four to six weeks later.

A large senior portrait of a student under a violet dusk sky, hung above a walnut sideboard

The alternative

Four hundred files nobody opens twice.

That is the usual outcome, and it is the expensive one. Ours ends in a theater, with the artwork designed while you are in the room.

The investment

$300

The $300 session fee reserves your date, covers your planning call, the session and your theater reveal — and applies in full toward your artwork; most clients invest $1,500 or more.

If you are not genuinely obsessed with your images, the session fee comes back.

What you take home

One hangs framed. One fits in your hands.

Ordering happens at your reveal, in one sitting — and by the time you arrive, most of the work is already done. Here’s exactly how it goes.

Deacon projected on a theater screen

01

We watch them big

The finished images, projected one at a time. The favorites make themselves obvious.

Album spread, left page
Album spread, right page top
Album spread, right page detail

02

Your album is already designed

It’s waiting when you arrive, designed spread by spread. You react and refine — you never start from a blank page.

A five-piece wall collection shown on a real bedroom wall

03

We show it in your rooms

Your actual rooms, with the art superimposed to scale. You’re not imagining how it would look — you’re looking at it.

WALL ART
ALBUM
ACCENTS

Placed at the reveal

04

We place the order together

Wall art, album, accents — whatever you chose, ordered right there. You walk out with nothing left to think about.

Framed senior portrait hanging above a living-room sofa

Wall art

Sized to your walls

Printed in Italy · arrives framed, wired, ready to hang

EDGE album with a senior portrait cover on a coffee table

The album

Custom-designed with you

Handcrafted in Italy & Portugal · gift album for grandparents included

Two framed prints standing on a mantel

Accent pieces

For desks & shelves

The office, the nightstand, a dorm room

The session is one evening. The artwork is every day after.

Common questions

Asked before every booking.

Anything else — ask. We reply personally. You can also reach us at (608) 279-8095.

Is there a package list I can see?

There’s one $300 session fee and a range — most clients invest $1,500 or more in artwork. The specific number depends on what you choose at the reveal, and the planning call is where it gets specific to your walls and rooms. You’ll never be asked to commit to a package sight-unseen.

When do I pay?

The $300 session fee reserves your date. Everything else happens at the theater reveal, after you’ve seen the finished images — and the session fee applies in full to whatever you choose there.

What if I only want digital files?

Digital images come with the artwork collections — the finished pieces are the heart of what we make, and the files travel with them. If a files-only session is what you’re after, we’re honestly not the right fit, and we’d rather tell you that here than after a booking.

Is the reveal a hard sell?

No. You see the finished images, you choose what you want, and the room stays comfortable — nothing is priced in a way you haven’t already read on this page. Plenty of clients bring their kids. If the answer at the end is “let us think,” that’s a fine answer.

How far out should I book?

The calendar fills unevenly, so the honest answer is: ask about your dates and we’ll tell you exactly what’s open. Asking commits you to nothing.

What if I don’t love the images?

Then you don’t pay for them — if you aren’t genuinely obsessed with your images at the reveal, the session fee is refunded. That’s the guarantee, and it’s the whole policy.

Picture your hallway, framed and finished. The plan is on this page — the rest starts with one conversation.

“My son’s senior pictures turned out absolutely stunning and we had no hesitation returning for our daughter’s session.”

CHECK AVAILABILITY

Top 10 Photographer in the World · Three consecutive years