Copyright Information

All images copyrighted by the photographer, Christina Kafkakis. It is illegal and unlawful to scan, copy, or reproduce Christina's work in any manner and is punishable by law under the United States Copyright Laws with fines starting at $150,000.

When hiring a custom photographer you are also putting your trust within that artist to have the best images possible in print and digital form. By altering the artist’s work you are taking away from the quality and professionalism of the art.

Thank you so much for respecting Christina’s work and livelihood by choosing not to reproduce her images.

~ Christina Kafkakis ~

About Me

My name is Christina, and for as long as I can remember, I have been interested in photography.  I even went so far as to create a 'dark room' in my bedroom as a child - unfortunately, my favorite baby blanket didn't survive that experiment...

How did this interest lead to Two Angels Photography? Experiences in my life have taught me how important it is to capture fleeting moments in time - those that make you smile, laugh, or even cry - and hold onto them forever.

When my oldest son was born, I wanted to capture every detail.  His beautiful head of dark hair, his first smiles, his first steps.  After having my second son, something happened...something 'clicked'.  I began making photographs, instead of snapshots.  Friends and family saw my hobby developing into so much more, and encouraged me to offer my services to others.

I'm a natural-light, on-location photographer at heart, though living in Michigan presents a *bit* of a challenge in the winter months, and so I also have a studio in my home.

While I certainly offer my services to people of all ages, my true love lies in photographing children.  Often times you'll find me on the floor playing, or dancing, or singing silly songs...I find there's nothing more rewarding than engaging a child and capturing their true spirit.  The twinkle in their eye - the sparkle in their smile - the spring in their step.

I specialize in babies, children, family, maternity, newborns, pets, couples, engagement, and high school senior portraits in Southeastern Michigan: Metro Detroit, Metro Ann Arbor, Lansing, East Lansing, the Flint area, and Livingston County (Brighton, Howell, Pinckney, Hartland, South Lyon, and Fowlerville).

Where did the name “Two Angels Photography” come from?  It has a special meaning - I'm not only the mother of my 'earth' angels - my boys - I'm also a mother to my twin daughters that live in heaven.

FAQs

What camera and lenses do you use and for what? My camera is a Canon 50D.  My lenses are the kit lens (that came with the camera), a 75-30mm zoom lens, and my two favorites, the 'nifty fifty' 50mm f/1.8 and my 28mm f/2.8.

Because my camera is not a full-frame camera, and has a 1.6 crop factor, I prefer my 28mm...it allows me to get in close!  With the 50mm, I have to be back farther.  I like to talk to my clients while I'm taking pictures, so when I'm farther back, I feel like I’m shouting and am not able to give much direction.  And when I'm shooting children, I like to be VERY close to be able to capture those candid moments!
 
Do you work with newborns? Yes!  To do newborn shoots, you need TIME!  It can take anywhere from 3-4 hours to capture a newborn, and all of them are different.  The best time is within the first 7-10 days of life.  Moms (or Dads) should turn up the heat (we might sweat but the baby will be comfortable in his/her birthday suit!)  Make sure the parents feed and change the baby before I arrive.  It takes a LOT of little steps to set up for a good newborn shoot.

How many shots do you generally take when you do a shoot? I used to over shoot. I just shot, shot, shot, shot until I was for SURE there MUST be something good on there. The funny thing is, that just takes more time!  Now, with a normal family or child session (not extended family, because there’s more to shoot), I’ll take somewhere around 50-60 shots. Another thing is, now I’ll really try and wait for a shot...I'd rather have to toss an image because of closed eyes or “user mistakes” than tossing just because I took too many! 

What should we wear? Well, it depends.  I hate to say that, but it really does.  Since we're in Michigan, a lot will depend on the time of year.  Colors that compliment YOU are the best; choose colors that make you feel like yourself, comfortable, and happy!  Some tips:

Good ideas: 

• Wearing outfits in the same color family (light blue and dark blue, etc.)
• Dark, muted colors that you can find easily in nature (i.e.: greens, blues, browns) 
• Solids or simple patterns
• That hot little black dress
•  Fitted clothing – big, baggy shirts can make you look a lot larger than you are 
• Comfortable clothes you can sit, stand, run, and jump around in
• Nice jeans, paired with a dressy top 
• Accessories like funky necklaces, jackets, hats, scarves, sunglasses, etc. 
• Bringing one very dressy outfit and one very casual outfit
  

Bad ideas:

• Bright white shirts 
• Wild patterns or horizontal stripes 
• Shirts with writing on them
•  Sleeveless shirts 
• Polo shirts on girls – for some reason, very few girls can pull this off well. If you really want to wear a polo, make sure it is fitted for a woman’s body, and not cut straight on the sides.  
• Shirts with short hemlines – the bottom edge of the shirt should hit at your hips or lower  
• Crazy colors (orange, lime green, fuschia, etc)  
• Watches or rings, unless they have a lot of sentimental value to you.. We want to emphasize the engagement ring, and lots of other jewelry will take away from that.  
• Short skirts, low necklines, anything even remotely risque  
• Exact matching outfits – it might seem cute now to wear the exact same outfit, but in a few years, you will dislike it - trust me!
  

Do you have a studio set-up? & if so, what equipment do you suggest using? No, at this time, I don’t have a studio set-up. I shoot with natural light, so when I go into someone’s home, I use my surroundings and I will find the biggest window and use my blankets to drape over a couch or pillow or whatever my client has to work with.  I hope soon, to be able to have a studio in the basement of my home, but for now, just natural light.

Contact Me

Christina Kafkakis

By Phone: 810-449-0623
By Email: info @ twoangelsphotography . com (remove spaces)
Website: www.twoangelsphotography.com

Pricing Information

SESSION FEES

Portrait Session: $85 ~ includes 90 minute session, my time & talent, post processing of images & 12-18 images presented in an online proof gallery.  Up to six people are included;  for groups of six or more, add $10 per additional subject. 

Deluxe Portrait Session: $125 ~ includes studio & on-location session.  The perfect option for high school seniors, families, & the like! 

Mini-Session: $50 ~ includes approx. 45 minute session, my time & talent, post processing of images, & 4-6 images presented in an online proof gallery. 

*Locations 30 miles beyond my home will incur an additional fee & all locations are subject to approval. 
*Fee is due at the time of booking to reserve session time & date. 
*A $65 minimum purchase (not including this session fee) is required.

DIGITAL PRODUCTS
Full Collection ~ $200 ($100 savings) ~ Includes the 12-18 edited images from your session (as seen
in your web gallery) in full resolution, so you will be able to print any size you need for gifts or your home.  I will also provide at least one storyboard/collage, as well as an announcement or card as part of your digital images. 

Mini-Collection ~ $125 ($25 savings) ~ Includes 6 of your favorite edited images from your session (as seen in your web gallery) in full resolution, so you will be able to print any size you need for gifts or for your home.

Digital Negatives ~ also available for purchase online ~ $25 per full resolution file (suitable for printing), or $10 per low-resolution file (suitable for sharing online or through email).

*A print release form and instructions for best printing are provided.
*Images are not to be altered/edited in any way and only watermarked images are to be used online/shared electronically.

PACKAGES & PRINTS

Package One, $50 ($15 savings)  1-8x10, 2-5x7s, 12 wallets  
Package Two, $115 ($50 savings) 1-11x14, 2-8x10s, 4-5x7s, 24 wallets
Package Three, $150 ($65 savings) 1-16x20, 2-8x10s, 4-5x7s, 36 wallets
Package Four, $200 ($90 savings) 1-16x20, 1-11x14, 4-8x10s, 4-5x7s, 36 wallets 

Regular Prints (matte finish)
Set of 4 wallets, $8
4x6, $8
5x7, $10
8x10, $20
10x13, $30
10x20, $35
11x14, $40
16x20, $60
20x30, $80


Albums
4x6 Leather Mini Proof Album, $65
4x6 Leather Mini Proof Album (w/ purchase of a package), $50


Collages/Storyboards 
(composed of multiple images; mounted on foam with black or white edge finish)
8x10, $45
11x14, $75
16x20, $125


Gallery Wrapped Canvas Prints
8x10, $85
11x14, $100
16x20, $125
18x24, $150
*additional sizes available upon request 

Prices are subject to change at any time. Should changes occur after your session is scheduled, you will receive the price quoted by the photographer at the time your session is scheduled.

Why Choose Custom Photography?

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 they really are  (not posed and primped in the cookie cutter studio setting). 

There is a great deal of time involved in creating high end custom photography sessions for a client.  The luxury of great service, better choices and a supberb end product.  The result of all this are heirloom quality images.  The time invested at the session is only a small portion of time involved in this process.
 
Custom photography has been likened to purchasing a fine vehicle.  To get to point B from A let’s face it, even a bus ride would suffice.  If you want to luxuriate in a finely appointed vehicle, customizing your own experience by listening to smooth jazz while sitting in a climate controlled setting adjusted purely for your comfort in a body hugging leather interior, perhaps that Lexus you so desire is your cup of tea.  Custom photography is much the same cup of tea.  It is the Lexus of the photography world.  It is where the intangibles make the experience truly wonderful and the images themselves make the investment of money and time truly worthwhile.   

Custom photography can be broken down into even more levels.  There are on location, studio, mixed studio/on location, specialty location and destination type photographers.  The beauty of custom photography is in the choices and in the luxury of thoses options.  The customized service level you are sure to experience will be amazing.  The knowledge that your final images are the result of someone caring about those moments so much that they take extra time ensuring that the artwork you receive is good enough to stand by with their name on it.  That level of quality and commitment  is all but lost in the age of "mass produced," "mass marketed," corporate "everyone is a number".  Custom photography is based on being unique to you.  How great an experience would be,  to be able to sit back and allow a photographer to do this highly custom work for images that you will most likely cherish for a lifetime?

Keep in mind more than anything that the Lexus will never appreciate in value the way your portraits will.  The portrait art you become invested in from your custom photographer will no doubt increase in value and become more priceless as the years pass.

Website

Visit my website http://www.twoangelsphotography.com/

Two Angels Photography - Facebook

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Raves

• Crystal, Mom to Colten: "My friendship with Christina goes way back to high school, and we reconnected through facebook. I was excited to learn that she was doing photography, and since all my "photography" friends seem to be disappearing on me, I asked her about doing photos for me & my son.

Of course I hate having my picture taken, but Colten is a little ham. He loves to get his picture taken! She set it up and the weather was perfect. The park where she had chosen was beautiful, and perfect for outdoor photos. She spent a lot of time with Colten and was very patient with both of us.. and she did a wonderful job. I was more than impressed with how the pictures turned out, and if I ever get married.. I know who to ask to be the photographer."

• Julie, Mom to Logan, Tanner, Preston & Mallory: "We loved our session with you! You did such a great job...we really enjoyed our session. You took soooo much time with our family. We can not thank you enough!"

• Beckie, Mom to Elinor & Joe: "They are wonderful - truly wonderful!!"

• Chrissy, Mom to Noah: "Christina, I love them!!! Thank you so much for doing such a great job!!!!"