Aug 12 2026 | By: IJ Photo
Right now, when you book certain sessions, I am gifting you an 8x8 black leather album with your baby's name and birthday engraved in gold on the cover. It is a $400 keepsake, printed with the images you select the day of your session, designed by me, and delivered finished. Yours free.
The obvious reason is the album itself: a $400 professional keepsake at no cost, printed with the photos you already love. But there is more to it than the dollar value.
Booking now means the planning is done. The third trimester and the newborn weeks are the two seasons of life when your list is longest, and your energy is shortest. Reserving your session today crosses one of the big ones off early, and your future self, the one running on two hours of sleep, will be genuinely grateful you handled it back when things were calm.
I take just 8 sessions of each type per month, and I keep my calendar deliberately small so every family gets my full attention. Once those spots are gone, I cannot add more. The families who book ahead are the ones who get their ideal dates, and the flexibility to reschedule if life has other plans.
The newborn window is short, roughly the first two weeks of life, and it does not wait for anyone to finish researching photographers. Having your date reserved before your baby arrives is the single best way to make sure this season gets captured.
Each of these sessions already includes digital images, so your album always comes home full of photos you chose right after your session. All selected images are retouched and available in 1 week as digital downloads in your online gallery and will be automatically added to your album.
Want more? Additional images are $25 each, and any image you add comes as both a print in your album and a digital file.
This is my most popular printed product, and there is a reason for that. The album is a genuine leather 8x8, bound to lie flat, printed on archival professional photographic paper through my professional lab. These are the same materials used in heirloom wedding albums, chosen to resist fading and hold color.
The cover is engraved in gold with your baby's name and birthday, which turns it from a photo book into something singular: the story of one specific little person, told in the images you chose on the best day. I design every spread myself from your selected images, so the album arrives finished and ready for its place on your shelf.
After more than 25 years photographing maternity and newborn families, I have come to believe the album is what matters most in the long run. Digital files are wonderful for sharing, but they ask something of you: to remember they exist, to find them, to do something with them. A printed heirloom asks nothing. It sits where your family lives, ready to be picked up, and your child gets to see themself as a newborn every time it is opened.
The code ALBUMOFFERAUG26 is only valid on sessions booked by September 10, 2026. Your session itself can be scheduled anytime after, but the booking has to happen before the deadline to claim the album. If you are due this winter or even next spring, you can still reserve today and lock in the gift.
No. Only the booking needs to happen by September 10. Your actual session date can be whenever works for your due date and your family, even months out.
Rescheduling is simple. Newborn dates are always placeholders until your baby arrives, and maternity dates can be moved if you are not showing quite yet or need a different week. Your album offer stays attached to your booking either way.
No, this offer applies to Full and VIP maternity sessions, Full and VIP newborn sessions, and the Bump-to-Baby Bundle.
No. The album is 100% free with any qualifying session; no minimum purchase required. It is printed with the images already included in your package, and any additional images you choose to add at $25 each can be included in the album as well.
You do, at your same-day viewing appointment right after your session. I then design the album from your selections and handle everything from layout to engraving to delivery.
The code applies once per qualifying session booked before the deadline. If you book the Bump-to-Baby Bundle, your album covers the full bump-to-baby story across both sessions.
Call me at 425.232.5263 or reach out on Instagram, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. I am happy to help you figure out which session is the right fit before you commit.