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Emi Sato Portrait & Wedding · Tacoma

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What follows is the entire price list — session fees, all three wedding collections, and the add-ons. No packet to request, no call required to learn a number.

Portrait sessions

Session fees

Family session

$475

60–75 minutes · 40+ edited images · On location or In studio

Golden hour at a park, bluff, or beach around the South Sound — or in the studio when the rain wins. Built around playing, not posing.

  • One location, up to 8 people (larger groups +$25/person)
  • 40+ edited images in a private online gallery
  • Print release for personal use
  • Wardrobe + location guide after booking
  • Sneak peek — 5 frames within 72 hours
  • Full gallery in 3 weeks, dated in writing
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In-home lifestyle session

$525

90 minutes · 50+ edited images · Your home

Pancakes, pillow forts, the dog on the couch. A documentary hour and a half at your place — newborns welcome, mess encouraged.

  • Your home, photographed as it really is
  • 50+ edited images in a private online gallery
  • Print release for personal use
  • A short prep note — what to tidy (almost nothing) and what to leave
  • Sneak peek — 5 frames within 72 hours
  • Full gallery in 3 weeks, dated in writing
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Portrait & branding session

$350

45–60 minutes · 15 edited images · In studio or On location

Headshots and personal-brand portraits in the studio or your own workspace. Crops delivered for web, print, and the bio box.

  • Studio 3 or your workplace, your call
  • 15 edited images — add more at $20/image
  • Web, print, and square bio crops of every pick
  • Commercial use license for your own marketing
  • Outfit changes welcome (most people bring two)
  • Full gallery in 2 weeks
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Engagement session

$425

75 minutes · 35+ edited images · On location

One location, golden hour, zero prom poses. Fully credited toward your balance if you book a wedding collection within 60 days.

  • One South Sound location at golden hour
  • 35+ edited images in a private online gallery
  • Print release for personal use
  • $425 credited toward any wedding collection booked within 60 days
  • Sneak peek — 5 frames within 72 hours
  • Full gallery in 3 weeks, dated in writing
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Mini sessions run as dated seasonal events from $225 — dates and open slots here.

Weddings

Three collections, no secret fourth

I photograph 18 weddings a year so each one gets the editing time it deserves. Galleries in 6 weeks, dated in your contract; a 5 frames within 72 hours while the cake is still leftovers.

Collection I

The Quiet Day

$2,900

6 hours · One photographer (me) · 400+ edited images

For small weddings, elopements-with-dinner, and couples who'd rather spend the budget on the table than the timeline.

  • 6 consecutive hours of coverage
  • 400+ edited images, private online gallery
  • Print release for personal use
  • Timeline help — I build the photo schedule with you
  • Sneak peek — 5 frames within 72 hours
  • Full gallery in 6 weeks, dated in your contract
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Most booked

Collection II

The Full Day

$4,200

8 hours · Me + a second photographer · 600+ edited images

Getting-ready through open dance floor, with a second photographer so both sides of the day exist in the gallery. Most-booked, by a distance.

  • 8 consecutive hours of coverage
  • Second photographer all day
  • 600+ edited images, private online gallery
  • Engagement session included ($425 value)
  • Print release for personal use
  • Timeline help + a family-photo list we actually stick to
  • Sneak peek — 5 frames within 72 hours
  • Full gallery in 6 weeks, dated in your contract
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Collection III

The Heirloom

$5,800

10 hours · Me + a second photographer · 700+ edited images

The full day, plus the object your grandkids will fight over: a hand-bound 10×10 fine-art album, designed with you after the wedding.

  • 10 consecutive hours of coverage
  • Second photographer all day
  • 700+ edited images, private online gallery
  • Engagement session included ($425 value)
  • 10×10 fine-art album — 20 spreads, hand-bound ($950 value)
  • Print release for personal use
  • Rehearsal-dinner hour within 25 miles
  • Sneak peek — 5 frames within 72 hours
  • Full gallery in 6 weeks, dated in your contract
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Add-ons

The extras, also priced

  • Additional coverage hour Decided on the day is fine — I'll ask before I keep shooting. $350/hr
  • Second photographer (Collection I) Included in Collections II and III. $600
  • 10×10 fine-art album, 20 spreads Parent copies (8×8) $325 each. Included in Collection III. $950
  • Framed fine-art prints Printed at a Seattle fine-art lab; sizes 11×14 to 30×40. from $180
  • Rehearsal-dinner coverage (90 min) Included in Collection III within 25 miles. $500

Prices include Washington sales tax where it applies (tangible goods — albums and prints). Travel is included within 25 miles of the studio; beyond that it's $0.85/mile round-trip, quoted before you sign anything.

Booking

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If the prices work, the wizard shows you real seasonal dates — golden-hour slots move with sunset, studio slots run Tuesday to Saturday.

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