Frank Donnino Baby Plan Kit

The Frank Donnino Baby Plan Kit is a system of building sales around photographing newborns and babies. Frank says the following about his system:

"My Baby Plan Kit is a turn key system explaining how we obtain and photograph newborn babies at the stages of 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months. You can copy what I have given you word for word changing as little as possible except your studio name and phone number etc. I give you step by step instructions. For example I will answer questions such as...'Where do you get the names for the new babies to mail to?' or 'What day of the week do you mail out the mailing?'."

"The kit includes the actual 'mailing piece' we use in 'hard copy'. We also include a hard copy of my color brochure that get's the mom's heart pumping. The CD I provide you has InDesign CS and PDF files of the other items we use in our 'system'. The 'Baby Plan Kit' comes InDesign CS files so you don't have to re-type my documents. A HUGE time saver! We also include our "1st Year Guide Book" for our new moms explaining what they can expect with us for the coming year. You also get our pricing guide that is given to the client AFTER you have photographed the baby."

For more on Frank's Baby Plan, click here.

The 7 Ages of Childhood

The 7 Ages of Childhood from Marathon Press is a resource guide for child portraiture. The guide contains the following sections: Marketing and Promotion, Preparing for the Session, Photographing the Child and Sales Presentations. The opening welcome to "The 7 Ages of Childhood" provides the following introduction:

"Created for independent studio photographers who wish to provide their clients with quality portrait images that are not available from mass-market studios, the 'The 7 Ages of Childhood' was inspired and created by members of Professional Photographers of America. The program teaches parents to recognize the most important time to have their children photographed. These seven ages mark the most significant physical and social changes along the path from infancy to young adulthood."

"The business benefit of this program for photographers lies in its ability to educate parents about the importance of creating portraits of their children at significant intervals as they grow. The '7 Ages' concept is one that is easily understood by parents. When promoted by independent studios throughout the country, they buying habits of parents can be influenced. Just think much your business will grown when parents recognize and appreciate the value of telling the story of their child's growing up through portraits captured each of the 7 Ages."

You can see a preview of the "The 7 Stages of Childhood" by clicking here. This 98 page resource guide can be purchased from Marathon Press for $54.95 at The 7 Ages of Childhood.

Other web sources that we find to be useful guides:

Michael Meissner's digital photography related pages
Bookfinder.com photography related books
Portrait photographer Leslie O'Shaughnessy photography resources
Bestsearchers.com's directory of general photography tips, techniques and styles
Chiff.com's directory of photography tips and links
School of Photography online courses
Marathon Press Guide to Making Portraits

For portrait photography tips from Susan Day Moore of Wicker By Design, click here.