5iveLeaf Photography will be holding dancer mini-sessions on January 24-26, 2025.

Session Fee: $175

15 minute session
Includes all final edited digital images of photographer’s choosing with personal use license. (In most cases, this should result in at least 10 photos of your child.)
Proof gallery provided for purchasing professional quality prints at a range of sizes.

Scheduling Multiple Dancers

One dancer per time slot please so we can create beautiful portraits for you.

15 minutes is not a lot of time to get dancers comfortable and nail an action shot. Many times we have to do several takes of one pose or dance move. If you have more than one dancer in a 15 minute time slot please know that we will not be able to get as creative as we could with one dancer and you may end up with fewer images and more basic poses. If you would like to schedule multiple sessions, you’ll need to schedule them one at a time. When you’ve completed scheduling the first one, you’ll have the opportunity to click a button on the confirmation page to go back and schedule another. If you have 3 dancers, we can generally handle that in two back-to-back sessions. You’ll end up with 35 minutes instead of 30 as we will not take a 5 minute break between sessions.

Waitlist

If we fully book and/or the time slot you need is not available, please email Kristen at photos@5iveleaf.com to be added to the waitlist. Waitlist will be on a first-come first-served basis.

Payment

Payment for your mini-session(s) will be due by January 3. We will be sending out contracts and invoices on or before December 13, 2024. If payment is not received by January 3rd, your time slot will be released to the next person on the waitlist.

For those booking after January 3rd, your payment will be due by the date on your invoice or your time slot will be released to the next person on the waitlist.

If you cancel your session, your payment is not refundable unless we can book another dancer in your reserved slot(s).

When To Show Up for Your Session

Please plan to arrive early for your shoot. We recommend 5-10 minutes, longer if your child needs to change after arriving at the studio. Your dancer should take a few minutes to warm up and stretch prior to their session. We are scheduling these every 15 minutes with a 5 minute break for us in between to refresh and reset, which does not allow for shooting beyond your allotted time. Arriving late will mean your child gets less time in front of the camera.

What To Wear

This is your athlete’s session. They are welcome to wear whatever they feel best represents them as a dancer. We encourage the dancers to make this their own! The backdrop will be gray and a mix of color and black and white images will be delivered.

When Can I Expect My Photos?

We will edit and deliver your photos as quickly as possible but we don’t release galleries until all dancer photos have been edited. Magic takes time. Most years photos were delivered within 30 days. However, this year we’ve added more session slots to try to give more dancers a chance to participate, so please give us up to 60 days to deliver your images.

Book Your Time Slot

Please use the scheduler below to pick your session time. If no time slots appear for a date, it means they are fully booked. If you’d like to be waitlisted see the info above under the “Waitlist” section.