Family, Couple, & Individual Portraits

Some moments only happen once.

The right photograph makes them last forever.

Your children will only be exactly this age today. Your family will never look quite like this again. The faces around you — the way they laugh, the way they hold each other, the particular light of this chapter of your lives — are passing whether you document them or not.

A great portrait doesn't freeze time. It gives you somewhere to go back to.

At McAnerin Studios in Calgary, portrait sessions for individuals, couples, and families are built around one thing: images that feel like you. Not stiff. Not staged. Not a performance of happiness for the camera. Real — the kind of real that, ten years from now, stops you mid-scroll and takes your breath away.

No pressure. No obligation. Just a chance to figure out what's possible.

Individual Portraits

For people who deserve a photograph as considered as the life they've built.

A portrait is perhaps the most personal commission in photography. It isn't for a job application or an agency submission. It's simply — and profoundly — a record of who you are right now. The way you hold yourself at this age. The particular quality in your eyes at this point in your story.

Individual portrait sessions at McAnerin Studios are unhurried, private, and built around you — your personality, your aesthetic, the specific impression you want the image to leave. Whether you want something warm and intimate or striking and cinematic, the session is shaped around what serves you best.

Portrait Mini

Ideal for

A single, beautiful portrait for personal use — a gift, a milestone, a wall piece, or simply because it's time you had a photograph you actually loved.

$185

non-refundable $50 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

30-minute session
3 fully retouched digital images — your three strongest selects
Studio session with professional lighting
Expert posing direction throughout
Pre-session style guidance provided
Image delivery within 7–10 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
1 outfit / look
Hair & makeup not included (available as add-on)
Print products not included (available to purchase)
Limited to 20 sessions per month

Portrait Session

Ideal for

A proper portrait sitting — enough time to settle in, explore different looks, and walk away with a collection of images that capture you from more than one angle.

$395

non-refundable $100 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

90-minute session
10 fully retouched digital images across your strongest selects
Studio session with multiple lighting setups if desired
Pre-session consultation call — wardrobe, tone, intended use
Expert posing direction and mood guidance throughout
Up to 2 outfit changes
Image delivery within 8–12 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
Hair & makeup not included (available as add-on)
1 Museum-quality 8×10 fine art print included
Limited to 10 sessions per month

Signature Portrait

Ideal for

A landmark portrait — a significant birthday, a major life transition, a gift to yourself or someone you love that will hang on a wall for decades. This is the session for people who want something genuinely extraordinary.

$750

non-refundable $200 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

Full half-day session — up to 3 hours
20 fully retouched digital images across all looks
Multiple studio setups and lighting styles — from cinematic and dramatic to warm and intimate
Pre-session creative consultation — we build the visual direction together
Expert posing, styling guidance, and mood direction throughout
Unlimited outfit changes within session time
Optional on-location component within Calgary (subject to availability)
Image delivery within 10–14 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
Hair & makeup not included (available as add-on — strongly recommended)
1 Museum-quality 11×14 fine art print included
Limited to 6 sessions per month

UPGRADE PATH

Clients who upgrade from the Portrait Mini to the Portrait Session within 90 days receive a $150 credit. Clients who upgrade from the Portrait Session to the Signature Portrait within 90 days receive a $350 credit.

Couples Portraits

Because the two of you, right now, are worth documenting properly.

A couples portrait session is not just an engagement photo. It's for any two people who want a record of themselves together — in this season, at this point in their story, looking at each other the way they actually look at each other when nobody is watching.

Couples sessions at McAnerin Studios are relaxed and directed in equal measure. You don't need to know how to pose. You need to show up, and let the session draw out what's already there between you.

The Connection

Ideal for

A single, beautiful couples portrait — a gift, an anniversary keepsake, or simply a photograph that records the two of you as you are right now.

$285

non-refundable $75 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

45-minute session
5 fully retouched digital images — your five strongest selects
Studio session with professional lighting
Relaxed, expert direction for couples throughout — no stiff posing
Image delivery within 7–10 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
1 look
Hair & makeup not included (available as add-on)
Print products not included (available to purchase)
Limited to 15 sessions per month

The Portrait Session

Ideal for

Couples who want a proper sitting — enough time to relax into it, try different looks, and walk away with a real collection of images across different moods and moments.

$495

non-refundable $150 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

90-minute session
12 fully retouched digital images across your strongest selects
Multiple setups and lighting approaches within session
Pre-session consultation — location preferences, wardrobe, tone
Expert direction for couples — prompted, natural, and never awkward
Up to 2 outfit changes
Image delivery within 8–12 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
Hair & makeup not included (available as add-on)
1 Museum-quality 8×10 fine art print included
Limited to 10 sessions per month

The Full Story

Ideal for

Couples who want to mark something significant — an anniversary, an engagement, a milestone year — with images that go far beyond a snapshot. This is a full creative session built around your relationship.

$895

non-refundable $250 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

Full half-day session — up to 3 hours
25 fully retouched digital images across all looks and setups
Studio and optional on-location component within Calgary — bringing in the places that matter to you
Pre-session creative conversation — we build the session around your story
Full wardrobe and styling guidance provided in advance
Expert direction and mood prompting throughout — completely natural results
Unlimited outfit changes within session time
Image delivery within 10–14 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
Hair & makeup not included (available as add-on)
1 Museum-quality 11×14 fine art print included
Limited to 6 sessions per month

Family Portraits

They grow up faster than anyone warns you. These are the images that prove they were exactly like this.

Family portrait sessions are the most logistically complex and emotionally rewarding sessions in photography. Children don't perform on cue. Nobody cooperates the way you imagined. And the images that come out the other side — the real ones, the ones where someone is mid-laugh and someone else is looking the wrong way and it is somehow perfect — are the ones that end up on walls for thirty years.

McAnerin Studios family sessions are built to meet your family as it actually is. Relaxed, guided, and quietly expert at finding the genuine moments inside the chaos.

The Family Mini

Ideal for

Families who want an updated portrait — a current record of everyone together, a holiday card image, or a gift for grandparents — without a full session commitment. Up to 5 people.

$285

non-refundable $75 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

30-minute session
8 fully retouched digital images — your strongest selects
Studio session with professional lighting — clean, classic backgrounds
Relaxed, child-friendly direction throughout
Image delivery within 7–10 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
1 look
Additional family members beyond 5: $25 per person
Limited to 15 sessions per month

The Family Session

Ideal for

Families who want a proper sitting — enough time to capture multiple combinations, let the children settle in, and walk away with a real collection of images that shows your family from every angle. Up to 6 people.

$550

non-refundable $150 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

90-minute session
20 fully retouched digital images across your strongest selects
Combination of posed portraits and natural, candid moments
Family group shots plus individual and smaller grouping combinations
Relaxed, child-paced direction — we work with your kids, not against them
Pre-session wardrobe coordination guidance provided
Image delivery within 8–12 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
Additional family members beyond 6: $35 per person
1 Museum-quality 8×10 fine art print included
Limited to 8 sessions per month

The Family Legacy

Ideal for

Families marking a significant moment — a milestone birthday, a reunion, a chapter that deserves to be documented completely — or simply families who want the full experience: unhurried, comprehensive, and beautifully produced. Up to 8 people.

$995

non-refundable $300 deposit
balance due before session
payment in 4 installments available

Details

Full half-day session — up to 3 hours
35 fully retouched digital images across all groupings and moments
Studio session plus optional on-location component within Calgary — a meaningful backdrop, a favourite park, your neighbourhood
Every family combination covered — full group, couples, individuals, siblings, and candid moments throughout
Pre-session creative consultation — wardrobe, location, story, and tone
Relaxed, expert direction that works for every age from toddler to grandparent
Unlimited combinations within session time
Image delivery within 10–14 business days
Private password-protected online gallery
Personal use licence for all images
Additional family members beyond 8: $40 per person
1 Museum-quality 11×14 fine art print included
Limited to 4 sessions per month

UPGRADE PATH

Clients who upgrade from The Family Mini to The Family Session within 90 days receive a $235 credit. Clients who upgrade from The Family Session to The Family Legacy within 90 days receive a $495 credit.

À La Carte Add-Ons

Hair & Makeup

$120 (30 Minutes)
$285 (All day)

Professional artist on-site. Includes blow-dry style and full makeup application. Recommended for individual and couples sessions; available for adult family members on request.

Additional Images

$55 per image

Select extra retouched files beyond your package allowance, chosen when you review your gallery.

Rush Editing

$150

Gallery delivered within 3 business days, subject to photographer schedule.

Fine Art Print

From $85

Museum-quality archival print, 8×10 to 16×20. Luxury framing options available. Delivery within 3 weeks of image selection.

Keepsake Album

From $420

Lay-flat fine art album, 10 spreads, linen cover. For families who want their images in their hands — on a coffee table, on a shelf — not just in a folder on their phone.

Extended Family Add-on

$40 per person beyond package maximum

Bring the grandparents. Bring everyone. Sessions can accommodate extended family groups — just let us know at the consultation stage so session time can be planned accordingly. Subject to space limitations.

On Location Session

$150 travel and location fee

Prefer your backyard, a favourite Calgary park, the mountains, or somewhere that means something to your family? On-location sessions are available across Calgary and surrounding area. Discuss at consultation, more distant locations possbile.

This Is For You If…

You don't have to have it all together to belong here. But if any of these sound familiar, you're in exactly the right place.

You've been meaning to book a family portrait for two years and keep putting it off because logistics feel overwhelming.
Your kids are at an age that is passing faster than you expected, and you want proof they were exactly like this.
You've never had a portrait of yourself that you genuinely loved — not a snapshot, not a photo someone else took at a party — a real one.
You and your partner have hundreds of photos of your children and almost none of the two of you together.
You're marking something — a milestone birthday, a new home, a family reunion, a chapter closing or opening — and it deserves more than a phone photo.
Someone in your family is getting older, and you want a portrait of them — and with them — while you can.
You know these years are going to look very different in the rearview mirror. You just want the photographs to prove how good they were.

If one of those landed — that's enough. You're in the right place.

Let's Talk

No pressure. No obligation. Just a chance to figure out what's possible.

The Practical Things

A few things worth knowing before you reach out.

Studio Location — McAnerin Studios is attached at the rear of the property at 722 Coventry Dr NE, Calgary. Street and alley parking is readily available. Private and designed with your comfort in mind. Alternate locations are available for more variety.

Your Privacy — Every session is treated as entirely confidential by default. No images are ever shared, displayed, or used for any purpose without your explicit written consent. This applies to every session type, without exception.

The Consultation Is Free — The initial conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. It's simply a chance to ask questions, get a feel for whether this is the right fit, and figure out what kind of session would serve you best.

Turnaround Time — Finished images are typically delivered within 7–14 business days of your session, depending on session type. Rush options are available.

Payment & Booking — Sessions are confirmed with a deposit. The remainder is due before the session. Flexible payment options are available - just ask.

You Don't Have to Know Exactly What You Want — Most people don't, at first. That's what the consultation is for.

Somewhere in your phone right now is a photograph of someone you love.

It's blurry. The light is wrong. They're mid-sentence, or looking away, or making a face. And you would never delete it, because it's the one that actually looks like them.

Imagine having that — but properly made. With care. With light that does them justice. With enough time that what comes through is the real thing.

That's what we're here for.

Let's Talk

No pressure. No obligation. Just a chance to figure out what's possible.