Build profitable Mini Session Packages with free mockups

Are mini sessions a part of your business strategy as a professional photographer? If not, you should seriously reconsider. When done right, these quick photoshoots can bring you extra money in a short period of time. With these selected products best suited for mini sessions and free product mockups, you can not only earn more but also get more bookings the easy way. So if you haven’t started offering mini sessions then the best time to consider doing them is now!
 

What are the ingredients of successful seasonal mini sessions? 

First, create an attractive mini session offer that covers your costs of doing business and doesn’t affect your brand. The beauty of a mini session is that it takes much less time than a typical, full session - the average mini-session being between 15-30 minutes. Additionally, make and utilize a good plan to maximize your time and service a large number of clients in a single day.

Second, consider creating a special Mini Sessions Price List. Besides your photo session fee, you can include a complimentary tangible product in your basic offer (like our Fine Art Prints printed on 324 gsm Mohawk paper). You can also be more strategic and include a few more irresistible products best suited for minis to be bought at an extra charge. These can be products you already have in your offer (although it’s a good idea to narrow down the personalisation options for the customers, e.g. stick to one cover colour to make the decision making as easy as possible), or newly introduced products that you normally do not offer during the year. 

While it’s totally up to you how much you are going to charge for the photo session, here at nPhoto we would gladly guide you through the latter step. Based on the feedback we received from professional photographers, we picked a few products from our offer said to be perfect for mini sessions as they only require a small number of edited photos. 

We sat down with designers and created three different visual packages that, depending on the theme of mini sessions, you can easily introduce to your customers. And by ‘easily’ we mean it literally. 

We’ve prepared a pack of mockups for you to insert your images into and use as your own personalised marketing images in your brochures, in your price list, and on your website and social media channels. Yep, offering mini sessions to your customers just got easier.

We focused on the following themes: Fall Mini Sessions, Christmas Mini Sessions (Santa Mini Sessions), and Milestones Mini Sessions (Birthday and Cake Smash Mini Sessions) but rest assured that no matter what kind of minis you offer, ALL the products listed below are a perfect addition to your mini packages.    

Build your mini session packages, and win over your clients with these products:

1. Fine Art Prints

2. Triplex

3. Photo Album Exclusive and Photo Album Creative in size 6x6’’ (15x15 cm), 6x8’’ (15x20 cm) and 8x6’’ (20x15 cm)

4. Folio Box ( along with a Wooden Photo Ledge also included in the 45% OFF offer) 

5. Box for Prints 

6. Framed Print 

Which products to include in your Mini Session Price List?

You can make one of the above-mentioned products a focal point in your seasonal price list.

You can also pair these products together as you wish and even offer a small discount yourself when your clients buy more. Another strategy is to include all of the products in your offering. 

You never know what your customers will feel more inclined to do. Sometimes stepping outside the well-known path brings rewards and with our free mockups you do not need to have all the samples in your studio to make a sale. There is no wrong way to build packages with these products. 

Still don’t know which products will be effective for your photography business? Let us guide you through. 

1) Fine Art Prints 

A new addition to our offer: Fine Art Prints printed on extremely sturdy 324 gsm Mohawk Eggshell paper with the possibility to add your logo on the back. It means effortless brand recognition for you.
  
You can even order as little as one 6x9’ (15x23 cm) giclee print. There is no minimum amount. All to give you more flexibility in building offerings, no matter if you include three or ten Fine Art Prints from one mini session.

You can deliver them in our dedicated, pre-designed Envelopes for Fine Art Prints (perfect for up to 25 Fine Art Prints) also printed on the same paper type. Or, for larger quantities, offer a Box for Fine Art Prints finished in a neutral warm grey (A30) textile material, which can accommodate twice as many prints.
 

2) Triplex 

A story captured in three profound images. The perfect addition to any home. It can be displayed on a bookshelf, fireplace or a dresser. Available in square and vertical format, six sizes in total. 
 
Triplex is currently available in 25 vegan leathers:

If you need more inspiration here are our top colour choices for:
-Fall Mini Sessions: E6 Walnut Matte Leatherette, C12 Chestnut Vintage Leatherette, E5 Red Wine Matte Leatherette, C13 Ginger Vintage Leatherette, E7 Red Oak Matte Leatherette, D1 Brown Vintage Leatherette
-Christmas Mini Sessions: F2 Red Vintage Leatherette, C15 Cranberry Vintage Leatherette, C13 Ginger Vintage Leatherette
-Milestones Mini Sessions: J28 Smoke Grey Matte Leatherette, J51 Baby Blue Matte Leatherette, J47 Baby Pink Matte Leatherette

3) Small Photo Albums in the Exclusive or Creative collection

Small and sweet Photo Albums with rigid pages in size 6x6’’ (15x15 cm), 6x8’’ (15x20 cm) and 8x6’’ (20x15 cm) are a great addition to your offer for all the storytelling sessions. 

People love story books, so why not offer them at extra cost? Our Photo Albums start from 5 spreads (10 pages) so if you don’t want panoramic spreads then 10 is the average number of images you need to provide to fill them out.

Depending on your style we offer printed covers (Creative 100% collection) or textile and vegan leather covers (Exclusive collection)

Here are our colour choices for: 
-Fall Mini Sessions: V7 Emerald Green Velvet Textile, V8 Taupe Brown Velvet Textile, V9 Dijon Yellow Velvet Textile, V10 Sand Dune Beige Suede Textile, A40 Sandy Plain Textile, A19 Brown Plain Textile, E6 Walnut Matte Leatherette
-Christmas Mini Sessions: F2 Red Vintage Leatherette, V13 Cardinal Red Suede Textile, A20 Bright Red Plain Textile, H13 Brick Red Duo Textile, C15 Cranberry Vintage Leatherette, C13 Ginger Vintage Leatherette
-Milestones Mini Sessions: J28 Smoke Grey Matte Leatherette, A28 Cold Grey Duo-weave Textile, A51 Baby Blue Plain Textile, J51 Baby Blue Matte Leatherette, J47 Baby Pink Matte Leatherette,  A47 Baby Pink Plain Textile
 

4) Folio Box 

This versatile and bestselling product includes a handcrafted box (with an optional USB stick) which houses either Matted or Board Mounted Prints. You can include 5, 10, 15 or 20 prints. Depending on your style you can go for a plain cover or a cameo window (Exclusive collection) or pick an edge-to-edge acrylic plate for a bigger ‘wow’ factor (Acrylic Prestige collection). The Folio Box is available in many sizes and different materials (regular, velvet or suede textiles or vegan leathers)

You can complement your Folio Box offering with a Wooden Photo Ledge. This product is perfect for displaying prints around the house.

Here are our picks for the themed mini sessions:
-Fall Mini Sessions: V7 Emerald Green Velvet Textile, V8 Taupe Brown Velvet Textile, V9 Dijon Yellow Velvet Textile, V10 Sand Dune Beige Suede Textile, A40 Sandy Plain Textile, A19 Brown Plain Textile, E6 Walnut Matte Leatherette
-Christmas Mini Sessions: F2 Red Vintage Leatherette, V13 Cardinal Red Suede Textile, A20 Bright Red Plain Textile, H13 Brick Red Duo Textile, C15 Cranberry Vintage Leatherette, C13 Ginger Vintage Leatherette
-Milestones Mini Sessions: J28 Smoke Grey Matte Leatherette, A28 Cold Grey Duo-weave Textile, A51 Baby Blue Plain Textile,, J51 Baby Blue Matte Leatherette, J47 Baby Pink Matte Leatherette,  A47 Baby Pink Plain Textile

5) Box for Prints 

Another product loved by our customers. It houses from 20 up to 100 prints and can be personalised with a printed cover (Creative 100% collection). Or, if you aim for a more classic look you can pick one of 70+ materials and add a UV printed text or logo on the cover (Exclusive collection). Your Box for Prints may include a USB stick with selected capacity. The possibilities for this product are endless. 

The box is sold without prints and is available in different sizes. Prints or DreamPrints are to be ordered separately. 

Inspire yourself with our colour choices for:
-Fall Mini Sessions: V7 Emerald Green Velvet Textile, V8 Taupe Brown Velvet Textile, V9 Dijon Yellow Velvet Textile, V10 Sand Dune Beige Suede Textile, A40 Sandy Plain Textile, A19 Brown Plain Textile, E6 Walnut Matte Leatherette
-Christmas Mini Sessions: F2 Red Vintage Leatherette, V13 Cardinal Red Suede Textile, A20 Bright Red Plain Textile, H13 Brick Red Duo Textile, C15 Cranberry Vintage Leatherette, C13 Ginger Vintage Leatherette
-Milestones Mini Sessions: J28 Smoke Grey Matte Leatherette, A28 Cold Grey Duo-weave Textile, A51 Baby Blue Plain Textile,, J51 Baby Blue Matte Leatherette, J47 Baby Pink Matte Leatherette,  A47 Baby Pink Plain Textile

6) Framed Print 
 

Cover your customers’ walls with this stylish and classic wall decor piece. It could be a perfect seasonal statement piece which your client would admire every Christmas or Fall. Offer it as a piece of heritage art and the perceived value of this product skyrockets.

The Framed Print is available with the optional passepartout finish and three colour options of the wooden frame: white, black and natural.  
 

Having polled the community and brainstormed with a team of expert designers, we are confident to say our selection of handcrafted products will be popular with your clients. 

Although, the rule of thumb is to show and talk about them so that your customers will be more inclined to buy from you. With our FREE mockups you have everything you need to start offering your bookings for mini sessions and all the promotional materials at hand. Include your marketing images in your price list, post them on social media channels or send out newsletters to your previous customers. 

Sign up for your free mockups of selected products. Use these tools to build yourself profitable mini-session packages for your photography business. 


 

To help you out even more we’ve prepared a selection of articles you might find interesting:

1) 6 Tips for Mini-Sessions during COVID-19
2) Mini Sessions – How to Promote them using Digital Marketing – CHECKLIST (2020)