High Key White

EXPRESS

Sessions

Beautiful Design

20 Minutes

For Almost Anything

Professionally Edited

Studio Favourite

Beautiful Modern Portraiture

Bright. Clean. Timeless. High Key White is our most popular Express Session, with a crisp white background that keeps the focus exactly where it belongs: on you. Quick. Easy. Stress-Free.

High Key White Express Sessions take place at Shine Photo’s downtown Port Arthur studio in Thunder Bay. They are perfect for children’s milestones, families, maternity, pets, sports, dance and personal branding.

Sessions are designed to be fun, fast, and affordable. With creative sets and thoughtful posing, you’ll see beautiful results meant to last a lifetime.

Real Moments Captured quickly and affordably
Dance Mini Sessions

  • Select Your Date

  • 20 Minute Session

  • Downtown Port Arthur Studio

  • High Key White Background

  • Perfect for Almost Anything

$49.00 + HST

  • Gallery of Edited Proofs in 72 hours

  • One High Resolution Digital Included

  • Purchase Only What You Love & Need

  • Affordable Optional Prints, Digitals & Products

Real Families. Real Memories.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Express Sessions are what we do best. Designed to make professional photography easy, affordable and fun, Shine Photo Express Sessions combine creative sets, beautiful photography and a quick, relaxed experience. Choose the images you love, purchase only what you want, and leave the rest to us.

Shine Photo is a Boutique Volume Studio. That means we combine the creativity, care and professional quality of a boutique photography experience with an efficient session format that keeps professional portraits affordable. By photographing several families during each of our themed Express events, we can create beautiful sets and experiences without the traditional boutique price tag.

EXPRESS SESSIONS

  • 20 minutes in length
  • $49 + HST non-refundable reservation fee
  • One high-resolution digital image of your choice included, unless otherwise stated
  • An average of 20–25 images presented in your private online gallery
  • Proofs available to view and purchase online
  • Additional digital images, prints and products available at affordable prices
  • Purchase only what you need and love

Express Sessions run back-to-back, so timing is important. We recommend arriving 10 minutes before your scheduled session. Please check your route, parking and location details before you leave home so you can arrive relaxed and ready for your session.

Your $49 + HST reservation fee includes your 20-minute Express Session and one high-resolution digital image of your choice.

After your session, you’ll receive a private online gallery with approximately 20 professionally edited images. Choose your included image, then decide if there are any others you simply have to have.

Additional images and products are completely optional, with prices starting as low as $15. Purchase a few favourites, a larger collection, prints or products. The choice is entirely yours.

No minimum purchase. No pressure. Just choose what you love.

Your $49 + HST reservation fee includes your 20-minute Express Session and one high-resolution digital image of your choice. After your session, you’ll receive a private online gallery of approximately 20–25 professionally edited images.

Why do we include just one image?

Because kids are kids, and sometimes photo day simply isn’t their day. Someone may be tired, teething, under the weather, or decide that crying is the only acceptable activity for the next 20 minutes.

Including one image with a low reservation fee means you aren’t required to invest hundreds of dollars before we’ve even taken the photographs. If you fall in love with lots of images, wonderful. If there are only a few you love, you can purchase just those.

You choose what you love. You choose what you spend.

Digital Collections

  • 3 images — $90
  • 5 images — $135
  • 10 images — $185
  • Full Gallery — price varies with the number of images in your gallery

Professional prints start at just $15, with larger prints, wall art and other products also available.

All ordering is done conveniently online from the comfort of home. Take your time, choose your favourites, and purchase only what you love.

Express Sessions are designed for up to four people per family session. Dance sessions can have 2 costumes or 2 people with one costume each. Express sessions for pets can accomodate 1 pet per session unless the pets have extreme obedience training.

If your family includes more than four people, please book one additional back-to-back session for each additional group of up to four people.

For example:

1–4 people = 1 session
5–8 people = 2 back-to-back sessions
9–12 people = 3 back-to-back sessions

This ensures we have enough time to photograph everyone, create different groupings and combinations, and still give you the relaxed, polished experience you expect from Shine.

Feel free to call us at 807 631 5162 if you have questions.

If more than one person will be photographed, start with coordinated outfits, then choose a colour or tone to build your wardrobe around.

High Key White uses a clean white background, so almost any colour can work beautifully. Rich colours, soft neutrals, denim, black, pastels and simple patterns can all photograph well against white.  Even white looks stunning (no you won’t disappear into the background.) For families or groups, choose a coordinated colour story rather than identical outfits. Different shades and textures add depth while still keeping everyone connected visually.

Don’t forget about footwear. Shoes are often visible in full-length portraits, so they should suit the overall look too. For groups, wildly different footwear can be surprisingly distracting in the finished portrait.

Because the background is white, consider how much contrast you would like in your finished portraits. White and ivory clothing creates a light, airy look, while deeper colours and black create stronger contrast.  Very short skirts and mini skirts can limit the poses we’re able to use.

Above all, choose clothing that feels like you, photographs beautifully and lets everyone move comfortably.

High Key White is one of our most versatile Express Sessions. The clean white background works beautifully for children’s milestones, families, maternity,  dance, pets and personal branding.

We hold special days for various sports portraits, so watch for those as well. They include specialty products for sports such as hockey, skating, and soccer.  High Key White can work for sports if you are having a portrait done off-season.

The simplicity of the set keeps the attention on expression, connection, movement and personality, making it easy to create portraits that feel polished without feeling fussy.

Bring the people, uniforms, costumes, outfits or details that help tell your story, and we’ll keep the rest clean, bright and timeless.

If you are planning something specific for your session, include the details when you reserve so we can be ready for you.

Your professionally edited proofs will be presented in your private online gallery within 72 hours of your session, unless otherwise stated.

Once purchased, digital files are available for immediate download. Printed products generally arrive at the studio within approximately 14 days, or you can choose to have your order conveniently shipped directly to your home.

Why Timing Matters