Investment Guide
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I'm Kate!
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Hey friend! Before we dive into numbers, let's get to know each other. I'm Kate! If you're looking for a photographer who understands the importance of capturing beautiful, fun family photos while keeping everything stress free & easy, I'm your girl!
Voted 2023 Simply the Best Photography by Harrisburg Magazine, 2025 Favorite Family Photographer by Macaroni Kid Harrisburg/West Shore as well as being certified as both a Master Family & Master Newborn Photographer by the National Association of Portrait Child Photographers, I'm OBSESSED with ensuring my clients have an incredible rave worthy experience and receive pictures that they can't stop staring at. Capturing a perfect mix of smiling photos with those sweet, candid moments is my specialty. I want every mama to look at their photos and feel love.
I adore each of the families I work with, love getting to know you and your kiddos and if I'm ever so lucky, you'll choose me to be your forever family memory keeper.
let's make some magic!
the kate mccord photography experience!
some day, your babies won't be this little anymore. one day, you'll be walking past your photos hanging on the wall and be transported back to when their tiny hands fit so perfectly inside of yours.
"Each and every experience with Kate has been so comfortable, accommodating, and easy going- especially with young kids. We will cherish these photos forever. I look forward to working with Kate in capturing our family’s moments for years to come."
Kate did an amazing job with our baby girl's newborn photos. She made our whole family feel comfortable and relaxed, while working with a newborn and toddler. Cannot recommend her services enough!!!
Such an amazing experience. Very professional all around from booking to delivering the photos - which are always stunning and incredible quality. Kate is beyond reasonably priced for her product and you will not be disappointed!
I kept getting drawn back to Kate’s style and fell in love more and more with her photography each time. So easy to reach out & ask any questions - she answered every question we had. You definitely get what you pay for, she is well experienced.
Each and every experience with Kate has been so comfortable, accommodating, and easy going- especially with young kids. We will cherish these photos forever. I look forward to working with Kate in capturing our family’s moments for years to come.
Kate is a true professional. She maintained a friendly and approachable demeanor, and made me and my husband feel at ease throughout the session. She patiently listened to our ideas and incorporated them seamlessly into the shoot.
We cannot say enough good things about Kate and her work. Our family went to Kate for our little one's newborn photos and we are just in love with every single shot she took. She truly takes care of everything and helps you every step of the way feel comfortable.
Truly in love with our session proofs! Kate is a total pro! She has the eye for the outfits (even if you're not sure about getting "fancy") she knows what makes a great photo. She tells you how to stand and how to to move so that if you're a bit awkward like me, you'll still end up with great shots.
We had the most wonderful experience with Kate. Our session consisted of four families (15 of us!) for a very special photo. She was so great with our little kids (babies and toddlers) and staged our pictures perfectly. Highly recommend Kate and her work.
the professional difference
- Years of experience in posing, styling, and editing to highlight client's unique beauty
- Access to high end client wardrobe and custom styling guide for the entire family, no more stressing about what to wear for your session or what looks good in photos
- SAFETY FIRST: When it comes to newborn photos, your baby's safety is at the forefront. I've received hands on training from some of the best photographers in the industry and will never put your baby in harm's way.
- A highly customized process from start to finish. The entire session will be shot with your end goals in mind of how you'd like to display your heirloom pieces. From albums to gift prints to wall art, your photos will be shot to ensure you have the images you want from your session.
- A family first approach. I am a mom first and foremost. I know how much your children mean to you and will do everything in my power to make sure they feel included in the entire process and showcase just how amazing & special they are.
More than photos. This is your legacy.
HEIRLOOM
$1250
$795
SIGNATURE
$575
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 15 digital images
✔ Essential Locations Only
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ Weekend dates are $50 additional
SIMPLE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 30 digital images
✔ Essential & Signature Locations
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $100 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 45 digital images
✔ Essential & Signature Locations
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $250 Product Credit
FAMILies
Looking to gather the whole family & book an extended family session? click here!
Family sessions are designed to capture your crew just as you are—laughing, playing, and connecting in the most natural way. These sessions are never about stiff poses or “say cheese” smiles. Instead, I’ll guide you with gentle direction and fun prompts that keep things relaxed and enjoyable for everyone, kids (and parents!) included. Whether we’re exploring one of my favorite outdoor locations or cozying up at home, the focus is on genuine moments and the unique bond your family shares. You’ll also have access to my client wardrobe to make styling stress-free, so you can simply show up ready to love on each other and create memories you’ll treasure for years to come.
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
HEIRLOOM
$1250
$795
Maternity sessions are all about celebrating this beautiful chapter before your little one arrives. I recommend scheduling between 28–32 weeks, when your bump is showing beautifully, but you’re still comfortable enough to move and pose with ease. Whether we shoot in-studio, at your home, or at one of my favorite outdoor locations, I’ll guide you every step of the way. You’ll also have access to my curated client wardrobe, with flattering gowns and dresses designed to make you feel confident and radiant. These sessions are relaxed, connected, and focused on capturing the love, anticipation, and joy that make this season so special.
SIGNATURE
$550
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 15 digital images
✔ Essential Locations Only
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ Weekend dates are $50 additional
SIMPLE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 30 digital images
✔ Essential & Signature Locations
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $100 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 45 digital images
✔ Essential & Signature Locations
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $250 Product Credit
MATERNITY
check out the motherhood collective here for bundle savings on baby's first year!
Take $100 off your maternity session when you book your newborn session at the same time
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
don't want to miss a single moment?
HEIRLOOM
$1350
$995
Extended family sessions include more than one immediate family unit—think siblings and their spouses/kids all coming together for photos. Grandparents are always welcome to join a regular session, no extra cost there! But if you're bringing along your family, your sister’s crew, and maybe your brother’s family too, that falls under extended family. These sessions require a bit more coordination, time, and image variety, which is why they are priced a bit differently. We will get the photos of the entire group as well as individual family groupings, cousins, siblings, etc.
SIGNATURE
✔ Client prep guide + styling assistance
✔ 35 digital images shared between families
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $100 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide + styling assistance/style board
✔ 50 digital images shared between families
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $200 Product Credit
EXTENDED FAMILY
Pricing for extended family sessions is for up to 4 families. Any sessions in excess of four families will need to contact KMP for custom pricing quote.
HEIRLOOM
$1575
$850
SIGNATURE
$500
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Swaddled, baby only
✔ 2-3 Unique Set Ups
✔ 6 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
SIMPLE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Baby & family shots
✔ 3-5 Unique Set Ups
✔ 15 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $75 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Professional Hair & Make Up for mama
✔ Baby & family shots
✔ 3-5 Unique Set Ups
✔ 40 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ Free Sitter Session with 3 Images
✔ $200 Product Credit
add family/sibling photos and 4 additional images for $200
Studio newborn sessions are held in my Etters, PA studio, where everything is designed with comfort and safety in mind. I provide all the wraps, props, and tiny details to style your baby beautifully, along with access to my curated wardrobe for moms and siblings. These sessions are gently posed, timeless, and focused on the sweet details of your newest little love during those fleeting early days (ideally between 7–21 days old).
studio newborn
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
check out the motherhood collective here for bundle savings on baby's first year!
don't want to miss a single moment?
wondering what a "set up" is?
A “set up” refers to a unique look or scene we create during your baby’s session. This could be baby posed in a cozy basket, snuggled on a little bed, or styled on a soft backdrop with wraps and accessories. Each set up includes its own color palette, props, and overall vibe, giving you variety in your final gallery.
Each of these photos represents a unique set up during baby's session. Each set up is photographed from multiple angles, usually with a bonnet/no bonnet, with a stuffed animal/none, to give a variety of options for parents to choose from.
HEIRLOOM
$1075
$750
SIGNATURE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 20 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $100 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 40 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $250 Product Credit
Lifestyle newborn sessions take place in the comfort of your own home, allowing us to capture your baby in their very first environment. These sessions are relaxed and natural, focusing on real interactions—snuggles on the couch, rocking in the nursery, siblings meeting their new baby, and even pets joining in. I bring along a selection of newborn wraps and a few favorite pieces from the client wardrobe, so you can enjoy the ease of a laid-back session while still having a polished, beautiful look.
lifestyle in home newborn
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
check out the motherhood collective here for bundle savings on baby's first year!
don't want to miss a single moment?
$450
SIGNATURE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 30 digital images
✔ Travel to Central PA hospitals within a 45 minute radius
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
FRESH 48
Fresh 48 sessions are held right in the hospital (or at home if you have a home birth) within the first two days after your baby’s arrival. These sessions are beautifully relaxed and natural, designed to capture those fleeting first moments when everything feels new. I’ll bring along carefully chosen swaddles and simple outfits for your baby, while you enjoy snuggling together and soaking it all in. The focus is less on posing and more on storytelling—documenting your baby’s tiny details, first yawns, and the sweet connections between you, siblings, and even pets if you’re home. A Fresh 48 is the perfect way to remember the raw, real, and emotional first days of life with your newborn.
*Take $150 off your Fresh 48 session when booked alongside a studio or lifestyle newborn*
check out the motherhood collection here for bundle savings on baby's first year!
don't want to miss a single moment?
HEIRLOOM
$995
$700
SIGNATURE
$350
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Baby Only Portraits
✔ 8 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
SIMPLE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Family & Baby Portraits
✔ 20 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $150 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Family & Baby Portraits
✔ 35 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $250 Product Credit
Milestone sessions are the perfect way to capture your baby’s incredible growth during their first year—whether they’re pushing up, sitting tall, crawling, or taking those first wobbly steps. These sessions are short, sweet, and designed to showcase your child’s budding personality. With simple styling, props, and access to my client wardrobe for little ones, milestone sessions ensure every stage of babyhood is remembered. Milestones are for babies/children 3 months and up.
milestones
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
check out the motherhood collection here for bundle savings on baby's first year!
don't want to miss a single moment?
HEIRLOOM
$1150
$795
SIGNATURE
$449
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Baby Only Portraits
✔ White backdrop with optional balloons
✔ Simple cake from Wesley Made Sweets
✔ 15 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
SIMPLE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Family & Baby Portraits
✔ Themed set up or balloon garland
✔ Color coordinating cake from Wesley Made Sweets
✔ 25 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $100 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ Family & Baby Portraits
✔ Themed set up or balloon garland
✔ Coordinated themed cake from Wesley Made Sweets
✔ 40 digital images
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $250 Product Credit
interested in bundling your baby's first year into one simple package? check out the motherhood collective
Take $100 SIGNATURE or HEIRLOOM off when you choose a theme already on hand!
Cake smash sessions are a joyful way to celebrate your baby turning one! Each session includes a styled set customized to your vision, access to my client wardrobe, and a cake designed just for your little one. We start with clean portraits, capture the big cake moment, and finish with an optional splash in the tub for extra fun (and easy cleanup!). It’s the perfect mix of sweet, silly, and celebratory.
cake smash
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
HEIRLOOM
$1175
$750
SIGNATURE
$525
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 15 digital images
✔ Essential Locations Only
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ Weekend dates are $50 additional
SIMPLE
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 30 digital images
✔ Essential & Signature Locations
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $100 Product Credit
✔ Client prep guide
✔ 45 digital images
✔ Essential & Signature Locations
✔ Client closet access / styling
✔ Private Viewing Gallery & Print Release
✔ $250 Product Credit
Senior sessions are all about celebrating this exciting milestone with photos that feel authentic and true to your teen. We’ll choose a location (or two) that reflects their personality—whether it’s a golden field at sunset, a favorite urban spot, or your own backyard. I’ll guide them through natural posing and fun prompts to keep things relaxed, so their genuine smile and personality shine through. Sessions can include multiple outfits, and access to my client wardrobe is available if they’d like an elevated option. These portraits mark such a meaningful season, and the result is a collection of images they’ll be proud to share now—and you’ll treasure forever.
seniors
I want you to absolutely love your photos. After your session, you will receive an unedited proofing gallery where you will choose your favorite images to be edited.
Add a second location to your session for $75
Matte Prints
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I don’t want your images to live and die on the cloud.
You’ve invested in these memories—your baby’s tiny features, your family’s connection, the love that’s so real it practically pours out of the frame. They deserve to be seen every day, not just hidden in a digital folder or lost in the scroll.
That’s why I include print credits with my sessions—to give you a little nudge (and some help!) to actually print and display your photos. Whether it’s a framed piece on the wall or a fine art album you flip through on quiet evenings, these are your legacy. Let’s make sure it doesn’t just sit on a hard drive.
Printed on archival-quality Deep Matte paper by Miller’s Lab, these professional prints have a rich, velvety finish that feels as timeless as the moment they capture. Designed to last, they won’t fade or yellow—so you can enjoy them for a lifetime and beyond.
$10
A FEW OF THE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR PRINT CREDIT
Folio Box
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Sets of fine art paper prints, matted and ready to frame, gift, or stay tucked inside the included linen print box. The perfect DIY solution for large gallery walls.
$229
Custom Photo Books
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Custom-designed and professionally printed, these heirloom photo books are made to be passed down. With thick, layflat pages and a linen or leather cover of your choice, each book tells your story with intention and beauty. Printed on archival paper to last for generations—because your memories deserve more than a screen.
$250
Metal Prints
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Images are infused directly into specially coated aluminum, Metal Prints MAX offer unsurpassed high gloss, color vibrancy, exceptional detail, color resolution and print permanence.
$129
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