Pet Portrait Customer Appreciation Events
Give your customers a portrait capturing the fleeting moments with their pets.
Our pets take up an enormous place in our lives, and our time with them is always too short. Imagine handing one of your customers a beautiful portrait of their dog, framed and ready to hang in their living room for the next twenty years.
Every time they walk past it, they will remember you.
Put your advertising dollars to work while strengthening customer loyalty at the same time.
Stay top of mind with your customers
Customer appreciation your customers actually appreciate
Most appreciation efforts are quickly forgotten. A portrait of a family pet stays in the house, and so does the memory of who made it possible.
Become the business they remember
A portrait on the wall outlasts every mailer, magnet, and discount code you will ever send.
Customers feel valued
People arrive with their pets, meet your team, and leave genuinely delighted. That mood sticks.
Stronger loyalty, warmer relationships
Longtime customers feel recognized, and new ones understand quickly what kind of business you run.
Real perceived value
A boutique portrait session normally runs into the hundreds. Your customers receive theirs as a gift from you.
Something worth talking about
Pet photos get shown to friends, posted, and shared, with your name attached to the story.
A reason to come back in
Portrait pickup brings customers through your door again for a conversation instead of a sales pitch.
Turnkey from start to finish
Choose your date. We'll handle the rest.
You can be as involved as you like. Some owners want to greet every guest personally. Others give us a date and a corner of the lobby and go back to work.
- Professional photographers
- Professional lighting
- Background and set
- Styled props
- Online customer registration
- Appointment scheduling
- Event organization
- Customer image selection
- Print ordering
- Complimentary 5x7 portrait per customer
- Optional walk-in availability
- Delivery coordination
- Optional refreshments
- Optional pet gift bags
How it works
Key details you're wondering about
How many customers can I invite?
You can invite up to ten customers per hour, plus up to four walk-ins per hour (up to 40 customers in a 3-hour day).
How can I use this event?
You can host a customer appreciation event, sell tickets, offer it as a gift to your most valued customers, or open it to the public to attract new business.
What do my customers receive?
Every customer gets a complimentary five-by-seven portrait gifted by your business.
How does this reflect my brand?
You get a branded online sign-up page that looks and feels like a natural extension of your business.
All pets welcome
Dogs lead the way. They don't have the place to themselves.
Expect a lobby full of golden retrievers and terriers. Expect a few surprises, too. If a pet can travel safely, it can sit for a portrait.
Choose your theme
A different look for every season
Seasonal events work especially well during your slower stretches. They give you a natural reason to reach out to customers more than once a year.
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Christmas
Additional and custom themes are added regularly. If you have something specific in mind for your business, ask.
Behind the set
The photo shoot happens in your office/lobby/conference room
Minimal space, yet we'll create a portrait worthy of display.
Work from home with no office? No problem. Use our downtown Lemont studio at no extra charge.
Event pricing
Straightforward, all-in event rates
Every event includes the photographers, the lighting, the set, registration, scheduling, image selection, and a complimentary 5x7 portrait for each participating customer.
Monday – Thursday
$1,100
Includes up to 3 hours.
Three-hour minimum. Most businesses find three to five hours gives their customers room to arrive comfortably.
Friday
$1,200
Includes up to 3 hours.
Three-hour minimum. Most businesses find three to five hours gives their customers room to arrive comfortably.
Saturday
$1,400
Includes up to 3 hours.
Three-hour minimum. Most businesses find three to five hours gives their customers room to arrive comfortably.
Add-ons
Make the day yours
Additional Event Time
$150 / hour
Extend the day as demand builds.
Pet Goodie Bags
$5 / pet
Treats and small toys for every guest to take home.
Guest Refreshment Station
$50
We bring the table and set up cookies and bottled water for your guests.
Framed Portrait Upgrade
Tentatively $10 / portrait
Each complimentary portrait arrives in a simple frame, ready to display.
Direct-to-Customer Shipping
Price TBD
Skip pickup entirely and have finished portraits delivered to each customer.
16x20 Canvas Portrait
$150
A gallery-wrapped canvas for a VIP client, a drawing winner, or a customer who has been with you since the beginning. Something they may keep on their wall for a lifetime.
Couldn't be easier to bring your customers through your door and keep them coming back.
We handle every step.
The second touchpoint
One more reason to walk back through your door
When portraits are finished, we deliver them to your office. Customers come by to pick them up, and you get another unhurried conversation with someone who is already happy to see you.
If extra foot traffic doesn't suit your business, choose direct-to-customer shipping and we'll take care of delivery.
Choosing the portrait
Your customers pick the one they love
A few days after the event, each customer gets access to their images online and chooses their favorite. That 5x7 is complimentary as part of your event.
Additional prints and images are available if a customer wants them, with no pressure and no obligation. We ask guests to make their complimentary selection within about two weeks so portraits can be produced and delivered together.
From the businesses we work with
In their words
So easy
“They handled everything from start to finish. Our team barely had to do a thing, and everyone loved it.”
Chiropractor
Customer for life
“My bank brought this in for customers, and I loved it. I'm seriously never switching banks now.”
Customer
Worth every penny
“Hands down, some of the best advertising money we've spent. Customers talked about it for weeks afterward.”
Dentist Office
J.R. Owen & Company
Jeff and Rachel Owen
Jeff and Rachel Owen have spent more than two decades making portraits. Most of them with animals or children who have no interest in sitting still.
We are dog people! Our experience is what makes short appointments work. We know how to read nervous, excited, and easily distracted dogs quickly, helping us capture great expressions without the session ever feeling rushed.
We understand how fleeting a pet’s life is. Every animal who comes in front of our camera is treated with the same care and respect we give our own.
Credentials and awards to be added
Slow season strategy
A good reason to reach out when things are quiet
Every business has a stretch of the calendar where the phone slows down. A seasonal portrait event gives you something worth calling customers about, and it fills the lobby with people who are glad to be there. Book a spring event in your quiet month and a holiday event in December, and you have two warm conversations with every customer on your list.
Questions
Things businesses usually ask
Book your event
Years after the event, the portrait will still hang in their home.
Your business will always be remembered.
Choose your date. Choose your theme. We'll take care of the rest.