When You Love Photographs But Don’t Have Any Time

Imagine shelves lined with chunky, binder-style albums—some pages a little crooked, punch holes heroically hanging on. That was my childhood museum. I can still spot the one-hour photo counter in every store we visited, hear the crinkle of the yellow Kodak envelope, and see my dad’s all-caps handwriting on the flap. We’d pass stacks of prints around like trading cards—laughing, pointing, telling stories. It was social before social media…and honestly, more personal.

He taught me to value photographs you can touch. And if you’re here—booking traditional portraits, documentary family photos, or films—you probably value tangible keepsakes, too. Not just files. Prints with a note on the back. An album a toddler can flip through without you panicking. Priceless, but not too precious to live real life with you.

There’s just one small problem: time. Printing, designing, framing? That’s… a project. Even for me (hi, professional photographer who also procrastinates printing her own pictures). Responsibility > hobby, and we all know how “responsibility” vibes.

Lifestyle portrait of a Northern Indiana family photographer holding a Kodak Picture Maker box—storytelling image for album-included, done-for-you photo products.

The Problem (That Isn’t Your Fault)

  • You value photography and want something you can hold.

  • You don’t have hours to design albums, pick papers, and order prints…then do it all again next year.

So here’s how I serve you better.

What’s Included Now (and Getting Better)

Every session comes with products available and a custom mock-up album.
During your ordering appointment, I screen-share (or meet in person), show you the book I’ve already designed from your session, and we edit it together in minutes. No DIY rabbit hole, no late-night layout decisions, no “I’ll do it next weekend.”


Coming This Year: Product-Included Sessions

I’m moving from “products optional” to “products included.” That means every experience with Lindsey DeCicco Photography will deliver something physical—album, prints, or both. I’m finalizing the exact bundles and would love your input so it fits real families with real lives.

Tell me what would help most: a coffee-table album, a wall set ready to hang, grandparent minis, or a print credit you can use over time?

How It Works (Simple + Done For You)

  1. Shoot Day: Traditional, documentary, or film—however your family feels most like you.

  2. Curation: I select the strongest storytelling images (plus your favorites).

  3. Design: I build your album and curate product options that match your home.

  4. Ordering Appointment: We make quick edits together; you approve.

  5. Delivery: Heirloom pieces arrive ready to love, flip, and pass around.


Why Tangible Matters

Photos on a phone are seen.
Printed photos are shared.
They live on coffee tables, migrate to backpacks, get handed to grandparents, and come out on snow days. They become part of your family language.

Close-up of a premium lay-flat family photo album on a table—professional photo book design included with South Bend family photographer sessions.

If you love photographs but don’t have the bandwidth to be your family’s memory department, I’ve got you. Let’s create something you can hold—without adding a single task to your to-do list.
Email me with what product you’d love included, and I’ll build this experience around real life (yours).


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