Axis Media Design takes the portrait one step further, creating unique works of art featuring you or your loved ones. Formal studio portraits are available, but why not consider the great outdoors, your home or place of business as a setting? We can build your portrait around your favorite sport, your hobbies or any other feature that will bring a distinctive sense of "you" to your pictures. Book a free consultation today to find out how you can take your pictures 'Beyond the Portrait.'

Family Portraits
$150 for 1-hour studio session.
$250 for 1-hour outdoor session.
Price includes your choice of one basic picture package.

Individual Portraits
$75 for 30-minute studio session (great for business portraits).
$125 for 1-hour studio session.
$225 for 1-hour outdoor session.
$350 'Twofer' package; two hours, two outfits, two locations.
Price includes your choice of one basic picture package.

Trash the Dress
Become a part of this fun and exciting phenomenon! You choose the dress - prom, wedding or other formal, the location and the activity, and we'll create dramatic, unforgettable pre- or post-wedding portraits with you as the star!

Trash the Dress sessions start at $225 for one hour on location. Additional time or locations extra. Price includes your choice of one basic picture package.

Maternity, Modeling, Engagement, and Senior portrait sessions also available!

Celebrate the love of your best furry friend with fun, unique portraits that will last a lifetime! You can choose to have your pet photographed in your home, at the park, or in our studio*. Sessions are available for multiple pets and even for you to get in on the action! Each session includes a little extra time to calm and acclimate your pet to the presence of the photographer and equipment, and it also helps us get to know your pet a little bit so we can capture his or her most distinctive traits!

Single-Pet Session
$175 for 90-minute in-studio session.
$225 for 90-minute session on location in the home or outdoors.

Pet and Owner Session
$125 for 90-minute in-studio session.
$175 for 90-minute session on location.

Multiple Pets Session
$300 for two-hour in-studio session.
$365 for two-hour session on location.

All pet sessions include your choice of a basic picture package.

*Presence of owner/handler required at all times. Housebroken/litter-trained pets only, please.

Editorial Art Gallery
Images from self-portrait studies and other photography projects. Available for purchase in print or digital formats.

Scenic Art Gallery
View scenes from Venice, Paris, Germany, New Zealand and the US, including Texas and Florida. Available for purchase in print or digital formats.

Commissioned works of art are available and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Please call or email us for a free consultation.

The stock photography gallery features royalty-free photos of scenes and objects that may be purchased for use in presentations, magazines, brochures and other point-of-purchase, advertising or branding materials. See "Permitted Uses" and "Prohibited Uses" below for more details.

We will gladly accept requests to photograph objects, scenes or products specifically for your project in accordance with all legal/copyright restrictions. Please call us for a free, personal consultation.

Digital Format Prices
$1.00 small (short edge=100 pixels)
$3.00 medium (short edge=216 pixels)
$5.00 large (short edge=360 pixels)
$10.00 x-large (short edge=720 pixels)
$20.00 xx-large (short edge=1440 pixels)

Print Prices
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Please note: all sizes may not be available for all images. Availability depends on original resolution, aspect and content.

Permitted Uses
Subject to the restrictions described under Prohibited Uses below, the following are permitted uses of stock photography purchased from Axis Media Design:

1. advertising and promotional projects, including printed materials, product packaging, presentations, film and video presentations, commercials, catalogues, brochures, promotional greeting cards and promotional postcards (ie. not for resale or license);
2. entertainment applications, such as books and book covers, magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, and video, broadcast and theatrical presentations;
3. on–line or electronic publications, including web pages to a maximum of 800 x 600 pixels;
4. prints, posters (i.e. a hardcopy) and other reproductions for personal use or promotional purposes specified in (1) above, but not for resale, license or other distribution; and
5. any other uses approved in writing by Axis Media Design.

If there is any doubt that a proposed use is a Permitted Use, you should contact Axis Media Design for guidance.

Prohibited Uses
You may not do anything with the Content that is not expressly permitted in the preceding section or permitted by an Extended License. For greater certainty, the following are prohibited uses and you may not:

1. use the Content in design template applications intended for resale, whether on-line or not, including, without limitation, website templates, Flash templates, business card templates, electronic greeting card templates, and brochure design templates;
2. use or display the Content on websites or other venues designed to induce or involving the sale, license or other distribution of “on demand” products, including postcards, mugs, t-shirts, posters and other items (this includes custom designed websites, as well as sites such as www.cafepress.com);
3. use the Content in any posters (printed on paper, canvas or any other media) or other items for resale, license or other distribution for profit;
4. use any of the Content as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo;
5. incorporate the Content in any product that results in a re-distribution or re-use of the Content (such as electronic greeting card web sites, web templates and the like) or is otherwise made available in a manner such that a person can extract or access or reproduce the Content as an electronic file;
6. use the Content in a fashion that is considered by Axis Media Design (acting reasonably) as or under applicable law is considered pornographic, obscene, immoral, infringing, defamatory or libelous in nature, or that would be reasonably likely to bring any person or property reflected in the Content into disrepute;
7. use or display any Content that features a model or person in a manner that (i) would lead a reasonable person to think that such person uses or personally endorses any business, product, service, cause, association or other endeavour; or (ii) that depicts such person in a potentially sensitive subject matter, including, but not limited to mental and physical health issues, social issues, sexual or implied sexual activity or preferences, substance abuse, crime, physical or mental abuse or ailments, or any other subject matter that would be reasonably likely to be offensive or unflattering to any person reflected in the Content;
8. to the extent that source code is contained within the Content, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of such source code;
9. remove any notice of copyright, trade-mark or other proprietary right from any place where it is on or embedded in the Content;
10. sub-license, re-sell, rent, lend, assign, gift or otherwise transfer or distribute the Content or the rights granted under this Agreement;
11. install and use the Content in more than one location at a time or post a copy of the Content on a network server or web server for use by other users;
12. use or display the Content in an electronic format that enables it to be downloaded or distributed via mobile devices or shared in any peer-to-peer or similar file sharing arrangement;
13. use the Content for editorial purposes without including the following credit adjacent to the Content: “© Axis Media Design/Melissa D. Gridley]; or
14. either individually or in combination with others, reproduce the Content, or an element of the Content, in excess of 500,000 times without obtaining an Extended License, in which event you shall be required to pay an additional royalty fee equal to US $0.01 for each reproduction which is in excess of 500,000 reproductions. This additional royalty does not apply to advertisements in magazines, newspapers or websites or to broadcast by television, web-cast or theatrical production.