KARISSA VAN TASSEL

My highest priority is the safety and well-being of both my clients, my team and their families. To that end I am instituting a few changes to how I do photo shoots that will ensure everyone has a wonderful experience.

Please read below for changes and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions at all. I promise to do everything I can to keep everyone has the best possible experience!

Photo by Katie Donnelly

in-studio

The first change is that all consultations and review sessions will now take place via Zoom (or other video conferencing app if you don't have Zoom).

In-studio sessions will now be scheduled once a week to ensure that the air and all surfaces are completely clean when you walk through the door. In addition, everyone at the session will need to take a COVID test within 72 hours of the photo shoot, Karissa and her assistants included.

We realize this is asking a lot of our clients, but the health and safety of everyone at the photo shoot is extremely important to us. Also, doing everything we can in advance to ensure everyone is healthy when they walk through the door enables us to focus on what's really important–taking amazing photographs.

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Unfortunately there is no way to do makeup application while wearing a facemask, so we will not be able to offer this service for awhile. In the meantime I created a brand new makeup guide to walk you through the process of doing your own makeup for your session! Best of all- it's yours to keep after the session!!

makeup?

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During on-location photo shoots, Karissa will have a face mask on the entire time. During in-studio sessions, our team will wear masks and clients will be asked to wear a face mask while in close contact with others (while having their hair done, for example).

face mask?

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