Quality is our love language
Crafted to Last. Loved Forever.
Your Story Begins Here
Your photo shoot and portraits are available ‘à la carte’ or ‘pick & choose’ so you’re never locked into pre-set packages or paying for images you don’t truly love. To secure your session, we charge a session/sitting fee, which covers your time in the studio and the creation of your portraits. *a small reservation fee is required if you have a gift voucher.
After your session, you’ll return to view your finished photographs and choose your favourites, deciding how you’d like to enjoy them; whether as timeless prints, hero images framed for the wall, or in an beautiful album. You simply choose the images you love, with payment for images made at your ordering appointment or arranged on a layby if you prefer.
Standard or Styled session?
This is the start of a truly personalised, stress-free experience designed around you and your family.
Your session fee secures your time with us, our guidance from consultation to sales, and the care we put into capturing the moments that matter to you. It includes up to ten people and gives you the freedom to relax, connect, and simply enjoy your time together.. If you’d like to include a larger group, just get in touch.
Reserve a Standard Session today for $230 and create portraits you and your family will treasure forever. Or choose a Styled Session for $455 to added enjoy professional hair and makeup for one person and full access to our studio wardrobe; a beautiful way to feel confident, special, and completely pampered. Additional hair and makeup available for $255 per person, so everyone can shine and feel their absolute best. (Images purchased separately.)
HEIRLOOM QUALITY PRODUCTS
Photographs shouldn’t live on a device or disappear in a folder of files.
Just think, no one ever treasures inheriting a digital file, but a printed portrait is priceless.
Cheap photos fade, files get lost, and memories can slip away. A beautifully crafted print endures. Every portrait we create is produced to museum-quality standards, crafted to last 75+ years, and made to be held, displayed, and shared. Every laugh, every look, every connection captured in your session is preserved with intention; transforming life’s fleeting moments into meaningful heirlooms.
Because when it comes to the people we love, we always want to hold onto them longer than we can.
you choose what you want
Museum Quality Prints
heirloom boxes & albums
professional framing
& matts
individual images
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You have the option to buy each image individually. Each photograph is matted and mounted (archival card border and backing board). It’s not a cheap loose print, it’s exactly what you see. Large prints: 16”×20” or above are presented as loose prints.
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Let us take care of everything, so your portraits are ready to hang and enjoy. Choose from four beautiful finishes; matted, unmatted, canvas, or torn edge, along with traditional framer’s glass or shatterproof acrylic options. We can also personalise your framed photos, creating pieces that will be pride of place in your home.
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Our portraits are available in a range of timeless sizes: 11”×14”, 16”×20”, 20”×30”, 30”×40”, and 40”×60”. Each one handcrafted to museum-quality standards.
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You have complete freedom to choose how many portraits you’d like whether it’s two or twenty (or more). There’s no need to fit into a set number. However, if you fall in love with six or more, our folio boxes and albums offer the best value and a beautiful way to keep your collection together.
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Our individual portraits begin at $325, each handcrafted to museum-quality standards and designed to be treasured for generations. For those who fall in love with multiple images, our folio boxes and albums offer exceptional value - almost half the price. Contact us for full pricing and product options.
FOLIO BOXES
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Our most popular option are the Folio Boxes, available in packages of 6, 10, or 20 individually matted images of your choice. Printed at the most popular size 11”×14” (print size 7”×10”) and presented in a sleek black clam-shell or hinged portfolio, these collections can also be tailored to any number of images you love.
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Each box is wrapped in a soft-matt or buckram cover, custom embossed with our logo for a refined, heirloom-quality finish. A ribbon loop makes it easy to lift your portraits in and out of the box, combining elegance with practicality.
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Folio Boxes give you the freedom to rotate and rearrange displays, share images with family, or keep portraits safe until you choose the perfect place to showcase them. They’re also perfectly sized to coordinate with our Folio Frames. ADD ANCHOR LINK
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Our middle and large Folio Boxes include a behind-the-scenes video or slideshow, giving you a cherished window into the laughter, connection, and fleeting moments that made your session and your family so special.
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Each Folio Box gives you an effortless way to display your portraits with pride. Folio Boxes start at $1,799 with lay-by options from just $30 a week, and AFTERPAY is available. Contact us for the full price list and product options.
Albums
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Cherish every smile, every glance, and every shared moment as you flip through the pages with those you love. Imagine a beautifully crafted album, capturing the intimacy, joy, and connection of your portraits for years to come.
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Photo albums have been treasured world-wide for centuries, and each of ours is meticulously handcrafted by Queensberry Ltd, right here in Aotearoa. We personally design your album together in-studio, ensuring every detail reflects your story. Lay-flat pages let every image shine, free from being lost in the crease.
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The Small Album (6) & Medium Album (10) portraits are both 7”x10”
Large (20 or more) portraits in 9”x12”, with a custom vellum title page.
All Albums are available portrait or landscape, wrapped in an elegant black buckram cover, presented in a drawstring bag and hand-printed box.
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Albums are designed as heirlooms, preserving your family’s story and treasured moments so they can be enjoyed today and for generations to come. Perfect for those who value discretion, they can sit elegantly on a book stand, be tucked beneath a coffee table, or shared with loved ones when the moment feels right.
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Each album offers a beautiful way to bring your portraits to life, creating moments to gather on the couch, tell stories, and relive your favourite memories together. Albums start at $1,799, with lay-by options from just $30 a week, and AFTERPAY is available. Contact us for full pricing and product options.
add on extras
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Available separately and also included with any folio box or album featuring 10 images or more, this treasured video reveals the moments you didn’t see on the day; the laughter, the inside jokes, the hugs and smiles between loved ones. Interwoven with your finished images, it’s a sentimental keepsake you’ll watch again and again, reliving the all the joy you felt in the moment.
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For those who love versatility, the Folio Frame offers a hinged, magnetic front so you can swap matted 11”x14” prints whenever you like. Crafted from museum-grade acrylic, shatterproof and protective, it’s a timeless way to display your portraits in your home, available in classic black or white.
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While our Folio Box and Album packages begin with 6, 10, or 20 images, you can add extra portraits so your can have all the combinations you love. Whether it’s 8, 16 or 25 + images, every cherished laugh, smile, and quiet connection can be held onto and remembered forever.
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A smaller replica of your full-sized album, perfect for grandparents, gifting, or carrying in your handbag to share with friends. Mini albums must be purchased alongside a full-sized album and are an exact copy, beautifully holding onto your memories in a compact, elegant format.
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We offer both AfterPay and customised traditional Layby options. Contact us to discuss what works for you.
What About Digital Only?
With Sarahlee Studio, as standard, every image you purchase includes both the print and the matching digital file for the one price. This ensures your portraits remain safe, tangible, and timeless.
Creating a beautifully finished digital file takes the same time, expertise, and care as a printed portrait. For this reason, digital-only pricing is the same.
* Read more here.