Authentic and natural portraits of the people, pets and moments you want to remember forever.
Your portraits will only increase in value throughout the years. This is my promise to you.
Gretchen Otero Photography provides value to clients through printed artwork designed to be loved for more than a lifetime.
We offer heirloom albums, wall art in three different finishes and traditional table top prints.
Choose the art that is uniquely you and display it proudly throughout your home!
Your portrait session includes a Virtual Reveal Celebration! Most clients tell us this is their favorite part of the creative process. This is the time you will see the artwork created during your session and decide how to display it in your home. We will digitally show you how your favorite images will look on your own walls and we will create custom wall art specifically for your home.
We'll go over investment options and packages with you and help you find the best way to bring home the artwork you love and cannot live without, while at the same time, ensuring you accomplish all of your goals that we discussed in the pre-session consultation!
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As your photographer, you can count on us to source the absolute finest producers of wall art and heirloom albums.
Most People Invest...
An amount that allows them to decorate 1-3 walls with custom artwork. There is no minimum investment requirement and you only purchase the images you absolutely love. During your Portrait Reveal Session, we'll decide how to best display your images in your home and we'll go over the investment options for those collections. Generally, wall art collections begin around $400.
You May Purchase...
Heirloom Albums
Custom Wall Art Pieces
Gift Print Collections
Archival Digital Images*
*with qualifying artwork purchse
Your Sitting Fee is...
$175 for a studio or location session. This includes everything to make your session a success including a Pre-Session Consultation, and a Portrait Reveal of your edited images. Your sitting fee could be higher if you have a lot of people or pets in your portrait or would like to choose a location outside of San Diego and we'll discuss that during our initial chat.
We believe in the power of printed artwork and know the joy your prints will bring you and your family for decades.
Your Sitting Fee Is...
$175 for a studio or location session. This includes everything to make your session a success.
A Pre-Session Consultation will help us choose the best location for your session and ensure your outfits will compliment your goals. We'll also give you all the tips and tricks for making your session run as smoothly as possible.
Your Portrait Reveal Celebration will be scheduled for a date after your session. This is your single opportunity to view your artwork and choose how to display it in your home.
Your sitting fee could be higher if you have a lot of people or pets in your portrait or would like to choose multiple locations or a place outside of San Diego. We'll discuss that during our initial chat so there will never be any surprises!
Most People Invest...
An amount that allows them to decorate 1-3 walls with custom artwork. There is no minimum investment requirement and you only purchase the images you absolutely love. During your Portrait Reveal Session, we'll decide how to best display your images in your home and we'll go over the investment options for those collections.
Wall art collections begin around $350 and will increase as you choose additional albums and artwork to enjoy for a lifetime.
We like to remind people that this is a lifetime investment and your artwork will only increase in value as time passes.
Why Purchase Wall Portraits?
Let us ask you, what will bring you more effortless and automatic DAILY joy?
A beautifully framed portrait hanging in your living room?
Or a jump drive stashed away in a drawer?
Gretchen's mom told her it was rude to discuss money, but let's go ahead and do that. Some people's eyes get large at the cost of a wall portrait. We get that. They can be pricey but let's put this in perspective. You spend $400 a month, every month, for 5 years on your car payments and when the time comes to get a new car, you don't even care about the old one! You trade it in and never look back. Yes, you use the car to get to and from work and run errands, and it's a necessity. Your wall portraits will be utilized in a different way. They will be used to create happiness in your home, and you really can't put a price on the value of happiness.
Wall portraits could feel like a big investment right now, but in 5 years you will love them, in 10 years you will cherish them, and in 20 years they will still be bringing you joy. Their value to you will only increase the longer you have them.
We're so glad we were able to make you smile for your portrait session, and we'd love to continue to make you smile every time you look above your fireplace!
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We love our wall portraits because on our best days, we can see them and smile, and on our worst days, they are still there. Our wall portraits serve as a constant reminder to us and our family as our best memories and the love between us. They remind us of our puppers from the past and our current dog who likes to wake us up every single day at 4:00 am. But how can we be mad at her for waking us up so early when the FIRST thing we see when we walk downstairs is a wall portrait of her adorable smiling face hanging on our wall! Her wall portrait is our constant reminder of the love we have for her and might be the only reason we haven't taken drastic action against this daily 4 am wake up. Transversely, the images that we have on hard drives and on jump drives in the drawer are important and we love them, but we have to take action to see them. We have to sit at the computer, open the drawer, plug in the hard drive, open the file, and view the images. We don't think we've ever thought, "Man, I'm having a bad day, let me go pull out a jump drive and look at some old photos." Our wall portraits are always there. Always bringing us joy, day in and day out.
When your memories matter, you owe it to yourself to hire a professional.