Downeast Maine InstaSessions & Portrait Photography
Your Phone. My Eye. Your Photos. Instantly.
InstaSessions are photographer-guided portrait experiences using your smartphone—giving you professionally composed photos on your own phone, ready to enjoy and share right away.
InstaSessions in Bar Harbor & Downeast Maine
Your phone. Your photos — instantly.
InstaSessions are a new, value-priced way to book a photo shoot while vacationing in Maine’s Acadia National Park area. Designed to fit casually and easily into your schedule, these relaxed portrait experiences make it simple to get everyone in the picture.
Hand over your smartphone and enjoy the experience. Using your phone with my photographic eye, I provide professional posing, composition and direction while creating natural, professional-style photographs of you, your family or your group.
Smartphone photography includes up to two client smartphones per session. Photos may be taken on one or both devices as needed. Please arrive with phones charged, screen brightness set to high, and with enough available storage for 50 photos.
When your InstaSession is finished, your photos are already on your phone and belong to you for personal use—ready to view, share, edit and print your way, right away.
Bring your creativity, too. Props, pets and ideas are welcome.
InstaSessions begin at $175, depending on group size and location. Sessions are approximately 30 minutes.
Ready to get everyone in the picture?
Email me with the date, time, location, and occasion of your InstaSession inquiry.
Professional Portrait Photography in Bar Harbor & Downeast Maine
Morning Light Portrait Experiences
Make your time in Maine part of your family's story. Morning Light portrait sessions take advantage of the beautiful, softer light of the morning for natural and flattering photographs in some of Downeast Maine's most memorable settings.
Sessions are photographed with a professional camera and include individually edited photographs presented in a private online gallery for viewing and selecting your favorites.
You'll receive watermarked digital images for personal online sharing, and every Morning Light Package includes professionally printed heirloom photographs. I'll personally help you choose the images that work best for your included prints and, if you'd like something more, help you select additional prints, framing or wall art that fits your space.
Printing rights are retained by Katie Dobies Photography. Digital images included with your session are intended for personal online sharing and are not licensed for outside printing.
Morning Light Portrait Packages
Classic Morning Light — $650
Up to 5 people • Professional camera • 10 individually edited photographs • heirloom print
Includes one professionally printed 8×10 heirloom photograph
Group Morning Light — $950
Up to 10 people • Professional camera • 20 individually edited photographs • heirloom print collection.
Includes one professionally printed 8×10 + two 5×7 heirloom photographs
The Total Maine Experience — $1,695
Up to 15 people • Up to 60 minutes • both professional-camera photography and photos on the clients' smartphones • 30 individually edited professional photographs • private gallery • heirloom print collection.
For families and groups who want the best of both worlds—digital photos ready to enjoy immediately and professional photographs created for lasting print quality.
During your session, I'll photograph your group with my professional camera and with your smartphone (up to 2 smartphones). Your smartphone photographs are yours immediately to share, edit and print your way, while your professionally photographed and individually edited images provide the quality and detail for heirloom prints and larger focal pieces for your home.
You get the convenience of digital photographs without having to manage a collection of large professional files, along with professionally produced photographs designed to last.
Includes one professionally printed 11×14 + two 8×10 + two 5×7 heirloom photographs
The Morning Light Portrait Experience
Morning sessions take advantage of Maine's softer, more flattering light. Session timing and location are determined by the season, your group and where you're staying.
Finished photographs are typically ready within 7–10 days.
Want something special for your home? After viewing your gallery, I'll personally help you choose photographs, sizes and presentation options to create finished artwork that works beautifully in your space.
Interested in a Morning Light portrait experience?
Email katiedobiesphotography@gmail.com with your preferred date, group size and location preference in the Downeast Maine.
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About Katie Dobies
Katie Dobies is a Maine-based photographer specializing in natural-light portraiture, documentary travel imagery and authentic, human-made photography. Based in Downeast Maine near Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, her work is rooted in capturing real people, places and moments with a natural, timeless approach.
Her photography spans family and senior portraits, travel and nature photography, fine art and commercial stock imagery, with work used by designers, publishers, nonprofits and brands around the world.
Katie Dobies Photography is also home to Stock Photo Queen, Peaceful Wall Art and Ethical Imagery—an ecosystem built around the value of real photography in an increasingly AI-generated world.
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