Brandy Lee Photography (2025)

21/01/2025

DATES ARE SET FOR MY ANNUAL MOMMY & ME MINIS!!!!!

💛 Mommy & Me Minis 💛
$250.00 | 20 Minute Studio Sessions | 5 Edited Digital Images | Option to Purchase Additional Images | Goodie Bags for Kids | Free Access to my Client Closet!

I have opened up two dates for these back to back minis - one in March & one in April!
Round 1: Saturday March 22, 2025
Round 2: Sunday April 19, 2025

To grab a time slot, head to the link below!

*non-refundable retainer fee & contract due to secure your spot! The remaining balance for March sessions will be due Monday March 17 & for April sessions, the remaining balance due date will be Monday April 14!*

I can’t wait to see who gets in this year! These are some of my favorite sessions to capture 🥰💕

*set up will be my usual boho studio set up with bed, florals, hanging fabric etc!
* I will be making an additional corner with either hanging flowers, or something else fun! Will email all booked clients as soon as I solidify the additional set up!

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=21606900&appointmentType=29799913

18/01/2025

There are so many amazing family’s that I’ve captured in 2024 & I haven’t shared any of them 🫣 I’m slowly trying to start getting back to my social media pages after taking a much needed break!

That’s all for now, just wanted you to enjoy this gorgeous family 🥰 (and also attempt to stay relevant on this little slice of the internet lol)

Happy Saturday!

02/01/2025

HEY PHOTOGRAPHERS! 👋🏻

Are you looking for a space to do Valentine's Day minis!? Lyza Maye Photography & I are sub-renting our studios for Valentine's Day minis until the end of February! 📸

Only one of our spaces will be set up & decorated for Valentine's minis - all you literally have to do is book your clients & go have a good time creating memories!

Our space has a faux window wall - filled with lights behind sheer curtains, which gives you the option to photograph at any time of the day (yes, even if it’s dark outside) and still get a result as if you were photographing with natural light!

• Our space is located in downtown Bismarck!
• The cost is $50.00/hour or $300.00 for a full 8 hour day!
• $50.00 non-refundable retainer fee & contract due at booking to secure your rental date/time!

If you’re interested renting our Valentine’s Set Up in our Dark & Moody Space, reach out to us via email at:

[email protected] to fill out your rental agreement & to grab a date on our calendar!

Xoxo,
Wilde Retreat Owners
🌹🥂💖📸

21/12/2024

Just here to say hi 👋🏻 & give some updates for the future of Brandy Lee Photography!

First and foremost, I’m still here & still working away at galleries! I have 10 family sessions & 1 wedding left on my list! I’ll be taking a very long break from sessions, therefore will not be opening my books in January or February!

I will be posting about my Mommy & Me minis within the next few weeks! Round 1 will take place in March, round 2 will take place in April! Unless you have purchased a gift certificate, sunset sessions will likely not be available until May!

It’s been a really hard year personally, a lot has happened that I just haven’t felt comfortable opening up about, which has affected my business and how I see myself going forward. With that said, 2025 will be extremely limited for booking. Outside of themed minis, I will only be opening 5 session dates per month.

I truly have reflected so much this year and want 2025 to be the year my kids get more of me mentally, physically & emotionally. I haven’t been fully present due to overworking myself (in October alone, I had 18 sessions). This is completely my own fault of course, but it has taught me to try to enjoy “slowing down” and really taking in these moments with my kids. It all passes by so quickly & I can’t accept looking back only to see how much I’ve missed due to putting work over everything else in my life.

I cherish photography, my clients & this journey so much. I have considered quitting so many times, due to the mental & physical demand of overdoing this job but know my heart is so full of passion for capturing love in all the different forms, that I don’t think I could ever fully let this go✨ however, for now, forcing myself to slow down is what’s not only necessary, but also plays a big part in the season of motherhood I’m currently in.

Anyway, I think I might be rambling at this point. It’s so easy to get carried away once I start typing what my heart is feeling! If you’ve made it reading this far, please know how much I appreciate you! Thank you for listening!

I hope you all have the have best holiday season & get so much valued family time 💛 cherish every single moment you have!!!!

01/12/2024

Today is the last full day of my Black Friday Sales & to grab a discounted 2025 gift certificate! The sale will end at 5pm central time tomorrow! 🥰

There is:
1 full session gift certificate left at 20% off
1 mini session gift certificate left at 20% off

If you’re wanting in on my VERY *limited* 2025 calendar, this is the only way to guarantee you’ll get a session!

I’m so excited to see the families who already snagged one & can’t wait to see if any other family’s grab a spot!

Grab your 2025 gift certificate here:
www.brandyleephotography.com/my-shop

Happy Holidays! ❤️💚

26/11/2024

🎄 BLACK FRIDAY SALE IS ON!!! 🎄

RUN QUICK!!! 20% off 2025 gift certificates until they’re sold out, or until Monday December 2nd!

• 3 minis available for sale price

• 3 full sessions available for sale price

Head to my website and grab yours!
www.brandyleephotography.com/my-shop

Gift certificates expire on 12/31/25. Please be mindful of this & use your gift certificate before it expires!

All sales are final for gift certificates! These can not be re-sold and are not refundable in any circumstance**

If you’re wanting in on my 2025 calendar, this will guarantee you a spot as gift certificate purchasers get *F I R S T* pick!

I can’t wait to see who grabs one 🥰📸

Happy Holidays!

25/11/2024

⏰🎄 SET YOUR ALARMS! 🎄⏰

At 6:00pm central time my Black Friday Sale starts!!! 20% off 2025 gift certificates until they are sold out, or until Monday Decemebr 2nd!

• 3 minis available for sale price
• 3 full sessions available for sale price

Gift certificates expire on 12/31/25. Please be mindful of this & use your gift certificate before it expires!

All sales are final for gift certificates! These can not be re-sold and are not refundable in any circumstance**

If you’re wanting in on my 2025 calendar, this will guarantee you a spot as gift certificate purchasers get *F I R S T* pick!

Remember that I’ll be taking on much, much less next year with not much wiggle room. I over-did myself again this year & just cannot emotionally/mentally do that to myself or my kids again. 🙏🏻

Upcoming changes to be aware of:
*my policies for reschedules have been updated. First reschedule will be free, second will have a $50 charge & anything more than two will result in a canceled session. Of course, the weather will not affect this policy - if it’s storming out we won’t do the session, etc.

*remaining balances will also now be due the Monday prior to any scheduled session. For example: if you had a session scheduled today, your remaining balance would have been due Monday November 18!

*my packages have also changed slightly. You can check out the updates here:
Www.brandyleephotography.com/services

That’s all for now! I just wanted to cover a few things before my sale is live tonight!

I can’t wait to see who snags one!
SEE YOU AT 6!!!!!! 🥰

15/11/2024

Absolute over share of this amazing family that I’ve got to capture during BOTH of this sweet mama’s pregnancies 🥹 this session was so dang special to me, but also to this family because we got to photograph them right on the comfort of their own land!

More farm sessions please 🙏🏻

PS - I know I’ve been awful at posting the past few months. I’m just so focused on trying to dig myself out of the editing hole I’ve fallen deep into!

Another PS - set your reminders that Black Friday Gift Certificate sales will start November 25! 💛🧡🤎

07/11/2024

HEY PHOTOGRAPHERS! Are you looking for a space to do indoor Christmas minis!? Me and Lyza Maye Photography are sub-renting out our studios for Christmas minis for the rest of November! 📸

The 2 spaces are already set up & decorated for Christmas minis - all you literally have to do is book your clients & go have a good time creating memories!

Our spaces are located in downtown Bismarck!

The cost is $50.00/hour or $300.00 for a full 8 hour day! Our spaces both have a faux window walls - filled with lights behind sheer curtains, which gives you the option to photograph at any time of the day (yes, even if it’s dark outside) and still get a result as if you were photographing with natural light!

If you’re interested in either the Light & Neutral Space or the Dark & Moody Space, reach out to us via email at:
[email protected] to fill out your rental agreement & to grab a date on our calendar!

Xoxo,
Wilde Retreat Owners
🎅🏻🎄📸

17/10/2024

📸 Black Friday Gift Certificate Info 📸
Get ready to mark those calendars!!!

Hi friends,
I’ve been so absent on social media lately. Just trying to get through this busy season while keeping my sanity in tact (the one little strand of it that’s left anyway 😜)

Anyway, I’m excited to announce some information about my annual Black Friday Gift Certificate Sales!

• Gift Certificates for Mini, Full & Newborn Packages will be 20% off.
• The sale will be available early on Friday November 22nd to my VIP members/past clients. If you’ve had a session with me, be sure you’re in the Facebook group! Your welcome email will have the link to join!
• The sale will go out to the public on Monday November 25 and go until 7pm CST on cyber Monday (December 2) or until the 10 gift certificates are sold!
• There will only be 10 Gift Certificates available to purchase at 20% off - these sell out every year so grab one while you can!

These make for the perfect gift, or just to ensure that your family gets in on my 2025 calendar! Gift certificate holders get FIRST pick at sessions when each season opens!

*all gift certificate sales are final!!!

That’s all I have for now! Enjoy these images of this GORGEOUS family full of boys 🥰☀️

23/09/2024

🍂 happy first day of F A L L 🍂

I’ve posted this before & I’ll post it again and again - fall means busy season is in full swing! Please be gentle with your photographers, as this is the time of year that a lot of us overbook ourselves so that we can make sure our clients get that gorgeous fall foliage that is highly requested!

Speaking for myself: between my other job, my kids’ sports & driving my son to/from work then having sessions to photograph multiple times per week, I am at my max turn around time right now. My turn around time is 40 business days *after* telling me you’re done choosing your faves from your soft-proof galleries. This is explained on my website, before you submit a booking submission, in my contract, in my soft-proof emails, and I try to post about this often just to make sure I’m overly communicating my turn around time!

Thank you beyond words to those clients that have randomly texted me “take your time!”, that send me sweet little coffee e-gift cards & that simply just check in on me. Clients that do that truly show me how much they value my time & work, and that speaks volumes to me! I appreciate those of you who do that more than I can explain! 💛

Have a lovely week everybody and please, if you know a photographer, just send them some love this week! Nothing photo related, but just genuinely check in on them. Those messages mean everything! 🥲

PS - please enjoy many photos of this beautiful family’s gallery I just sent off! I couldn’t choose just a few, I had too many faves!

15/09/2024

Just here to announce that there are 3️⃣ thirty minute sessions that opened up & they are all that’s left on my outdoor session calendar for 2024!

If you’d like to get into the studio and capture some memories, please feel free to *email* me to find dates & times! I do not check my Facebook messages often and it’s much easier for me to keep all communication in one place as much as possible. If you’ve reached out on any social media to inquire, please know I may not see your message!

Now for the most important part of this post - would you just take a minute to look at this precious family 🥹 I have photographed them since their first baby was just in mama’s tummy and what a true blessing it is to watch their family grow.

Sometimes this job, like any, can be really stressful but to see families returning and to capture their changes through the years, is the biggest/best gift of all 🥲💛

www.brandyleephotography.com

13/09/2024

It was too hard to narrow these down. So enjoy all of these images of my beautiful friend Morgan, along with her stunning family 🥹

I can’t believe how fast this summer has flown by & all of the things that have happened in the last few months alone. Life has been absolute chaos but we are rolling through it 💛

Extra thank you to all of my clients who have been beyond patient while awaiting their galleries the last few weeks! I promise I’m chipping away at my editing list one after another!

Anyway, now I’m rambling. Happy almost Friday!

16/08/2024

🍂📸 EXCITING NEWS!!!! FALL SUNSET SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! 📸🍂

I am so happy to announce that my remaining fall sessions are ready to book!

Fall is very limited this year, as I work another full time job during the school year 💛

*Please remember that the contract & non-refundable retainer fee are due back within 24 hours of booking to secure your session date & time! The remaining balance is due the day of your session!

I can’t wait to capture some amazing families in the gorgeous fall foliage this year!

*next event to set your calendars for: Black Friday gift certificate sales!!!! Be on the lookout for a sneak peek post of that in the coming weeks. Only 10 Gift certificate discounts will be available this year!

www.brandyleephotography.com/schedule

15/08/2024

🚫 GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!!! Winner chosen. Thank you allll!!!! 🚫

So happy to announce that I’ll be doing a
🎁 Studio Mini Christmas Session G I F T A W A Y 🎁 to thank all of the people who voted for me in Bismarck Best of the Best contest! I’m so proud & happy to say that for 4 years now, I’ve gotten second place! It is a dream to be nominated at all, let alone get all the way up to second place. Wow! I am so grateful for all of the support & endless love 💛

Here is how you can enter to win the Christmas Mini Session:
1. Follow my page 👉🏻 Brandy Lee Photography
2. Like this photo
3. Tag somebody you love in the comments! Each person tagged will count as an entry.
Thats all! Good luck!!!!

I have 2 Christmas mini dates open:
🎄 Sunday September 29
🎄 Sunday October 20

Here is what the mini session includes:
20 minute studio session on either one of the dates listed above, full access to my client closet & styling assistance, 8 edited digital images with the option to purchase more (at $15/photo) & goodie bags for your kiddos!

Winner will be announced on Sunday August 18!
* it’s important to remember not to fall for scams. If you get a message from anybody at all asking for payment info or to click a link, please do not fall for it! It’s a common scam going around. I will comment who the winner is & contact them directly after *

If you’re not interested in entering, but would like to book a Christmas Mini Session, you can do so here:

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/1ac38411/?appointmentTypeIds%5B%5D=40401052

13/08/2024

Wrapping up summer sessions to announce that 🍂 fall sessions 🍂 open this Friday (08/16) to the public!

Gift certificate holders & VIP/Past Clients had first access to my calendar, so whatever is left will be open for anyone to book!

*fall sessions will be very limited this year, as I will be going back to my other job full time during the school year!

My September - November session calendar will open at 12pm CST! If you’d like to be notified of when my schedule does open, please head to my website & enter your email to subscribe to my mailing list!

www.brandyleephotography.com

I can’t wait to see who gets in this fall! 📸🎃

25/06/2024

HARD LAUNCH of my Christmas in June event!🎄📸

🎅🏻 Christmas Studio Minis 🎅🏻
$250.00 | 20 Minute Studio Sessions in Bismarck, ND | 8 Edited Digital Images | Option to Purchase Additional Images | Goodie Bags for Kids | Free Access to my Client Closet!

I have opened up two dates for these back to back minis - one in September & one in October! I am doing these earlier this year so I KNOW I for sure have enough time to get them back to families for Christmas cards. Last year cut it way too close & I won’t be making that same mistake again!

Round 1: Sunday September 29, 2024
Round 2: Sunday October 20, 2024

⭐️ these are the only Sunday sessions I’ll be offering all year ⭐️
To grab a time slot, head to this private link!

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=21606900&appointmentType=40401052&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1p4VS9jRXPj6PtE3S1s2M1MLot8-Ynp6B5NTH2sdznq1aEYdd04LPFnBE_aem_HTECA3Hx96CppMAbOOg6_A

I can’t wait to see who gets in this year! 🎄

17/06/2024

There are only 5 sunset sessions left open for summer ☀️ Some important dates & things to remember:

☀️ June 25: my Christmas in June event opens! Christmas in June is the launch of my Christmas Studio minis - round 1 will take place in September this year, round 2 will take place in October!

☀️ July 23: I have one session left for a Riverdale Mini! Head to my website if you’d like to snag it!

☀️ my fall/winter calendar will open in or around August! Fall will be very limited this year, as I work another full time job during the school year! Once fall dates are sold out, there will be no wiggle room to get others in so please make sure you’re on my email list if you’d like to be notified of when these dates open! Head to my website and a pop-up will prompt you to subscribe immediately 💕

That’s all for now I think! I hope you’re all enjoying summer so far!!!!

www.brandyleephotography.com

Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 17:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 14:00

Brandy Lee Photography