KIDS COME FIRST.
THE PRICING FOLLOWS.
Fifteen years photographing 150+ clubs has taught us one thing: the best photo day is the one where every child gets their team photo and no family pays more than they should. Here's how we do it.
“NO UPFRONT COST” USUALLY MEANS YOUR FAMILIES PAY DOUBLE.
Here's how the maths works at most photographers. When parents buy after photo day, only around 5 in 10 do. So the price has to roughly double to cover the kids who don't. The parents who order pay too much, and half the kids in the team photo never actually own a copy. The U6 who scored their first try that season has nothing on the fridge, and nothing in the memory box at 25, because someone missed an SMS or email during a busy fortnight.
Build photography into registration instead and the picture changes completely. Every family pays around half the post-event price. Every single player takes home their team photo. No missed deadlines, no kids left out, no club gambling on uptake.
That's why half our clubs choose it, and why we'll always recommend it, even though the other way makes us more per print.
ASK ANYONE WHO PLAYED JUNIOR SPORT THIRTY YEARS AGO WHAT THEY WISH THEY STILL HAD. IT'S THE TEAM PHOTO.
THREE WAYS TO RUN PHOTO DAY
BUILT INTO REGISTRATION
- Photography included in rego fees
- Every player receives the team photo
- Families pay roughly half post-event pricing
- Team Photo Only or Team + Individual print options
- Annual rebates to the club on eligible packages
- Multi-year agreements lower per-player pricing further
PARENTS BUY POST EVENT
- No upfront arrangement needed
- Parents order within a set deadline, prints bulk-delivered to the club
- Orders after deadline posted direct with postage
Around 5 in 10 families typically purchase, so per-unit pricing is higher. We'll always be straight with you about that trade-off.
SPONSOR-FUNDED
OR PAY NOTHING AT ALL. SERIOUSLY.
Imagine photo day costing your families nothing. One local sponsor covers photography for the whole club. Every child still gets their team photo, every family keeps their money, and the sponsoring business gets recognised by every household in the club. Our partner clubs get exclusive access to a sponsorship platform we built ourselves, designed to give committees their time and sanity back while opening an accelerated pathway to new sponsors. Ask us how your club could be the first in Queensland to make photo day free for every family.
AND PHOTO DAY STILL PAYS YOUR CLUB BACK.
Clubs on our Team + Individual package receive a fixed $250 rebate every year, plus up to 10% of all individual photo sales returned to the club. That's of sales, not net profit, and it's written into your agreement, so your treasurer can verify every cent. Sign a multi-year agreement and your per-player price drops while your rebate percentage rises.
YOUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONE ENOUGH.
Every part of our process is designed to take work off your committee. Player details come from one spreadsheet. We can photograph up to 60 players an hour, so most clubs are done in 1 or 2 photo sessions — typically afternoons outside school hours, on your training or game days. Photos come back individually packaged per player and grouped by team. Parents with gallery questions contact us, not your secretary. And our name-proofing software means you're not spending evenings checking spelling on 200 team photos.
Tuesdays and Thursdays book out early. They're the most common training days, so the earlier you lock in your date, the better your pick of sessions.
Most of this comes with every photo day. The few marked Registration are exclusive to clubs that build photography into their registration.
SAFE HANDS. LITERALLY.
Every Digital Barista photographer and every member of our admin team holds a current Queensland Blue Card, and we carry full public liability insurance. Our galleries are secure, and where a club can provide the details, we set up per-child access so each family only sees their own child's photos. Your players' images are never sold or used commercially without written permission. It's your club's photo day, and your families' photos. We just take them.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR CLUB.
A ten-minute call is enough to scope your photo day and find the right model for your families.