professional portraits?

Question

for parent that have had their childs portrait taken about how much did it cost and how many pictures did you get? i am thinking of getting my sons portrait professionally done for his first birthday and i was just wondering

Answer 1

I get my little guys done at Kiddie Kandids, its a portrait studio in Babies R us locations, You can see their prices and poses on their website: http://www.kiddiekandids.com/
I've always got excellent pictures from them, and even if the baby doesn't smile at first, you can bring them back another day. There's also no sitting fee.
They also have an option just to buy the photos on disk and you can print out as many photos as you like at Walmart or any other place that prints photos.

Answer 2

Do it yourself. Seriously. We've had pictures done professionally and then we've had them done at Wal-mart and either way we spent a lot of money on pictures we could have taken ourselves. The quality was lacking. If you have a digital camera then there is no reason not to. Get creative with backgrounds. You don't need those boring back drops the professionals use. Load the pics on your computer and you can choose size and print. If you don't have a photo quality printer you can have places like Wal-mart do it or there are internet sites that will do it and is much cheaper than a photographer. In this day and age ANYONE can take a good photo. And professional photographers are way overrated. I got so tired of the boring, posed in front of a blue screen or fake sky background pictures. Come on! Creativity people! So, I started doing it on my own. Suddenly I had family asking me where I got my pictures done and friends would see the photos in my home and compliment them and ask who had done them. I never got that reaction from a studio portrait.

We even do our own sports photos now. We let the kids be with their team for group photos but we take the individual photos ourselves and they look soooo much better.

Answer 3

Depends on what you want.

I dont do backgrounds... I hate backdrops. I usualy go to a nice area such as McNay art museum or such. I also do a lot of in home shoots.
I have several packages that range from $7 - 70 depending on what you want.

For example a $35 package is 2-8x10, 4-5x7, 6-4x6, 20 wallets

Answer 4

I always go to JCPennys and spend between $30 and $50 I get 1-10x13 3-8x10 2-5x7 4-3x5 and a ton of wallets.

Answer 5

I have used Sears for years with their smile savers plan for no session fees. We have always had good luck with them. I have 5 children so pics can get expensive. This year I had my kids stand in the front yard near a bush that was changing color and took their PICS with my digital. Then I sent them off to Costco.com and an hour later I picked up the prints, $2.99 for each 8x10 and everyone is RAVING about them. They arent fancy but they are better looking than the school was selling for $50 a kid. And I got to see them BEFORE I paid.

Answer 6

If you look inside any parenting magazines, there is usually a coupon for JCPenny Portraits. Theya have a very low cost.....Like $8.00 for a package and also do a really nice job. Sears would be my second favorite

Answer 7

It can be quite expensive, my sister paid $150 for a child package plus the studio fee. The photographer is unique in that you get to pick any of the poses, so she really got a good deal. Most companies have you buy one package with just one pose each.

Answer 8

i spent a avrge of 100.00 when my kids were little i started photos at 8 weeks then 5-6 months and 1 year. i use the pitcure people at the mall because they do FULL BODY photos wal mart and places like that do mostly face pics.

Answer 9

go to JCpenny look online for the cupons. don't get roped into the special stuff just pick two poses get on poses in a 8x10 and one wallet to share and have the rest emailed to you it you should be like uder 50 buks

Answer 10

I'm in Sydney and charge AUD200 for a CD with all of your photos in colour, B&W and Sepia. (Usually about 50 photos)Then you can print your own. I do beach and park locations, relaxed fun photos.