We came to Oven Studio to take my son's 100th days pictures due to lots of friends telling us how good they are. It's a husband and wife who work together in a studio. The studio has different backgrounds, decorations, and outfits/accessories for your little one so you don't have to bring any outfits unless you want to. They have several packages and we got the simple studio b package that included 3 themes, 1 family picture, 2 8x10 frames, 5 8x10 pictures, and 15 5x7 pictures. Prior to making an appt, the wife sent me packaging prices so this package was $450. They give you 10% off if you schedule photo shoot during weekday.
The husband is the photographer and the wife helps by making your baby laugh. The wife is really good with babies. She had various toys and tricks to make my baby smile. The husband isnt as friendly as his wife.
We were 1 hour late due to traffic so I could tell the photgrapher seemed annoyed. Yes, our fault. They said that because we were late they needed to rush through our photo shoot. You could tell that they were rushing a little bit. But, they did a great job when taking pictures of my baby.
The husband seemed judgemental on my husband's and my outfit. We wanted a casual picture so wore jeans and a black v-neck shirt. When he saw me, he said, "Is this the outfit you prepared for your family picture?" Then instructed me to change into one of their white button downs shirt. The shirt didnt look good. I listened because I thought he knows best right? I was not pleased with our family picture. He didnt ask us how we wanted our picture and just told us what to do... by this time, my baby was crying his head off because he was so tired but he didnt stop to try to calm my baby down. So, my baby is crying in all of the family pictures. It's also not what we wanted. They may be good with babies but I would recommend going elsewhere if you're thinking of taking family pictures.
Another confusing part was when we were paying. The wife said they raised their prices from when she sent the prices to me but would give me the old pricing. Also, she said that she wouldnt charge us for the family picture because it wasn't good. So I thought I would be paying less than what I planned. Well, she charged me 450 with 10% discount (weekday photo shoot). I dont think she took off the family picture or she charged the new pricing to me. Try to bring cash because they charge you a fee for using credit card.
Also, my korean isnt the best so it was difficult communcating with them as they're primarily korean speakers.
There are so many studios like this so I would recommend to do your research and go else where. read more