I just had pictures taken of my son for his one year birthday and these are the worst photos I have ever had taken by a photographer. I can honestly take better pictures with my camera phone. Some of them are so bad, I thought, "Why wouldn't she delete that instead of showing me that picture?"
First of all, the photographer was a joke, she had the warmth of an ice block and did not engage with my son at all. He was just waking up from his nap and is generally a very happy baby. This is not my first child, but my fourth and he is the friendliest by far. In 20 years of photo sessions of my children, I have never dealt with a photographer who offered absolutely nothing to the session. She started out by just going with the white background, did not ask me about any other backgrounds or props. She did not even try to capture smiles or talk to him at all. I did all of the work when he did smile and she was not quick enough to even catch the good ones. She should've been embarrassed by those photos and offered to retake them at the very least.
Below, I'm listing what happened during my session in comparison to the picture people website - "observe a session" http://www.picturepeople.com/portrait-scheduling/prepare-for-your-visit/observe-a-session :
"our highly trained photographer gets to work" - I don't think so! She appeared to have little to no training.
"inspiring backdrops" - she would've taken all the pictures with the white background if I hadn't interrupted her and asked for something else. She didn't offer anything at all.
"we try to find out what makes your family unique" - she did not try to find out anything about him, she barely spoke to him.
"a discerning eye to capture the truest, most genuine expressions possible" -in two of the pictures his eyes are partially closed like a drunk, she did not try to stage any scenes nor capture him well naturally; several pictures have his hands or a prop too close to his face or looking in the wrong direction.
"we'll help you edit, crop images and add sepia tone, vignettes, color accents, decorative borders and many other impactful digital enhancements" - I wasn't offered any enhancements. I asked her to show me some when I saw she hadn't done it like my other sessions have in the past. AND I'm a portrait club member so I get two free so I expected her to sample something but she did not.
I wound up purchasing only one picture because they were awful and her persona was lackluster to say the least. If I weren't a portrait club member, I would NEVER take pictures with this company again. Needless to say, I definitely will not return to this location.
Out of 18 photos, the best one with him smiling is BLURRY! Great job if you are trying to tell me to take my money elsewhere. One would think that if you setup a photo studio in a baby store that you would hire people who enjoy taking photos of, BABIES, and do them well. I am beyond disappointed.
My advice is AVOID photographer - Christina L. W11588. read more