The final product was AMAZING! I have never received so many compliments on my family photos, but we he did have some bumps along the way.
Her Facebook page says "Open always", yet I did not receive responses in a timely manner. She emailed me proofs on a Friday at 7:30pm. Yet, when I emailed her back, she told me she didn't work on the weekends.
In order to protect her work, she used watermarks. This is understandable, however, the placement of these water marks made it rather difficult for me to judge the photos. I did ask her to lighten them and she obliged. Regardless, I still had difficulty determining if I liked a smile or the direction in which the eyes were looking. I would suggest placing these in a spot that does not obstruct the view of the faces.
I would have hoped for a bit more guidance and instruction when posing. I feel like this resulted in a couple awkward photos, where I wasn't sure where to place my arm or how to bend my leg.
Although most of her images were fantastic, I would have liked to make some minor changes on other photos. When I asked for certain touches to be made, she suggested I pay for a retouching company as she did not feel this was in her realm of ability. I guess I appreciated her honesty, but it limited some of my choices.
We also had some scheduling issues. On the day of the shoot, she text me an hour prior to our appointment asking me if I could meet up 15-30 minutes earlier. I told her this shoot was scheduled around a nap and that it would be difficult. I needed my child to take a nap, so she would be picture-ready. When she arrived, 15 minutes earlier to our scheduled shoot, she text me asking me to hurry up since it was about to rain. I mentioned to her that if it rained we would not get our full shoot time and thus it would be best to change location or reschedule. When, I inquired about finding another nearby location due to the weather, she said that the drive time would come out of our shoot time, as though I had control over the weather. This stress and negativity was felt and definitely affected the mood of our pictures.
Yes, we liked a majority of our photos, but I feel like we could have had more to choose from. Where some reviews say that she was able to get multiple children to at least look at the camera, I found that I wasn't "in love" with any of our group family photos because there was always that one person who wasn't looking or smiling. Perhaps, we were all having an off day. No one will ever know. Again, the artistic aspect of her photos is well worth it! read more