Favorite national chain portrait studio? - Page 2

[limabean]

Well, we ended up going to JC Penney, and it was great! We ended up with 15 sheets of pictures for $80 -- for the same price at BRU, I used to only come away with about 5 sheets! I was really happy with the photographer -- she took lots of time making my kids comfortable, got down on their level, and we got some absolutely beautiful pictures of them!!

[Happiestever]

I like picture people but would love someone to help me pose my kids. I usually leave there all sweaty trying to rangle my kids to sit still for the pics and then jumping out of the way to clear the shot. It's all very aerobic.

I was just thinking about having someone shadow us at the park too, but why not just take pics of your son yourself and ask someone to take a couple of pics for you? THis is my plan anyway. I offer to take pics for groups all the time. Especially because I am usually the one behind the camera and it shows. Strangers can take awesome pics and the chance of them stealing your camera is pretty minimal - hey if I can chase a 3yo full speed I can catch an adult.

[kavamamakava]

The place at K-mart, if you live near one, is really good. I think it might be Olan Mills? They are cheap too.

[gbailey]

The JcPenney studio we go to is pretty great.Great customer service and a great staff. The person who took DD's first pictures also took her year old photos last year. I think their rates are pretty great too especially when you are fortunate to find a coupon with free sitting fees and a free 8x10 photo

[limabean]

Originally Posted by Happiestever

I was just thinking about having someone shadow us at the park too, but why not just take pics of your son yourself and ask someone to take a couple of pics for you? THis is my plan anyway. I offer to take pics for groups all the time. Especially because I am usually the one behind the camera and it shows. Strangers can take awesome pics and the chance of them stealing your camera is pretty minimal - hey if I can chase a 3yo full speed I can catch an adult.

I do take pictures of the kids at the park, and have gotten some great snapshots that way, but my camera is just okay (a Canon Elph) -- it doesn't have that rich film quality of more professional cameras. I'd love a camera from Canon's EOS line one day, but until then I'll settle for just getting pro photos taken every once in a while.