Why is it so difficult for us parents to leave photos of our kids behind?
Last year, the local professional photographer (Greg's Photography in Molalla) held a photo contest on Halloween (and they are doing it this year, too). We took Noah in because we thought he was rather cute in his dragon costume. The little guy tied for third place -- and won a free photo session.
So, this past Monday, we went down to Greg's to have Noah's 2-year photos and maybe some family pictures taken. Yesterday we went in to view them. Why do we do this to ourselves??? The shots turned out great -- almost all of them! How are we supposed to pick 3 poses out of all those cute shots of our little spud?
After a good 45 minutes of debating, viewing, eliminating shots, viewing again, etc.; we were able to narrow it down (painfully) to the best of the best -- and we have this year's Christmas card photo taken care of. We spent more money on them than I expected, but it was worth it.
Sure, going to a professional photographer is more expensive than going to Sears or Picture People (at the mall), but the quality and service are not even comparable -- and we are supporting a local business this way.
Now, the big question is, do I drop the $295 on the full CD of photos (complete with copyrights) so I can email them and post them here?
Posted by jethro at October 29, 2004 09:10 AM | TrackBackYes, I agree. I've had photos done at Picture People, and they are ok...but we just had Daniel's Photography in Woodburn do some of Ryan and they are ALL GREAT.
I am also now debating how many hundreds of dollars I'm going to spend because I love them all.
I know exactly how you feel. I would love to see pictures, but $295 is a lot of money to spend for sure. Good luck on that decision!
Posted by: Denise at October 29, 2004 10:00 AMDaniels is about the best. He did a great job with my senior pictures (way back in the day) and he took a few shots of Noah last year some time (it was part of a photo contest, and of course we had to buy some of those photos). I wish you the best in deciding which ones to keep.
The nice thing about professional photographers is they keep the photos on file forever -- not like Picture People where they throw them out after a few months.
I will likely not spend the money on the CD of pictures. It is tempting, but that is $295 I can put towards his next sitting.
Posted by: Jeff at October 29, 2004 10:55 AMIt doesn't matter. You'll just go get more photos next month.
Posted by: J.D. at October 29, 2004 04:35 PMThank you, oh brother-of-mine with no kids, for that insightful bit of wittiness.
If you had kids, you would know that we had Noah's "2-year" pictures taken three full months after his second birthday -- making it about 7 months since his last photo session. Kids change a lot in that amount of time.
Posted by: Jeff at November 1, 2004 06:25 AMOk - perfect example...I just spent $60 on Halloween portraits because there were three great pictures and I wanted them all!!! And I still haven't picked what pictures I want from the Daniel's photos.
Posted by: Denise at November 1, 2004 01:12 PMI agree with you on not spending that much on a CD full of photos but otherwise, as a grandma, I say bring on the pictures! :-)
Posted by: Mom at November 4, 2004 05:50 PMyou know jeffie, your bro probably isn't that far off. if this photographer does keep these pics on file, what is stopping you from going back and getting more, or just getting more shots taken!!! in the end, what would really be cheaper?!?!?!?, but anyways, it would be a lot of money for the cd, and i am sure you got awesome pics out of the deal without buying the whole thing.
Posted by: kimmy at November 6, 2004 10:43 PM