We do them about once a year - a local photographer does mini-sessions every year and she's really great and the sessions are pretty affordable, so we do that.
We have done pictures at JCPenney before with a Groupon and liked them as well. Different than a mini-session, but the pictures were pretty cute and classic.
DD is 6.5y and we've done them (full family) twice in that time. This past Mother's Day we did a mini session.
I wish I did them more- maybe once a year? At least a mini session so I get 5ish photos of all of us looking nice. I have so many snapshots of DD doing fun and cute things, but I know I'll look back and wish there were more of all of us.
Not often. We’ve done them at 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years. Since then we’ve had school pics, soccer pics, and dance pics. We did get nice family pics on our cruise last month and I framed a few of those. Otherwise it’s just one more expense and the novelty has worn off. I do try to make sure we get plenty of family pictures but they come for free on my phone.
Post by oceanstbride on Jul 31, 2018 16:09:24 GMT -5
We did a first year package that included 3 photo sessions (roughly 3 month, 6 month, and 1 year). Since then we’ve been consistently doing a session in the fall and then again in the summer around DS’s Birthday. I considered skipping a session around his 5th bday this year, but went ahead and scheduled one. My H is not the best at taking photos of DS and me and we’ll, I just want to have some nice photos that I’m actually in. I’ve found that a mini session is plenty time enough to get the photos I want.
So far about once a year. I'm going to have my sister take pics this fall and she how she does as she's a beginner photographer. If that doesn't go well, I'll try a mini session each year. I'm not in a lot of pics so I like to have some scheduled.
About once a year - we’ve found a photographer who does a 1 hour session for a reasonable rate and gives us all the photos so we can print out ourselves.. I order the smallest package from the school photos because the only people who want those are the grandparents.
Pretty much never. I can count on one hand the times DH and I have paid for professional photos: engagement, wedding, maternity, newborn. So the last time was 3 years ago. His niece did our Christmas pics last year and likely will do a Christmas/maternity session for us this year too. We paid her, of course, but she's not a pro.
His first daycare did pictures and I bought the smallest package of those, but his current daycare does not.
Post by timorousbeastie on Jul 31, 2018 19:55:28 GMT -5
For the most part, we have done pro pics once a year. Last year we did twice, because FIL's health was declining rapidly, so we wanted to get extra pictures with him. DD's preschool picture was amazingly bad, to the point that I love it for how bad it is, so her school pic is definitely not a replacement for actual pro pics. Plus, the pro pics are the only way I wind up in pictures with DD.
Post by redpenmama on Jul 31, 2018 21:16:26 GMT -5
Very infrequently. Last time we had them done was December 2015. I hope to get them done this fall since we have another kid and have exactly zero pictures of us as a family of 5. I'm cheap, so I'm unwilling to spend a lot on photos when my usually uncooperative kids are involved. If I can find a reasonable mini session this fall, I'll probably do it.
Well her first year we did them 5 times. LOL! Newborn, 3 mo, 6 mo, 9 mo, and 12 mo. I didn’t intend to do them that often, but we’re friends with an amazing photographer & it just sort of happened. One session was gifted by her and the others were 50% off. I think next year we’ll do two.
Post by tacoflavoredkisses on Aug 1, 2018 5:54:34 GMT -5
We’ve done them once a year since DD was born. We ended up with a mini session this year because she was in a real mood and cried through most of the session.
We’ve done them of the kids twice in 10 years. Never of all five of us. I rarely like staged, formal pictures. I’ve never ordered school pictures because they’re always staged and godawful. H and I get the kids dressed in their holiday clothes and do photos around the house that look way better than cheap studio shots, and we can’t afford a great photographer.
We plan to do a family shoot soon, with the photographer who did our wedding pictures. When we get to it. Maybe this year, maybe not.
Almost never. We had pro pics of DS1 done around 4 months old and it was a disaster, so we haven't had pics done since. Now that DS2 is here, I'd like to try and get some pics done this fall. Daycare does pictures twice a year, and I usually buy a couple of sheets.
Baby’s first year milestone pkg was newborn, sitting, and standing. We will probably just do a fall session going forward. I don’t buy school pictures.
Baby’s first year milestone pkg was newborn, sitting, and standing. We will probably just do a fall session going forward. I don’t buy school pictures.
I really should do this... currently I buy them because I can't help myself but don't display them. Daycare & school photos for us have been mostly misses. I think I've liked 2 out of 8 of them but for some reason I feel like I'll regret it if I don't buy a few.
Baby’s first year milestone pkg was newborn, sitting, and standing. We will probably just do a fall session going forward. I don’t buy school pictures.
I really should do this... currently I buy them because I can't help myself but don't display them. Daycare & school photos for us have been mostly misses. I think I've liked 2 out of 8 of them but for some reason I feel like I'll regret it if I don't buy a few.
I failed to get DD a haircut before either fall or spring school pics so she looked really shaggy and they aren't great pics, lol. I mean if I could buy like, 5, just for our photo albums and maybe send to the grandparents I might, but you get so many pictures even in the smallest packages and it seems so wasteful.