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I am relaying advice given to me by a professional photographer.
1. When the lady or man comes around to take baby's photo in hospital, politely decline. until the age of three months or so, you can take the same quality photo's with even a disposable camera. these photographs
do not capture baby's personality and are not 'touched up' so it is not worth the amount you pay for them. If you like this style of photo, take one youself!
2. The best way to decide on how to use a photographer is to go to the baby expo. lots of companies are giving away photo shoots. little images gives them away to EVERYONE. take the opportunity to suss out their style and quality, and decide if you want to use them again, and get a free picture of your angel. as mentioned before, the best time to start taking professional pictures of your baby is around the three month mark, or when they can lie on their tummy and hold the top half of their body up on their arms as shown in the picture. you can take some very nice ones earlier, but these are the best times to use the freebies and suss it all out.
3. Be wary of supermarket shoots. these people usually tell you its a 3,4 or 7 dollar shoot and you go into some competition and you receive a free picture. the picture is usually 1/4 of an A4 page, and they generally pressure you to buy a package ( I have just finished paying off a package and frankly, it wasnn't all that good.) The baby in the potplant with a flower sticking out of its ear look generally tends to age after a while too. havea good think about the props (if any) that are being used.
4. Using a private photographer may end up being a bit more pricey, but you cannot beleive the value you can get, and the nicest pictures. they take the time to get the smile, the character and personality. they edit the pictures to get rid of shadows of dribble etc. But always ask to see a portfolio and make sure your happy with the photographer. You usually receive your photo's on disk or have access to the negatives instead of just getting a picture in a cardboard frame.
5. No matter who you are with, always look at portfolio's. Decide if the pictures are really well done, or if it is something you could do yourself. if they look kind of ordinary and like every other companies, your probably better off going elsewhere to get a unique photo.
I have just taken Liam to our photographer, so when I receive the pictures back I will post them.
I hope this helps someone!
OKay, here are a couple of the professional ones. for the entire sitting, the touching up andeffects, and the disc it cost $80.00
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