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Post by snappinsami on Aug 16, 2014 4:03:04 GMT
Um, never. Literally. Erin will be 14 in October and I've never had her professionally photographed. Well, she's had them taken at school, but I rarely purchase them. I take better photos myself.
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Post by Lindarina on Aug 16, 2014 8:22:43 GMT
I don't like studio photography in general, and as a scrapper and amateur photographer, I felt I was more in touch with the trends than any of the local photographers here Our wedding photos, which include the kids, are the only professional photos on our walls.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2014 11:47:04 GMT
I learned photography when my son was born. I have a couple studio sessions of him as a baby but since then have only done my own. DD has never had 'professional' photos done but I am a pretty good photographer and have lovely photos of her that are 100% to my taste. I still do an annual birthday portrait of each of the kids and I also take what I call a "Christmas tree portrait" of them each year, with the bokeh of the tree in the background. I also do a Halloween costume shoot. And we typically do a family photo shoot each fall so we have a picture for the Christmas card. This involves a remote and usually much angst but as long as we get one shot that's a keeper, I'm happy. This sounds almost exactly like us. I picked up a DSLR, when my youngest was born (wish I had done it sooner) and taught myself how to take "professional" photos. We have thousands of photos now. The only problem is I now have too many pics and need to dwindle down our stash. I also need to do a better job of taking a family photo annually.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 16, 2014 13:40:31 GMT
Sadly they are now only willing to get school pictures taken. They will no longer pose by the front door for first day of school pictures either. It makes me really sad if I think about it.
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