Post by kellybenelly83 on Feb 19, 2017 15:10:11 GMT -5
I managed to get groceries in while he napped. It's sooooo much faster that way! Lol. Now I'm meal planning and tidying up since it's cleaning lady week!
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So, I got our pictures back. There are some cute ones. But I remember so many other moments that I know he smiled, and I was really looking forward to seeing them in her photos. But they aren't included in what she gave us. I can't imagine that the ones she sent us were the *only* good photos she got. I know she's going on vacation soon and I'm almost wondering if she rushed a little. I feel like I was much happier with her maternity and newborn photos than I am with this set.
Is it rude to ask her about the other shots she didn't include in our album? Like, can I ask to just see the raw files, or that a big no no? Like, she was snapping pictures while he was playing peekaboo with the curtain (big giggles) and while I was throwing him up in the air, when he was looking at the big newborn photo I brought, and when he was standing at the window smiling. None of that is in there..
So, I got our pictures back. There are some cute ones. But I remember so many other moments that I know he smiled, and I was really looking forward to seeing them in her photos. But they aren't included in what she gave us. I can't imagine that the ones she sent us were the *only* good photos she got. I know she's going on vacation soon and I'm almost wondering if she rushed a little. I feel like I was much happier with her maternity and newborn photos than I am with this set.
Is it rude to ask her about the other shots she didn't include in our album? Like, can I ask to just see the raw files, or that a big no no? Like, she was snapping pictures while he was playing peekaboo with the curtain (big giggles) and while I was throwing him up in the air, when he was looking at the big newborn photo I brought, and when he was standing at the window smiling. None of that is in there..
Are you sure she sent all of them and didn't just send a sneak peek?
auchick913 this was the full thing. She sent the sneak peek of just 3 photos a week ago, and then the full 60some photos (though half of them are just the black and white versions) over the weekend.
tkford216 was your session a predetermined number a photos included? Maybe those are the best of the ones she took. I don't think it would her to shoot her an email and ask about the specific pics you're curious about. Maybe they ended up blurry.
tkford216 was your session a predetermined number a photos included? Maybe those are the best of the ones she took. I don't think it would her to shoot her an email and ask about the specific pics you're curious about. Maybe they ended up blurry.
She doesn't do a set amount of pics, as far as I know (at least it's not in the contract), and I even wrote out the check for a little extra knowing she's always done good work for us.
tkford216 was your session a predetermined number a photos included? Maybe those are the best of the ones she took. I don't think it would her to shoot her an email and ask about the specific pics you're curious about. Maybe they ended up blurry.
She doesn't do a set amount of pics, as far as I know (at least it's not in the contract), and I even wrote out the check for a little extra knowing she's always done good work for us.
I would shoot her an email then. I don't think she would take offense to that.
Ugh ds didn't really take his second nap today and fought his first nap hard so I have a super cranky lo right now. Early bedtime is still 1.5 hours away. At least dinner is almost ready, maybe that will help my headache
tkford216 was your session a predetermined number a photos included? Maybe those are the best of the ones she took. I don't think it would her to shoot her an email and ask about the specific pics you're curious about. Maybe they ended up blurry.
She doesn't do a set amount of pics, as far as I know (at least it's not in the contract), and I even wrote out the check for a little extra knowing she's always done good work for us.
Oh dear, is this a thing? Do people usually tip their photographer? I never have. Is that bad? I think it would be ok to ask if the specific peek-a-boo or whatever positions you mentioned didn't turn out. I would imagine if they did turn out and were cute she would have included them? I'm also bummed about our photos and I think it's kind of the territory now with little ones that are moving and whatnot. I have a vision in my head and they just don't turn out that way.
tkford216 I'm pretty sure photographers will never send you the raw images but I think you should email and ask specifically about those photos that you mention. Just ask what happened to them, say you were looking forward to seeing them.
I got our photos back too. 1 week it took, which is the fastest we've had with them. I'm not super happy with them. But like I said before, I felt like we were a tornado in there, like it all moved so fast and it kind of had to with the kids being so busy and you kind of have to roll with their smiles and mood. There are some decent enough of DD to use. DS has a weird mouth in most of them. And our family shots are awkward. The posing I'm not digging and we rushed through them so fast because one kid or the other was constantly moving. And now after 3 shoots with them I'm over their studio, it's the same every time. I want some nice outdoor lifestyle photos where they just snap your normal interactions.
chocolate no, tipping is not customary and I've never done it before. I just knew that she had squeezed us in even though she's leaving for a 3 week Europe trip in March and therefore she was on a time crunch. And this was our third time using her.
I did go ahead and ask her if any of those had turned out. She said she was on the fence with some but decided not to include because of weird lighting or a slightly off focus. But she said she would go back and look at a few again and see if she can fix them up to send to me. So, yay.
I did go ahead and ask her if any of those had turned out. She said she was on the fence with some but decided not to include because of weird lighting or a slightly off focus. But she said she would go back and look at a few again and see if she can fix them up to send to me. So, yay.
Well that's good, at least it's something she noticed and wanted to provide the best, rather than just not including out of laziness or something.
And good to know about the tipping. I already practically feel like I need to sell a kidney to pay for photo shoots, I don't want to tip on top!
My H apparently has been writing "to" B, like a journal, since our 20 week ultrasound, up until this weekend. He printed it all off and gave it to me for my birthday. I'm only a few pages in, but it's so sweet. Awww, right?
And then I got to a paragraph where he talks about how NYE will always be tough for us because that's when I originally told him about our first pregnancy, but it ended early and that whole situation. And how it's sad but he feels like we just had to wait for him, and.. yea, I'm crying.
I did go ahead and ask her if any of those had turned out. She said she was on the fence with some but decided not to include because of weird lighting or a slightly off focus. But she said she would go back and look at a few again and see if she can fix them up to send to me. So, yay.
Good! She's looking at it from a photographer's viewpoint and wants to include photos with good composition, whereas you just want the "moment" and the "feeling", so even they aren't print-on-canvas quality, you'll at least have them!
The guy who did our 6 month photos sent us the raw files (yep, like 600+) and about 75 edited, which we were happy with. There are SO MANY TERRIBLE photos in the raw files. So many "Man, does my face always look like that??"s. I can only imagine how much harder it is with one or more mobile babies with their own personalities to factor in, too.
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