Let's Talk about Newborn Photos

[veenie]

Feb 5, 2015 21:48:05 GMT -5 ajm0711 said:

Feb 5, 2015 18:28:59 GMT -5 veenie said:

I just contacted our photographer today about scheduling. We have a tenitive date, depending on when s/he arrives.

Who is doing yours? I'm on the lookout for someone and know you're somewhat close.

Diana's Photo Expressions in Polk City. It's reasonable and you get a download of all of the images. We have used her for 2 birthday sessions and a family session, and she always manages to get great photos even when DD isn't feeling it!

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Considering my H got me a fabulous DSLR a couple years ago, I think he'd put the kibosh on spending the money on photos. I did Ava's and I was pretty proud of them. 

We will do family photos though! 

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Feb 5, 2015 19:48:43 GMT -5 norsern said:

Feb 5, 2015 10:01:13 GMT -5 shmee said:

We didn't do them for DD, and I have a weird guilt about doing anything for this baby that I didn't for DD so we won't be doing them again. I also cannot afford or justify spending that much money on a handful of pictures, regardless of how priceless they may be.

Edit to add - we did do a family shoot in a studio when DD was about 3 weeks, but it was $20. We'll do that again.

I did my own (not great) pics for DD1 and felt guilty considering them for this baby. So we're doing a joint newborn/sibling session. Compromise? A friend who has her own photography business is doing them. Will be about $100 with rights to print them ourselves.

I did my own with DD too when we brought her home (since she had an early arrival and NICU stay), and they turned out decent but not "professional" standards. I would feel bad spending a lot of money on newborn photos for #2 when I didn't for #1, but I do regret not doing professional ones, even though it was the last thing on my mind when she was born. I like the idea of doing newborn/sibling/family photos as a compromise.