Picture People or JCPenney for baby portraits?

amother

Sun, Dec 11 2022, 7:47 pm

I want to take my baby for a professional photo shoot.

Picture People or JCPenney? How do they compare price wise and quality wise?

Any other recommendations?

The frum people who do photography are just way too cost prohibitive.

Thanks!

amother

Cappuccino

Sun, Dec 11 2022, 7:48 pm

amother OP wrote:

I don’t think picture people is still around

greenteaorange

Sun, Dec 11 2022, 7:54 pm

Had terrible experience at picture people would never go back
JCPenney I have had several good pic th res from
There is also an option called shoot

amother

Lightgreen

Sun, Dec 11 2022, 8:45 pm

I did jcpenny a few times
If youre in lakewood and go to the one in ocean county mall we loved Lynn especially for newborn, she did an amazing job every time we used her

amother

Mon, Dec 12 2022, 1:32 pm

Thanks, I think I will go with jc penney.

Shoott sounds nice, but they do outdoor shoots in parks and riverfronts, not so practical for a baby in December.

amother

Feverfew

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:09 pm

Bumping this.

I wanted to take family photos. I understood JC Penny is cheap.
Can someone who did this guide me?

Offer now (always?) is $119.99 for digital album + 40% off photography purchase + $6.99 standard prints. Offer detail in small is $14.99 session fee per subject

If I do 4 ppl, it is 14.99x4 plus $119.99 + 6.99? $186.94 That is very far from cheap. What am I missing?

amother

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:12 pm

You don't have to buy the digital album. You can just buy prints.

I got an email with a coupon to get the digital album for 79.99.

Here is the link: https://jcpportraits.com/offer....._hero

amother

Feverfew

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:15 pm

amother OP wrote:

You don't have to buy the digital album. You can just buy prints.

I got an email with a coupon to get the digital album for 79.99.

Here is the link: https://jcpportraits.com/offer....._hero

Did you end up doing it? This one also says $14.99 per subject.

Am I paying the subject fee only? and then I can decide if I want the digital album or the 6.99 prints?

amother

Orange

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:28 pm

If your in brooklyn Photo island is pretty reasonable
https://www.photoislandstudio.com/

bsy

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:51 pm

amother Feverfew wrote:

I buy a groupon for 30. It includes 3 digital pictures and one print out. That's a total of 4 poses.. no other charges.

#BestBubby

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:54 pm

bsy wrote:

I buy a groupon for 30. It includes 3 digital pictures and one print out. That's a total of 4 poses.. no other charges.

I bought the $30 jcpenny groupon, 2 of them

For my married kids.

They didn't use the Groupon yet.

amother

Impatiens

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 1:57 pm

#BestBubby wrote:

I bought the $30 jcpenny groupon, 2 of them

For my married kids.

They didn't use the Groupon yet.

Can you link the groupon? I don't see this option.

amother

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 2:21 pm

amother Feverfew wrote:

Did you end up doing it? This one also says $14.99 per subject.

Am I paying the subject fee only? and then I can decide if I want the digital album or the 6.99 prints?

Correct, you pay the subject fee per person. Then you can decide if you want to buy the digital album and/or the prints.

asmileaday

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 2:25 pm

With jcpenney it's worth buying the membership. I don't know what the terms are today but when I used to do it back in the day it was good for 2 years. No sitting fees for anyone. And you get some free prints. It basically paid for itself.

HeartyAppetite

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 4:36 pm

Snapshot studio in Flatbush is really cheap.
718-691-6203

amother

Broom

Thu, Jan 05 2023, 5:49 pm

where in monsey can you do newborn photography for cheap?
Thanks so much!

#BestBubby

Fri, Jan 06 2023, 9:26 am

amother Impatiens wrote:

Can you link the groupon? I don't see this option.

Here is link for groupon $30 @ jcpenny

https://www.groupon.com/deals/.....place

mommy3b2c

Fri, Jan 06 2023, 9:33 am

amother Feverfew wrote:

Do you know how much a private photographer costs? Do some research and then you’ll understand why that’s cheap .

amother

Pumpkin

Fri, Jan 06 2023, 9:49 am

Why does anyone think photography should be cheap? If it’s a private photographer the equipment is really expensive, and it takes hours from planning, to shooting, to editing. If it’s a place like JCPenney the equipment is still expensive plus they need to pay salaries. Do you all work for $2 an hour? This field deserves more respect. If you want cheap take on your cell phone.

amother

Raspberry

Fri, Jan 06 2023, 10:02 am

I didn’t realize picture people still existed. Is it new ownership?

I haven’t been to JCPenney since Covid because they don’t do the $10 packages anymore. Those were great