How much did you pay for newborn photos?

SeaStar430 · September 2009

Just wondering how much people pay and what is reasonable.

JCM · September 2009

We did a photographer that came to our house when DD was 10 days old. She recommends as early as possible for NB pics. I think the total with prints some are framed and some aren't came to about $2,500. I know it's crazy but this will also include the photo sessions when she's 6 and 12 month old, just not the prints.

anarivera · September 2009

I don't know what is reasonable but a friend just pay over 1000$ which is excesive to me

LauraLovesJon · September 2009

We paid 2,000. I think we spent way too much.

mrsxoxo1598 · September 2009

our photog came to our house for the newborn session and will go where ever we want for the rest (3mos, 6mos, 12mos). we paid $1,500 which includes discs of each session.

MrsPreK · September 2009

Holy Sh!!!T at how much people paid! Must be nice to have that kind of extra spending $$ laying around!

NDwife07 · September 2009

WE got a crazy good deal from a photog just starting out. $50 for her to come to our house twice (once for a consult, once for the actual session) and a credit toward a print package.

We ended up spending a total of $200 because we bought a bunch of additional prints PLUS birth announcements through her.

For the number of times we're probably going to want her picture taken professionally, I just couldn't swallow spending what I would spend on a one-time event, like a wedding.

LVila · September 2009

Holy crap! My nursery furniture didn't even cost $1,000! I think this is really going to depend on the area you live in.

Our pictures were $100 (photographer is a family friend). She gave us the rights to the disk so we can print our own photos. They turned out great!

LVila · September 2009

Haha I think the two PP are both from MI, as am I. Unemployment is at 15% here... I think if photogs were charging $2500 here, they would quickly be out of business.

meg1974 · September 2009

A friend of mine did ours for free, but her regular rate to come to your house and do one session is $150. She also has package deals for the first year of photos. The prints cost $30 for a 5x7, which I think is a little high.

July_2009 · September 2009

We had paid $420. The photographer came to our house and took portraits at his 1 month. Disc plus copies of various sizes all included. No frames.

jacksjerseygirl · September 2009

JCM:
We did a photographer that came to our house when DD was 10 days old. She recommends as early as possible for NB pics. I think the total with prints some are framed and some aren't came to about $2,500. I know it's crazy but this will also include the photo sessions when she's 6 and 12 month old, just not the prints.

Same. We paid a one time sitting for for the year, she comes every 3 months. The prints are the expensive part - they are like works of art (in fact, they are - she is a published photographer). So every three months I spent way too much money - but he's adorable, the pictures are fabulous and I don't think we'll ever regret it.

jacksjerseygirl · September 2009

LVila:
Haha I think the two PP are both from MI, as am I. Unemployment is at 15% here... I think if photogs were charging $2500 here, they would quickly be out of business.

These aren't the kind of photogs that you find at BRU. I'm sure you have this caliber of photographers there too.

Heather577 · September 2009

MrsPreK:
Holy Sh!!!T at how much people paid! Must be nice to have that kind of extra spending $$ laying around!

THIS.

I paid exactly $0.00. We have a pretty decent camera, so DH and I have been taking pics ourselves. If I had $2000 laying around I'd get a fricking sweet camera and never pay for another professional photographer ever again.

MommyandKate · September 2009

Our session fee was $49, and we're buying a digital package that includes rights to 18 poses and digital images, and a printed 5 x 7 of each pose- the package is about $250.

in my life · September 2009

We paid $500 and were very happy with the pictures, they turned out SO well.

jennylove1084 · September 2009

We paid about $500...this was for about 6 5x7s and a 20x20 custom framed 'painting'. We use the same photographer that did our wedding pics so the style is the same throughout our house. He also e mails me high resolution pictures of what I order and takes as many pics as I want. He also took a family picture of the 3 of us for our Christmas card.

aniceucchik · September 2009

i ordered a package from the hospital and i picked a $60 package...they had all kinds available though...

pjchick10 · September 2009

$600 total for newborn, 6 months & 1 year. The first session came with an 11x14 print, 50 announcements (which were very artistic, opened like a card and the cover was a 5x7 print-no words so it could be framed), 12 wallets and 4x6 proofs of all 50 pictures she took. The remaining two sessions will each come with an 11x14 print and 12 wallets.

sharrow · September 2009

DH and I decided we would spend $1500 on a brand new digital camera. That, and a $60 black velvet background did wonders. Here is one of the pics we took.

JCM · September 2009

jacksjerseygirl:
JCM:
We did a photographer that came to our house when DD was 10 days old. She recommends as early as possible for NB pics. I think the total with prints some are framed and some aren't came to about $2,500. I know it's crazy but this will also include the photo sessions when she's 6 and 12 month old, just not the prints.
Same. We paid a one time sitting for for the year, she comes every 3 months. The prints are the expensive part - they are like works of art (in fact, they are - she is a published photographer). So every three months I spent way too much money - but he's adorable, the pictures are fabulous and I don't think we'll ever regret it.

Yes, exactly! The prints are what were drove the cost up. The are very much works of art and my photographer does shoots for TV shows too so... It is so hard to control myself when it comes her pics.

Heather577 · September 2009

sharrow:

DH and I decided we would spend $1500 on a brand new digital camera. That, and a $60 black velvet background did wonders. Here is one of the pics we took.

This makes so much sense.

JCM · September 2009

Here is the link to my photographers' website:

https://www.dianahall.com/index2.php

Some of my maternity photo shoot pics made it on to her website...

*KC*luvs*RJ* · September 2009

We paid $166. That included the session and lots of prints.

Mrs*Lauren*and*Justin · September 2009

We got a free newborn session, and paid $250 for the rights to all the images.

We also bought a first years package with a different photographer.... she does 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. This will include rights to all images, and a custom designed album at the end of the year. We are paying $900, which equals out to $150 per session (but includes the images and album).

LVila · September 2009

jacksjerseygirl:

LVila:
Haha I think the two PP are both from MI, as am I. Unemployment is at 15% here... I think if photogs were charging $2500 here, they would quickly be out of business.

These aren't the kind of photogs that you find at BRU. I'm sure you have this caliber of photographers there too.

I'm well aware of what kind of photogs you're talking about. I'm telling you there aren't many here because people are barely making their house payments.

For the record, I used a professional photographer. The prices just aren't as insane as some of these.

nat8 · September 2009

Its what ever you want to pay or have the money for. If you have the money to spend $2000 and want to spent that much then do it.

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