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First year portraits -- how often?

kimbo1216kimbo1216 member
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How often are you scheduling professional shots of your LO the first year? 

I have a really nice PBK 12 month frame that I would love to fill up properly.  2 concerns though.  1) It will be expensive to do monthly professional portraits.  2) It won't look right if I don't do professional and have a mix of professional and snapshot pics.

What are you doing?  Every month?  3 months?  More? Less?

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  • COMomma81COMomma81 member
    We did every 3 months for DS. It worked out really well, and hope to do the same this time!
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  • LynsiBHMLynsiBHM
    I still haven't done any. I meant to do professional NB pix and time just flew by.  You just reminded me to call and book some now!
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  • tlxh7tlxh7 member
    We did professional newborn shots (she was 6 days old), and I think we'll do one-year shots as well.  In between, I'm taking pictures on her month birthdays (if that makes sense), and trying to keep them consistent (some with onesies, some without, same poses).
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  • fluffybunsfluffybuns

    We did newborn, 3 months, 7 months, and then at 1 year. Almost every three months.

    It's hard, they change so much every week! 

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  • KERJFKERJF member

    i had newborn done by another photographer and im taking her monthly myself so i guess that doesnt help.

    if i wasnt into photography myself - i would hire someone every 3 months. though a good photographer can get expensive too! 


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  • BabaloniaBabalonia member
    We didn't do newborn pics we are going to do a 3 month pic at the end of august but with a "fall theme" then we'll do one for xmas, easter then a year I guess lol
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  • bkilbargerbkilbarger member

    With our son, we took him every month for the first year to the Walmart picture me portrait studio to get the one pose special package.  It was typically anywhere from $5.99 - $9.99 a month this way.  We also joined their Smiles Club to get an extra free 8x10 each month.  This way we had professional pics each month that really show how much he changed in the first year to put in the 12 month photo frame.  We did buy larger packages for his 5 day pics, his 6 month ones and his 1 year but only because those were milestones that we wanted more poses for.  Doing the same with our daughter who is 19 days old today.

    It's a cheaper alternative to getting expensive photo shoots done at specialty baby photographer and the quality is really good too.

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  • just kitajust kita member

    You can go to a photo studio in target every day for free if you wanted to, you only pay for the pics you like and they have coupons on the website that let you buy them for only $4.

    Of course the quality isn't going to be the same as having a pro come to you...but IMO its worth a try.

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