Our LO is over 3 months and we haven't had professional pictures done, I feel like a bad mother. I'd like to do them this week after work (weekends are not good for us) and wondered if those that had them done could share some feedback/tips from their picture experience.
A couple of concerns: 1) Feeding, should I feed her right before the schedule appointment so she's not fussy and more relax? 2) Outfit, I wanted to put her in a dress but how do they prop them up if LO can't hold her head? Should I even bother dressing her fancy? 3) I'm concerned about scheduling a specific time since I never know how she'll be after I pick her up from daycare did you have flexibility at your appointment for diaper changing or cleaning up after spitting up issues? TIA
Re: Scheduling pictures
Don't feel bad I didn't get my dd's pictures done until 3 months. We booked the appt. for the earliest possible time. I think we went around 9:30 so she was already fed etc.
I would dress her in whatever you would like. They will prop them to sit up and you hold them from the back. Your hand/arm will be behind the prop. They make it pretty easy and you really don't have to anything except move them into position.
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
Um... us too. We have never, and might never, get professional pictures done. My DH is not a fan of posed pictures and I have just been slack about it. We have (literally) thousands of photos of Sydney so I don't feel *that* bad about it.
We don't have any professional pics of DS, not even newborn, which makes me kind of sad. The hospital photographer wasn't around as DS was a Christmas Eve baby. Then, I thought we'd hold out until DS was 6 months so he'd be more interactive, smiling, sitting up, etc. I reached out to our wedding photographer whom we LOVED. His $850 fee made me even more sad.
I've contacted a few other photographers but haven't yet made the move. I was expecting to pay a few hundred dollars (but not really more than that), so it's been a bit of a rude awakening.
1) I would show up and feed there right before appt.
2) Have one or two outfits...and one diaper shot...they have boppy like things and some sling chairs
3) they alwyas run late!
Have fun!