Portrait Place - Marion

1.5
based on 2 reviews

2 reviews about Portrait Place - Marion

verified email - 26 Jun 2009

You would think taking your little one for baby photos would be an enjoyable moment, WELL NOT HERE!!! They only allowed 15 minutes for our sitting and with a 6 month old baby that is no where near enough time. By the time we undressed her and settled her down our sitting was pretty much over. The photographer rushed through all the poses but most of all had absolutely NO IDEA!!! The prices weren't too bad but when you asked for a CD of all the images they wanted to charge us a ridiculous amount PER IMAGE TAKEN. At the time of our shoot they where giving a large 16 x 20 inch portrait as a bonus with any package purchased. We had decided on a package, picked our photos and had them cropped (that was rushed too) to only find out we weren't entitled to the bonus portrait because we wanted to lay-by the package. I found this absolutely ridiculous, why should anyone be disadvantaged because they can't pay for something up front straight away. It was a complete waste of our time and due to their bad customer service they lost our business.

Approximate cost: $400.00

verified email - 27 Mar 2009

We had only 15 minutes for our sitting, the kids were interested in using some of the props but were told there wasn't time for that. We then amused ourselves while they got our package ready. We had noted down the sizes of some empty frames we had at home, all ready to order some photos. When the choices were shown to us they were totally inflexible and they wouldn't even do the sizes we wanted. The composite photos only came in one size, etc. The prices were breathtaking (ie they made us gasp & splutter!). We asked for some time to think about it. It seems like such a waste to spend that time dressing the kids up and going to a photo shoot and then not buying anything and it's horrible to think that there are photos of the kids that we don't have. But the prices were just too high, they couldn't even do the sizes we wanted which means we would need to buy new frames, and the photos weren't even that good. So we just asked for our free photo. Thank goodness the sitting was free, too!!!

Approximate cost: $600

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