IrvinLiving

I bit the bullet and singed up for someone to take our maternity photos to mark the moment.  I say that I bit the bullet because I was not really into having them done.  I just don’t feel super cute at this point and I really did not want my picture taken.  Although I take my picture every single week, so I really do not know why this is so different, but in my mind it was a big deal and when it was happening it was still a big deal.  I had the photos done by a friend of a friend and she was not bad but we did not have a great experience as she is not really that experienced.  As Eric put it, she is a picture taker, not a photographer.  The truth is she is not Robyn and I of course held that against her going in!  I am glad that I went ahead and had them done and that I have decided to use someone else for Baby Berry’s Newborn photos.  Baby Berry’s photos are going to be an “investment”, but I have seen this girl’s work and am positive that I will be satisfied and I know these will be pictures that I will want to reference for years to come so I need to make sure I am happy with them.  Her fee is not really that bad it is the fact that you have to purchase a certain amount and her prices are higher than I am used to, but I am used to printing my photos from my camera at Walgreens, so it really probably is not that bad after all.

Anyway back to the reason for this post, maternity pics.  She did not take that many, which was part of my disappointment.  She took ONE photo and then had us move, so if my eyes were closed or something like that that, it was actually one of the photos that she sent me as a proof.  I actually purchased this one because on Facebook where I had to pick them from, I wasn’t able to tell that.  Now it is hanging in my hallway with my eyes closed, just because I paid for it, I am keeping it up there until I figure out what to replace it with.  She kept asking us what to do next, she really did not have any ideas.  Then at one point she had us wait for about 15 minutes to use a bridge that other people were taking pictures on and then we only took two photos on that bridge.  That time came out of my hour session.  Then her ordering processes was ridiculous.  One of the photos I picked in a 8×10 did not crop right, so without asking me she ordered it in an 8×12.  Then e-mailed me and told me she upgraded it and hoped I did not buy frames yet.  Well of course I bought frames, that was my mother’s photo that goes in the same frame that it always does.  As I send her a new picture she replaces it and my brother’s frame is the same one, so you can not just change it.  Like I said she is not Robyn and at least I know that and I will just move on to someone else for the next time! 

There is no reason to tell you who it was because no one that reads my blog lives in my area and if you asked who it was I would tell you but would not just ruin her name like that.  The point is I do not think she is a bad person and I wish her the best and hope that maybe she is inexperienced and that she will improve.  Truth be told I am also a hormonal pregnant lady who may be unrealistic some days, just some days!