https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:45:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-374450 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:02:45 +0000 kml636 374450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, I just started really looking into this and I'm in shock! Although the photographers in my area advertise the sitting fee at $200, $300 print minimum so a total of $500. I want all the digital images, and that is $800!! Yikes! </p> <p>I'm going to go with my friend that did my maternity photos, $375 for everything... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-363117 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:55:59 +0000 Shanchris28 363117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, style is important. However not all who charge less than $500 have a style that would not be worthy. =) Opinions will always vary when it comes to prices of photography. I wish you much success with your business. I have no doubt you do amazing work!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-363001 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:53:07 +0000 birdofafeather 363001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shanchris28: i think the ladies did their research and everyone can find a photographer in a price point that they are comfortable with. as a photographer myself, it's not all about price, but style as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-362528 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:27:03 +0000 Shanchris28 362528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi ladies,</p> <p>I just wanted to let those know who are still looking - KEEP LOOKING! There are photographers out there who charge a decent price - no where near what is being listed above. Keep searching, ask friends etc. Online searches will usually only pull up those who pay advertising fees in order to pop up first in your search. Another great place to ask is your OBGYN or pediatrician you have picked! Good luck and congratulations to you all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-362492 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:03:47 +0000 marley 362492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$200 session fee $1000 for 10 digital images and 10 4x6s. I also got $400 credit toward products like more prints or a canvas. She's actually one of the cheapest I could find in my area! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-362455 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:49:29 +0000 Arden 362455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shanchris28: Dude, you live in Clermont?!?! Oh, oh, oh, I want to talk to you but this isn't allowed here on the boards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-259079 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:31:23 +0000 chrispygal 259079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our photographer had a $250 sitting fee with a $500 print minimum. A cd of high-rez images was $650, however if you purchased her one-year plan where you go every three months the images were only $300 and at the end of the year you get an album with pictures from all 5 sessions. That is what we opted for so the newborn session cost us $550. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-259074 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:27:45 +0000 Mrs.B 259074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is $75 for the first hour and $50 for each additional (she says she usually gets it all done in an hour) with full rights to all the images and she puts them on a CD edited. She was an up and coming photog when she did our engagement and wedding but now she's pretty well known. Thankfully I contacted her before her prices changed and we are still able to get it so cheap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258976 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:29:19 +0000 Sammyfab 258976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We paid $775 for our belly and baby package that included: 2 photoshoots, DVDs from both shoots and 75 birth announcements or an 11x14 canvas. We looooved all of our pics! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258972 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:59:57 +0000 mrs. bird 258972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not even pregnant, but I got the pricing from our fav photog, haha :D it's $300 for the session, we'd get $100 print credit, and an online gallery with 35 images. The disk with all images is another $500. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258969 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:42:34 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 258969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$500.... That was the cheapest in the area for maternity and newborn pictures and to include a CD of the images (and not just a print package). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258891 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:29:40 +0000 googly-eyes 258891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$125 for CD with rights to all the images. Not sure exactly how many there will be! Our hospital contracts to this company and they come straight to your hospital room when your baby is a couple of days old. Maybe not as elaborate as some but you can bring props, parents are included, etc. I'm glad I don't have to schedule it separately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258870 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:46:25 +0000 sunny 258870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my area it seems like photographers are pricing out at about $200-400 for the shoot, and many have $300+ order minimums, so you're looking at spending $500-700. Many won't include digital files until you reach a spending threshold of $500-700+ on prints... yikes!</p> <p>My photographer is charging $400 for the shoot and includes 7 digital files and prints. Additional files and prints seem reasonable at $25 each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258827 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:46:50 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 258827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @Mrs. Superhero I barter for my photography as well. Honestly, if I didn't barter, I don't know if I could afford having a pro photog take newborn shoots, maternity shoot, first birthday shoot...etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258810 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:25:34 +0000 Red 258810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$150 for 1-2 hour session with CD of 25 high res images and rights. Got lucky and found an up and coming photog but I expect her rates will go up in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258808 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:25:12 +0000 Arden 258808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: We didn't have a local photographer for our wedding, an out of town photog friend did them. :(<br /> I didn't think Central Florida would be such an expensive area for photographers. Maybe I'm just not finding the right photographers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258783 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:59:58 +0000 MsLipGloss 258783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$250/350 for weekday/weekend session (don't know which it will be yet 'cus butterbean is still baking), and then a $500 minimum print order. So $750-850 minimum. I have no idea (yet!) how much it will cost for the cd. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258782 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:56:40 +0000 PrincessBaby 258782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Lordy! $750! Can your wedding photographer refer you to someone? That's how I found out about my newborn photographer. I asked the wedding photographer and she referred me to a friend of hers that she calls "The Baby Whisperer," and I think I got a deal since I was a referral from the wedding photog.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258780 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:55:09 +0000 PrincessBaby 258780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought a package for $400 for a newborn shoot and a maternity shoot. I didn't buy the CD so we'll be buying the photos seperately. My wedding CD that I was so excited about has been stuck in my CD drive on my Mac for 8 months now and this hasn't bothered me so I figured I didn't really need the CDs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258772 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:49:38 +0000 Arden 258772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gosh, you all found such cheap photographers in comparison to what I can find around here. I'm shell shocked at the prices... or maybe I just suck at finding good photographers. Anyone want to help me? lol</p> <p>Best I've found is $750 for the session, with each print priced between $20 and $260. Good lord. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258735 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:27:27 +0000 DillonLion 258735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$750 total. Includes maternity and newborn sessions and a disc with all edited images (hundreds of photos) with a print release so we can get prints made anywhere/post on Fb/etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258726 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:20:34 +0000 hilsy85 258726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're paying $900 which includes a newborn session and a 6 month session and a CD of 25-35 images from each session which we can print wherever we want (that last part was the most important to me, I did NOT want to pay for each file separately). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258609 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:12:55 +0000 betsyboop 258609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We paid $800, which included a $300 session fee (discounted from $400 bc we were referred), $100 print minimum (required), and then $400 for a cd of all the images. It was really hard to find a photographer who would provide all the digital images at a reasonable price.<br /> Does anyone know why professional photographers are so reluctant to sell digital images??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258581 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:26:10 +0000 mrskc 258581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: J. Michelle Photography<br /> <a href="http://www.jmichellephoto.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jmichellephoto.com/</a></p> <p>Mine sounds a little pricey compared to some of you. But I really loved all her photos on her website and she's cheaper than the other one I priced out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258575 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:15:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 258575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$175 with disc and rights to all photos. She is taking both newborn and family pics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258570 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:54:05 +0000 autumnlove 258570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$450 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258568 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:51:23 +0000 Running Elley 258568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Who are you using?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258563 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:46:05 +0000 sorrycharlie 258563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're being charged $150 - and she includes a cd with (I think) 25 edited photos and the rights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258559 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:38:14 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 258559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel I should admit that I barter for my photos, I did custom nursery art in exchange for Wonder Baby's shoot. Not an option for most people, so I didn't want to advertise it as a great option :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-did-you-pay-for-newborn-photos#post-258551 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:25:06 +0000 mrskc 258551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had the newborn photos done yet since I'm still pregnant. But I'm in the process of booking one. The one we're most likely going with is $55 for the session fee and $300 for a CD w/ all edited images. </p>