https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:07:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112319 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:08:48 +0000 betsyboop 112319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I envy those of you who were gifted photo shoots! That's such a good gift idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112318 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:08:47 +0000 autumnlove 112318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think our session was $450 with full rights to the images! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112310 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:05:11 +0000 mynoahbear 112310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did and it was definitely worth the money. Total, it cost around $1000. Plus she took LO's passport photos too, which was tricky to try and do. We had to do a lot of takes for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112185 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:50:04 +0000 MsMini 112185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The photog who did our wedding pics is primarily a maternity/newborn/child photographer. We have bought a package from her that is 4 sessions (maternity, newborn, 6 month, 1 year) with full digital and printing rights to 25 images from each session (100 over the package). We get an online gallery to choose which 25 images we want to own, and the whole package costs us just over $1000. We also get free sitting for holiday pics (easter, halloween, christmas) but have to pay $25 per image for full digital and printing rights. This works out alright for us, because DH owns a pro photo printer, so printing is pretty cheap for us.</p> <p>DH is actually a photog on the side, but we want him to be in pictures, so this is what we do, our baby will have tons of pics on its own (we have about at least 10 thousand pics of each of our pets on the hard drive from his home photo shoots!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112179 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:48:14 +0000 HabesBabe 112179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I could take decent shots of the baby on my own (at least 2-3 over a 3 hour period! haha), but I would really want a few shots of us as a new family-- this is the only reason I would want another person (whether it's a professional photog, a friend, etc.) to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112175 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:46:12 +0000 Alivoo01 112175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ho.ly. Crap! I didn't realize newborn sessions were that ridiculous!! *gulp* Guess we'll be taking it out of the college fund - sheesh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112155 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:33:49 +0000 Mrsbells 112155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been looking at lots of newborn photos on pinterest and plan to use my DSLR to recreate this look on my own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112152 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:30:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 112152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crazy!!<br /> We did a newborn shoot but got a good deal. I mentioned this on WB, my SIL is a professional photographer and she did my senior, wedding and maternity photos but she lives six hours away so she couldn't make it out for his newborn pics. So my little brother was friends with a girl who ended up starting her own photography business at only 16 yrs old, but she has the talent of a real professional photographer! So I had her do them and she just gives a cd of images. </p> <p>That is an idea, look on craigslist for student photographers looking to build their portfolio? Or is there a college/art school nearby where there may be photography students?<br /> Newborns are harder to photograph than you'd think though, and I had to nurse him every ten minutes to keep him content lol so make sure whoever you choose does their research and is patient. It took us 3 hrs for the shoot! Baby dictates the shoot ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112135 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:21:07 +0000 HabesBabe 112135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and the $250 shoot is the "sitting fee" only... I still have to buy at least $200 worth of prints or digital copies, which are $50 EACH!!!! WTF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112124 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:16:59 +0000 cyndistar3 112124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I refuse to pay that much for pictures so when lo is born I am taking my coupon to jcpenny's and get newborn/ new family pictures taken lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112095 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:05:39 +0000 HabesBabe 112095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found a pretty good newborn photography team that charges $250 on weekdays and $300 on weekends. I almost sh*t a brick when I saw those prices... until I started seeing quotes for $500, $950, $1000+... ALL for newborn photos! I'm sorry, but I think that's just ridiculous.</p> <p>We might go with the $250/$300 photog-- hubs still isn't 100% convinced. One of my good friends has a cousin who's starting out with photography and she might cut us a deal. I don't even want to buy prints-- I just want the digital copies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112092 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:03:17 +0000 heffalump 112092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Honestly, if we weren't gifted the shoot I'd be fine DIYing it. I love love love the photos, and I'm glad I have nice pictures of LO when she's so teeny tiny, but they get kind of outdated pretty fast. 8 months later she looks nothing like her newborn pictures and I feel weird not having more recent pictures up. But my family paid so much for them so they're staying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112074 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:53:10 +0000 regberadaisy 112074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@betsyboop:<br /> I've been looking and running into the same issue re: digital release and the requirement to buy x$ in prints.</p> <p>I really want to but not sure if we can swing it financially. So need to talk to my husband ASAP about it.</p> <p>If not we have a DSLR I figure I can DIY at home?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112073 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:52:53 +0000 heffalump 112073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did. I wouldn't have gone with this person if it wasn't a gift. She takes amazing photos, but like you said, super expensive! Any print, even a 4x6, was $40 each! My sister gifted us the session and 3 photos, and I'm sure she got a good deal because she's friends with the photographer. My parents bought some more photos, so we just scanned them so everybody could have them. And we got off without having to pay anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112070 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:51:13 +0000 winniebee 112070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were very fortunate and my two good friends gifted us a newborn photo shoot and photo credit for my shower gift! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/professional-newborn-photos#post-112065 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:49:52 +0000 betsyboop 112065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you use a professional photographer to take photos of your newborn? We are definitely going to hire one but I've found the prices to be sky-high!<br /> A pet peeve of mine is when photographers require you to purchase $x in prints through them, and essentially hold the photos hostage via an online gallery. I think I finally found someone who will give us the images on a CD, but the entire session and CD is still going to cost us around $1K :( </p>