I only have ONE weekend morning spot left! Sunday, November 22, 2009! This last spot will go to the first one who purchases it! Contact me for more details!
~Jenilee
turtledovephotography@hotmail.com
Archive for October, 2009
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October 22, 2009Macyn's First Birthday | Irvine, California | Event Photographer
October 22, 2009On October 3 I had the pleasure of taking pictures of little Macyn and her beautiful family. Macyn is one of the sweetest little one year olds I’ve ever had the pleasure of taking pictures of. Her Daddies were also beyond nice! My daughter had been in the hospital the day before their party and when I arrived they were so welcoming and kind. Many of the guests asked how Rory was and when I left they packed me up a box of food to take and gave me balloons for Rory and goodie pails for the kids! I must say I felt odd taking something from where I’m working lol. Seriously though this is such a kind family and Macyn is one lucky little girl 
Passed out by the end of the day! How sweet is she!
The whole family! Birth mommy, and her two daddies
It was such a pleasure to take pictures for Bekky & Mark and their beautiful family again. I shot their wedding one year ago and I am shocked at how much these boys have grown in just one year!!!
Adorable Family | Temecula, California | Family Photographer
October 21, 2009I had a wonderful time meeting this beautiful family.
ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT!
October 17, 2009If you are looking for Holiday Pictures, I only have 4 remaining weekend dates remaining.
October 24 (Saturday)
November 7 (Saturday)
November 15 (Sunday)***BOOKED***
November 22 (Saturday)
Some in-studio weekday sessions available upon request.
*CONTEST* Show me your studio pics
October 8, 2009*CONTEST* Show Me Your Studio Pics!
Have you recently gone to a Studio and been really disappointed with the experience/end result? Well after my recent ‘chain studio vs professional’ post, I’ve decided I want to do something about it! So email me (turtledovephotography@hotmail.com) your crappy Studio Pics* along with the information of the studio you went to!
The person with the worst photos/experience will win a FREE Session** along with 1-8×10, 2-5×7’s, & 8 wallets!
*Please note that I take no responsibility of any pictures you send. By sending a picture you are agreeing that you have the right to copy/redistribute it and that I have permission to post your pics on my blog!
**Session to take place within 20 miles of Highland, California
Contest starts today and will end on October 24, 2009 So get those submissions in!
Chain Portrait Studio vs Professional Photographer | Redlands, California | Family Photographer
October 8, 2009HI! Call me Jessica. That was my ‘under-cover’ name today when I called every chain portrait studio I could think of.
Wal-mart
Olan Mills
Sears
Jc Penney
Kiddie Kandids
Picture People
Now why did I call all of these studios you may wonder. Well I wanted to find out a few bits of information from them, and seeing as I couldn’t find out everything to my hearts content via the internet I resorted to calling them. Wal-mart was the ONLY place I could not get a hold of.
The information I was looking for was:
Length of session
Amount of pictures taken
Sitting fees
Cost of a Disc WITH copyright release
The information I gave them was that I had 3 children I wanted photographed
ALL of these studios offer UP TO 15 minutes per session. That’s right ONLY 15 minutes.
*Olan Mills*
-No sitting fee however, they do charge a $5.95 shipping fee for prints/discs
-They give up to 15 images/pictures/poses (whatever you want to call it)
-Disc of images is $150
*Sears*
- up to 9 poses
- $119.00 for a CD
*JC Penney*
- 9.99 per person sitting fee
- up to 30 pictures
- $100.00 CD
*Kiddie Kandids (babies-r-us)*
-No Sitting
- up to 9 poses
- $199 for a CD
*Picture People*
- No Sitting
-up to 40 pictures total
- $250 for a CD, however, they will only give you 12 full size images on the disc. After 12 images, they start resizing the images and if you try to print from them they will be grainier. (NICE)
So what is my Beef with ‘chain portrait studios’?
1- They hire people regardless of knowledge of cameras/taking pictures & they instruct their employees to shoot in ‘program/auto’ which is the same thing as using a point and shoot aka (anyone can take the pics)
2- They only give you 15 minutes! (anyone with a shy child knows it can take a lot longer than that for the kid to warm up to a stranger)
3- They don’t care about the end result. You get between 6-40 clicks of the camera and regardless of the pics that’s what you get. They don’t meticulously go through the pics and find the best ones and edit them to make your pictures a work of art & perhaps remove that unwanted scratch or pimple 
4- Overall poor quality.
So what do I recommend for people who want REAL professional pictures? Simple, Hire a professional. I understand that in these times of economic crisis that it isn’t easy to hire a ‘professional’ photographer, as usually they charge quite a bit more than any of these ‘chain’ stores. Well, I hate to see anyone have to get crappy pics, so that is why I am offering my Economic Stimulus Sessions once again.
Turtle Dove Photography’s Economic Stimulus Session
For ONLY $150 you will get a session (approximately 1 hour – yep 4 times the amount of time as a ‘chain’ studio) for up to 4 people (additional people are $10 per person). You will also receive an online proof gallery for 14 days for your family and friends to be able to view, as well as a High Resolution Disc of 15-20 images with Print Rights (I’ll even recommend an awesome printing company).
If you want to get photographs taken, can you really afford to pass up a deal this great?
~Jenilee