How much is too much?

I always go into the photo sitting with a price in my head as my limit. I stick to it and it's amazing how you can "whittle" things down to only your favorites.

Some of these photo studios or photographers can be very pricey. I am always talked into these things and when I get my daughters photos I want to buy them all. I cannot leave any out. As you can use these for presents I would go ahead with buying them. If it was any other time of the year I would tell you just to buy one and check out the cheapest ones next time. I know it was for a fundraiser, but we can take some really good pictures ourselves these days and get them enlarged too. Well I hope you make the right decision. Take care.

Thats a lot of money. There are many other places that don't cost that much. Your not being stingy. My church had a new photo directory made, we all got a free book and an 8x10 pic free. Then they let us know how much the other pics would cost. I didn't buy any of them. It was $25 just for a 5x7 plus tax and whatever other hidden fees they have. Too expensive for me.

I don't like getting my kids pictures taken without knowing the prices first. We had them taken in Church and it was the same thing. It was way too expensive, so we decided to not get any. Late we went to WAlmart and got a huge package for like $10! I know that Sears also has great deals. I wouldn't spend that much on photos when you can go other places and they do just as nice of a job.

You know, that is quite in line with what is out there..... provided they are good pictures. You can find much cheaper, but the quality shows. It is a great idea for adult Christmas gifts. I think for that price you should also receive a disc with all the shots from the photo shoot on it.

I think it is ridiculous what they charge for professional photos, OK they are lovely to have but I cannot afford the prices they charge. My two boys have their photos taken in their school each september and they are taken of them together. What I did this time was buy one copy for us and then I scanned the other and put it on my computer and then I had some printed off from an online photo place for just a few pence each. I can also buy them at a bigger size framed or get it blown up into a full size poster works out much cheaper for us and it is still a lovely picture to have of our children.

If that knocks out the adult Christmas gifts go for it because other wise you'll probably spend more on different gifts. But yes tis the season for things to go up in price.

Unfortunately that is about the going rate!

Ouch. Hope they were some goood photos. I couldn't pay that much. I go to Walmart or Kmart. I once had Glamour shots done and they were outragious & I think I would of looked better had I done my own hair & makeup. I don't think you are being stingy at all.

Oh, I hate getting professional pictures taken, they tell you its free, like you get a free 8x10, but then here they come with all the different packages, and you can't resist buying more pictures for the whole family, they know how to get to you... One time our church was making a church directory, where each family had to get a picture taken, and it was free, the first 8x10 was anyway, the one they were going to put in the directory was the free one, but then you could pick different poses, but of course those weren't free. Well my husband and I kept the free 8x10 because we didn't have any pictures of ourselves, but I at least wanted to get one for both our mothers. Well we picked two 5x7's, and when it was time to pay it came out to about 60.00. I couldn't believe they were charging us 60.00 for two pictures. My husband was livid, but he didn't say anything about it till we got in the car...lol. The pictures did turn out good tho, and our mothers loved them.

I have a similar vent about portraits myself. The school photos. They are so insanely priced that I haven't bought school portrait photos at all, not once. I have three kids in school and at about 120 a piece for the package that's just way too much money to put out on school portrait photos. 360 dollars is better spent on their needs than a set of photos in my opinion. I have a fairly decent connection to a professional photographer that has yearly packages for about the same price as the school photos and I can chose when I want to use her services up to 3 to 4 times for the year for the same price as buying three of the portrait packages from the school. I can do beginning of school year photos, Christmas photos and Easter photos in one year for the same price and get 3 times my the worth of my money. I suggest finding a private professional photographer that deals in child portraits that has a similar package for yearly sessions or multiple sessions a year for one price packaging. It's a touch more expensive but you get more out of it than you would Sears or Walmart would give you.

I just had my sons senior pictures professionally taken and this is what the package consisted of: 3-8X10 12-5X7 50- wallet size 25- exchange size And 2 frames for the 8X10's The total for this package was $116.00. If you're happy with the price and it will cover most adult christmas gifts then go for it!

We go to the Sears Portrait Studios. It's pretty reasonable (probably half the cost of what you're talking about). Until the end of the year, they are having a promotion on their SmileSavers, which gives you a free sitting fee and free 8X10 every time you come in. They're always having promotions and coupons too (Just got a package of my daughter's pictures for $5!) They do quality work and I always get the CD (which is a bit pricy at $120, but very convenient). To make the CD worth it, I make them do a LOT of enhancements and special things to the pictures on the CD. I did the MOPS thing to. Just paid the $10 for the coupon thing but never used it. Happy MyLotting!

That seems to be alot of money for pictures! I have had professional pictures taken at the PicturMe Studios and Olan Mills and they did not come anywhere near that price! Not only that at PictureMe the girl threw in a free 8x10 of my husband and I! I think the total cost of out package was like 85 bucks, but never anywhere near 180! That is just outrageous! I know the package that we got though did come with 3 5x7, an 8x10, a boatload of wallets. (We ran out of fmaily members to give them to that many)! So I would check there next time you get your kids pictures taken.