Children are unpredictable; you never know what the next minute is going to bring. The one thing you can say with certainty is that children grow up. As a parent you want to try and capture those special milestones on both still images and video, before your little angel becomes a teenager and has better things to do than pose. Often you take photographs yourself but there are times when only a professional touch will do.
Professional photographers have years of experience which they put to use taking kids birthday party photos, and photos of other occasions, that really capture the warmth, fun and innocence. Of course, the services of a professional children’s photographer don’t come cheap; you can expect to pay $400-$500 an hour.
This may seem like a lot of money but have you ever considered the amount of work and skill that this cost covers. Let’s take a look at what skills a professional photographer offers that you can’t get elsewhere and just what they have to do to give you the beautiful images you want.
How is hiring a professional children’s photographer different?
If you don’t want to capture special milestones yourself, or you just want to try getting more professional photos of your child, you can just go to the sessions at the local department store, right? It’s a lot cheaper than hiring an independent children’s photographer. There’s absolutely nothing to stop you choosing this option, and it will be cheaper, but let’ look at what you get.
Department stores don’t offer child photography services out of the goodness of their hearts; it’s a marketing tool. They want to get you in the store so that you take your child for the photography session, then go and spend money elsewhere. It stands to reason that they aren’t going to be invested in giving you the very best possible images.
This is conveyor belt photography, one in, one out. Images captured are often pretty standard and you don’t get much of a range of choice. Of course this type of children’s photography has its place but let’s compare the experience to that which you get when you hire a professional photographer yourself.
What a professional children’s photographer does for the money
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