Sears or J.C. Penney - Expressly Portraits!
Sherry Ann Feiler
> I tried Sears in the beginning and will never go back again!! 30
> minutes does not seem long after you've been to Sears!! I found the
> lights much brighter and the flash made a popping sound that terrified
> my son and made all of his pictures look like he was upset. Try
> another Penney's. We've always had wonderful luck there. If your
> goal is to have a really nice family portrait done, find a local
> photographer. Expensive, but some will even come to your home!
We just had Johnny's 3 year portraits done yesterday at Expressly Portraits
and I am VERY HAPPY! We got great pictures, despite the fact that he was
terrified when we first got there and wouldn't even let go of Daddy. Here are
a few things that I liked better about E.P. over Sears or Penneys or Kmart
(all of which I have tried):
- All of the pictures were taken on the floor rather than on a table. Johnny
hated the tables at other places (reminded him of the doctor?) and I always
had to be careful to keep him from falling off.
- More creative props. We used a big 3 (I have seen that at other places); a
paintcan, brush, and stepladder, with Johnny standing on the stepladder; a
little train for him to sit on; a wagon wheel and bale of hay to sit on. They
also had a lot of others to choose from, like a little red wagon, a rocking
horse, and a wide variety of chairs. I could keep going back there for years
and not get tired of their props!
- Camera is on a tripod that the photographer could move around the room, and
it wasn't noisy at all. Other places have camera on a big noisy stand that
they move by remote just as you get the kid calmed down and in position and
scares them.
- We took our portraits home the same day! No 3 week (or more!) waiting for
pictures. They were really busy yesterday due to a special pet photo contest
they are doing to benefit PAWS (our 'humane society'), so we had to wait 1.5
hours for our pictures instead of only 1 hour, but it was no big deal. Johnny
wanted to go play with the Brio at Imaginarium and then get a 'pink cookie'
at Nordstrom espresso bar, so we easily killed the time.
- Photographer seemed more experienced than those at other places. She is my
neighbors sister and knows us, so that made it a little easier, but I get the
feeling that she is really good with kids in general. She has been working
there at least 2 years that I know, so she's not some trainee, like we often
got at Kmart. I wouldn't calssify her as a "professional", like you'd get at
some fancy studio, but she was much better than most I've seen at Sears, etc.
-In addition to the sheets of your choice, their packages all include a
FRAMED 11x14, and it's a pretty nice frame. You get about 10 frames to choose
from.
The only drawback on Expressly Portraits is that they are more expensive than
the others. I had a really good coupon, so I actually paid less than I would
have at Sears for the same number of prints, but without the coupon I would
have paid more than at Sears with their $5 or $6 per sheet coupon. But even
without the good discount I got, I think it might still be worth it because
the pictures were so good!
Now, I just need to get my Yearbook submission completed (uh... I mean,
started) so you all can see my cute guy!
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Sherry Feiler Johnny (3/11/93) and Flipper (due 6-13-96)
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T&M Geer
>
> In article <960317190...@relief.com> Sherry Ann Feiler
> <she...@diga.serv.net> writes:
>
> >We just had Johnny's 3 year portraits done yesterday at Expressly Portraits
> >and I am VERY HAPPY! We got great pictures, despite the fact that he was
> >terrified when we first got there and wouldn't even let go of Daddy. Here are
> >a few things that I liked better about E.P. over Sears or Penneys or Kmart
> >(all of which I have tried):
>
> Okay, Sherry, I'm convinced -- I take it this is a chain outfit? And where
> did you get your coupon? We're gonna take the Portrait Plunge ourselves soon,
> so I'm on the lookout for good props, etc.
>
> >Now, I just need to get my Yearbook submission completed (uh... I mean,
> >started) so you all can see my cute guy!
>
> Processing Service is open 24 hours a day, 365 (oops, 366) days a year. No
> customer will be turned away!
>
> Our Only Restriction: All children MUST be cute in order to appear in the
> photoalbum, in the opinion of at least one of their parents. (It's optional
> -- but recommended -- that the parent(s) be cute as well.)
>
> Roger, modest dad for three incredibly cute kids, namely Zachary (Dec 22 '89),
> Elliot (Apr 17 '93), and Baby Boo (due June 16 '96)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~ r...@gvsu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> real name: Roger A. Hunt
> real home: Grand Valley State University,
> Allendale/Grand Rapids/Holland, Michigan
> ---> "Cruising the Information Superhighway at 35 miles per hour,
> in the passing lane... with a hat on."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi there, I'm new to this group and would like to know if you can
recommend any store/chain down our way, San Jose,CA area?
Thanks,
TM
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T&M Geer
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