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Portrait Innovations Complaint - Horrible Customer Service - Spring Photos
Spring Photos - Complaint
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA -- I am disappointed in the services provided because the photo session was of very low quality and the resultant pictures were not up to the quality we have come to expect. As suggested by the Portrait Innovations website, we arrived five minutes early for our appointment, but then waited an additional 20 until our session started. Since I have a young child, I had specifically chosen this appointment time to avoid naps and feedings and on a Friday to avoid excessive weekend crowds, so I was very frustrated to start so late for an appointment that I had so carefully chosen. Additionally, after starting significantly late for our appointment, we were rushed through our photo session. In fact, the photographer only took four pictures in one pose for one outfit.
The photographer, while very friendly, did not listen to what we wanted from the session. The purpose of this session, as told to the agent when we made the appointment, was for my daughter’s 8 month pictures. We wanted pictures of her playing with different spring and Easter related props. We even brought a few toys with us to help with the session. However, we only got one pose with a prop and the backgrounds chosen by the photographer did not reflect spring very well. In fact, one background was red with a rose lighting that made my daughter look like she had sunburn! Additionally, several pictures were unusable since the photographer either cut off part of my daughter’s chin or were so off center they could not be fixed.
Normally I leave the studio feeling like I could have spent several hundred more dollars and having had a very difficult time choosing between so many great pictures. This time however, it was very difficult to find even six good poses.
When we picked up our pictures, thankfully we checked our package before getting all the way home since we were given another family’s pictures. We had to return to the store to correct the mistake and luckily, our photos were still there. This final mistake just made working with that company that much more disappointing.
We ended up spending over $100, but should have just walked away with the $10 special instead of wasting more time and money. We will be looking for another photography studio to do our daughter’s 1 year pictures and all of our holiday and special event pictures from now on. In fact, we were so upset about our experience, we will be sure to tell everyone we know to avoid spending their money there.
The photographer, while very friendly, did not listen to what we wanted from the session. The purpose of this session, as told to the agent when we made the appointment, was for my daughter’s 8 month pictures. We wanted pictures of her playing with different spring and Easter related props. We even brought a few toys with us to help with the session. However, we only got one pose with a prop and the backgrounds chosen by the photographer did not reflect spring very well. In fact, one background was red with a rose lighting that made my daughter look like she had sunburn! Additionally, several pictures were unusable since the photographer either cut off part of my daughter’s chin or were so off center they could not be fixed.
Normally I leave the studio feeling like I could have spent several hundred more dollars and having had a very difficult time choosing between so many great pictures. This time however, it was very difficult to find even six good poses.
When we picked up our pictures, thankfully we checked our package before getting all the way home since we were given another family’s pictures. We had to return to the store to correct the mistake and luckily, our photos were still there. This final mistake just made working with that company that much more disappointing.
We ended up spending over $100, but should have just walked away with the $10 special instead of wasting more time and money. We will be looking for another photography studio to do our daughter’s 1 year pictures and all of our holiday and special event pictures from now on. In fact, we were so upset about our experience, we will be sure to tell everyone we know to avoid spending their money there.
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Posted by DebtorBasher on 2011-04-23:
Didn't they offer you some proofs to look over before you ordered the pictures? Sounds like they were behind schedule a bit and rushed you to make up for the lost time.
I'm not sure how good you are with photoshopping programs, but if you have a nice photo of your little girl, you can use that photo and put it to any kind of Easter backgrounds yourself. It really isn't difficult at all to do if you know the basics of photochopping. I've done it with pictures of my nieces and nephews and they turned out as if they were actually posing in front of those backgrounds.
I'm not sure how good you are with photoshopping programs, but if you have a nice photo of your little girl, you can use that photo and put it to any kind of Easter backgrounds yourself. It really isn't difficult at all to do if you know the basics of photochopping. I've done it with pictures of my nieces and nephews and they turned out as if they were actually posing in front of those backgrounds.
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