You may have seen this company recently advertising in the SCMP etc about their lifestyle photographs which look great because of the white background. I had some family photos taken a couple of weeks ago and the photographer was great with kids, using balloons etc to make them laugh. $500 sitting fee redeemable on purchases. BUT the cost of buying photos is expensive. A 7"x5" desk photo is $2,160. A framed 10"x8" is $5,130. If you want 4 pics of 4"x4" framed in the one picture its $13,860. An album with 10 pics of 5"x5" is $13,050. Ouch. You can only go once to order your photos after the session, and in that one hour session you have to decide - puts the pressure on. IF you want to think about which photos you have framed, it costs $500 for another appointment to tell them what you want. I'm going to shop around further. These prices seem exhorbitant, or does it seem reasonable to others?
Venture Photography
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Gosh, that is expensive!!! And I have already paid $500 and booked for a session :-(
I know that for many of the other photographers, they charge a fixed fee per hour at the studio, but then, they give you back all the negatives, or at least let you have prints for the photos (ie. 3R, 4R...) for a much more reasonable price, say around $70 per print or something... Gosh, if only I had known that it is so expensive, I would not have bothered to book Venture...
I know that for many of the other photographers, they charge a fixed fee per hour at the studio, but then, they give you back all the negatives, or at least let you have prints for the photos (ie. 3R, 4R...) for a much more reasonable price, say around $70 per print or something... Gosh, if only I had known that it is so expensive, I would not have bothered to book Venture...
Last week, I go to the BB exhibition and find out Venture. Oops, the package is very very expensive. I also visit their website. Personally, I find the photos are great and seems more stylish. However, I really cannot afford it. Besides, I also find some similar photographers at much lower price.
rani
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mamaS said:
MamaS,
We have a list of photographers here:
http://www.geobaby.com/directory/hong-kong/services/photographers/
Sitting fee is approx $2000 and then you pay for the prints etc.
Another option, there's a Photography group on Geoexpat. You could see if any of the members would be up for the challenge:
http://www.geoexpat.com/handshakes/clubs/photography/
I have also paid $500 for a session, being so attracted by their photos at the web! If I had read your threads earlier I would not pay ... sigh! I guess I can't do anything now but go for the session and take the photo included in the package and nothing more!
Suzannal & hoping4b, can you tell me more about the session? What should I prepare as I'm taking my two daughters, one 4 yr old and one just 8 months.
Suzannal & hoping4b, can you tell me more about the session? What should I prepare as I'm taking my two daughters, one 4 yr old and one just 8 months.