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Providence718
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The price of a photo
Wow is all I can say
Makes you stop and think about how you spend your money
The Price of a Photo
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Posted 1/3/12 9:45 PM  |
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Re: The price of a photo
And how you spend your time.
I am not happy with the way I look. I take a lot, a lot of pics of DS when we do fun stuff. I avoid being in pics as much as I can. I just hope he remembers me there but if something was to happen, he won't have many pictures of us together.
Maybe time to either suck it up or do something about it.....   
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| Posted 1/3/12 9:59 PM |
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Mrs213
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Re: The price of a photo
This is very sobering
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Lucky09
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by FreeButterfly
And how you spend your time.
I am not happy with the way I look. I take a lot, a lot of pics of DS when we do fun stuff. I avoid being in pics as much as I can. I just hope he remembers me there but if something was to happen, he won't have many pictures of us together.
Maybe time to either suck it up or do something about it.....
Ditto! I avoid pictures & video like the plague. But the few pictures I have of myself with my kids, well, I just treasure them.  I totally need to get out of this funk and start getting in some pictures with them!
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| Posted 1/4/12 1:41 AM |
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Providence718
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Re: The price of a photo
My Grandmother didn't like pictures either but the few that we do have of her with us are a treasure ...
after losing many people in my life that do not like pictures I have come to realize that the people in the pictures with me love me just as I am ... they don't care if I am over weight, if my hair is not done, they just want to share a special moment with me ... I have not stopped taking pictures with them since
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Re: The price of a photo
I don't mind being in picture all that much but I hate seeing and hearing myself in videos, and I used to avoid talking while recording DD.
My Dad passed away over the summer, and the videos and pictures of him are priceless to me and I will never feel like I have enough. Since then I don't worry about what I look like on video.
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NervousNell
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Re: The price of a photo
Ugghhhh- I shouldn't have read that.
And I feel the same as many others on this thread- I was just thinking the other day how there are like NO pics of me with DD- it's all of her- because I HATE how I look in pics.
I was thinking- wow she won't even know what I looked like at this age.
Kind of makes you re think things.... 
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rojerono
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Re: The price of a photo
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
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DumpsterBaby
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by rojerono
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
I agree...it didn't seem so genuine. Memories are memories no matter what...her biggest regret is not having those last pro pics? 
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GioiaMia
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by DumpsterBaby
Posted by rojerono
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
I agree...it didn't seem so genuine. Memories are memories no matter what...her biggest regret is not having those last pro pics?
ITA!
Everyone's first thought was about not having precious snapshots with their family. . . laughing over a joke, someone making a silly face, a DC being difficult about taking a picture. . . those are the memories that I want to have in a photo. . . not an expensive, posed portrait?
And I love my DD's pro pictures. . . but I love them just as much as my DH's cell phone pictures from Christmas morning. . .
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WhatNow
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by DumpsterBaby
Posted by rojerono
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
I agree...it didn't seem so genuine. Memories are memories no matter what...her biggest regret is not having those last pro pics?
I feel exactly the same way! No way is this real: just a nice way to get people to shel out their $500+! Pretty clever move on the photographers part: take that special pro-picture before cancer gets you!
BTW, I think getting a hair cut and a manicure and having a nice diner with family is a pretty awesome way to make memories as well! So there!
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| Posted 1/4/12 9:03 AM |
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TreAnt427
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by rojerono
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
I agree with this as well. I cherise all my photos and I have never done an expensive photo shoot.
It's not about what you pay for the pictures and how good they look. It's just the fact that you HAVE them.
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| Posted 1/4/12 9:34 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: The price of a photo
Photographs are important ways to document life and love and i know everything thinks that here. Even though you may not love yourself being photograph (i know i photograph horribly) I still get in the photo. I also think more couples should be in the photos more often. I often see the children only and the parents will only jump in for the big family photo. Why not a beautiful couple photo at the same time? I just started to get photos of my parents done because they realized after both of their parents dying that they hardly had adult photos of just mom and dad.
Anyway, no you don't necessarily have to hire a pro photographer for every event/moment in life but I do think its nice if you can do it once a year or on special occasions. My father always had his camera out and we have tons of photos BUT we always went to a professional once a year. You can go to a target or sears to do it but you can also hire a self employed photographer and get a more personalize approach to it and typically its the same cost. There is a photographer out there for everyone's budget and I find this "letter" touching.
I think its real since I have heard for similar stories from others. I can't tell my personal experiences here but sometimes a photograph means more in the end then a manicure or getting your hair done a few times in the year in order to preserve and capture the precious time we have in life together.
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by rojerono
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
I am one who has done professional pics of my DD and I have loved them. However, if we couldn't afford them I do not think that I would put so much value on them because in reality not everyone can spend $$$ on photos like that. Just because you can't does not mean your regular photos aren't a good enough memory to have through the years.
Honestly, if you really want to think about it all the "unnecessary" things the woman in the letter spent money on, there could be a hell of a lot better things she could spend it on than professional photos. If you want to put it into prospective, the money for the nails, hair, dinner AND the photos could have gone to much better causes like a homeless shelter, the Humane Society, UNICEF, Salvation Army, etc. etc. the list goes on.
I will continue to get pro pics of my DD when I can because it's something I like doing, and right now DH and I can afford it. If there comes a time when we can't do it and it's a choice between rent and a birthday shoot, guess which one will win?
But shame on this photographer for using this woman's letter (if it's even real) to try and drum up business and guilt the crap out of clients who say "well I don't know if I can afford that..." Now instead of saying "well I hope you can find a photographer who you can afford" or even "I understand...times can be tough!" this letter is saying "Too bad you're such a cheapskate because you just might DIE tomorrow and then what?"
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BellaRock
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by WhatNow
Posted by DumpsterBaby
Posted by rojerono
A woman has a few weeks left to live and has learned how precious time is. So she uses some of those rare few moments that she has left to write to her photographer and tell her that she regrets not doing family portraits instead of taking care of herself and having a nice dinner out with her family?
All of the snapshots she has of the real moments throughout their lives will not have the same impact as that last photo session?
It's maudlin and I might be a terrible person but I just don't believe it is real. I think it's a cheap way of getting clients to open their wallets.
I agree that pictures are important. I also think pro photos are worth it with a good photographer. But I don't think you NEED pro photos to make a life that's worth looking back on. I have hundreds of snapshots of my grandparents, parents and sisters.. very few are pro. I cherish them all.
I agree...it didn't seem so genuine. Memories are memories no matter what...her biggest regret is not having those last pro pics?
I feel exactly the same way! No way is this real: just a nice way to get people to shel out their $500+! Pretty clever move on the photographers part: take that special pro-picture before cancer gets you!
BTW, I think getting a hair cut and a manicure and having a nice diner with family is a pretty awesome way to make memories as well! So there!
ITA.
While I love my pro pics, I adore my random sunday shot with a regular camera.
The only thing that made me think in this letter is that I sadly hate being photographed and I don't have very many pics of me and my boys. I'm at every function, concert, sports game but you wont see me there since I am behind the camera. That needs to change.
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maybebaby
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Re: The price of a photo
I am so glad i wasn't the only one who questioned this letter...seems like a great marketing ploy to drum up some business.
There are many many things people pass up on in life because at the time money IS important.
And why the need for $500 professional pics t capture memories? I don't get that . I understand doing it while someone has the money to burn, but I grab my regular old $100 camera and snap pics all the time of my family..
If this is a true letter, it's terrible that this lady is going through this...but if its not, shame on the photographer...something doesn't sit right with me though
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browneyes
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Re: The price of a photo
Posted by maybebaby
I am so glad i wasn't the only one who questioned this letter...seems like a great marketing ploy to drum up some business.
There are many many things people pass up on in life because at the time money IS important.
And why the need for $500 professional pics t capture memories? I don't get that . I understand doing it while someone has the money to burn, but I grab my regular old $100 camera and snap pics all the time of my family..
If this is a true letter, it's terrible that this lady is going through this...but if its not, shame on the photographer...something doesn't sit right with me though
I agree with this, something dosnt seem right and i hate to say that if it is a geniune letter but it just seems odd to me, Plus i would much rather make memories with my family and take silly pics with my cheap camera then spend $500 on pro pics that You know will be a PIA making everyone happy at once!! LOL
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LoveyQ
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Re: The price of a photo
Real or not (and I never even thought it might be fake until someone mentioned it here), it brings up a very good point.
I am one who truly cherishes pictures. Maybe it's because I have none from when I was a child. Maybe it's because my father passed away very suddenly last year and I only have 1, yes ONE, picture with him besides the one at my wedding. Maybe it's because it's fun to look back and see how different I looked, or my mom looked, or my siblings, my friends looked 10, 15 year ago. For whatever reason, I truly love and value pictures.
I take thousands of pics of DS every year. The majority of which would evoke no emotion from anyone except me and DH who find him absolutely adorable and funny etc.
We've been lucky enough to have a few pro shoots (his newborn, first Christmas, 1st birthday) and I have to say, those are pictures that capture him and our family in a very special way that pictures from my own camera have not. So while I don't have funds to do the photoshoots often, I have already put aside for my new baby's newborn shoot because that time will pass quickly and she will never ever be that small again. Of course I'll value the pics we take from our own cameras, and there will be tons I'm sure, but there's something special about a pro shot of a sweet new baby KWIM?
Then again, I can't afford $500+ shoots. So we do pro shoots within our budget when we can fit it in.
In the end, I don't think you NEED pro shoots of course. Is it nice to have if you can manage it? Yes, IMO it is.
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maybebaby
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Re: The price of a photo
The one thing that really made me question this is that the letter said to share with anyone who passed up on photos because the prices were too high....and then the letter gets posted on a popular blog and is now being shared on FB by others.
I hate saying its "fake" if it's not..because it's an awful situation. But if it was a falsely created letter I think it's an appalling thing that someone would do...
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| Posted 1/4/12 10:29 AM |
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computergirl
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Re: The price of a photo
I saw this on FB last night and immediately thought it sounded fake. Like someone else said-- it seems really contrived. You have only a few weeks to live, so the top of your priority list is contacting a PHOTOGRAPHER about your regrets, wasting your time itemizing what you spent money on instead of spending it on the shoot? Come on! This makes "The Christmas Shoes" sound realistic in comparison.
If this letter actually inspires people to fork over $500 on a pro shoot, then there truly is a sucker born every minute 
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Re: The price of a photo
since quoting everybody who doesnt think this letter is legit or the fact that one does not need professional pics would be too long of a post.
I will just say i agree with it all.
You dont need professional pics esp. at $500.
you can get just as nice photos from your own camera.
Also there are plenty of places you can get professional photos that dont cost $500 this letter in no way made me feel that i should run out and spend that type of money at all on one photoshoot. (Disclamier: this does not mean that i wouldnt spend $500 i am just saying it doesnt make me feel i have too)
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JenniferEver
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Re: The price of a photo
I understand the sentiment and really value our pro photos, but it does seem a little "off" JMO
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| Posted 1/4/12 11:26 AM |
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Re: The price of a photo
While I agree that it's nice to have family photos to look back on, it's logical to think that $500 is a lot of money to many families, and photos taken with the family camera would do just a well to preserve memories. IMO shots taken with the family camera are more valuable because the capture special memories and joys that the family shared together, not just time spent sitting on a fake photo set. I would rather spend the $500 on a special trip or outing with my family and just takes my own pics to remember the day by.
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nrthshgrl
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Re: The price of a photo
There is no question that I am a person who values great photographers & photography.
My grandmother just passed away days ago. While pouring through photos, the last thing we cared about were posed photos from a pro photographer. What I want to see is the candid snapshots of her life. I want to see photos of her laughing with her great grandkids or dressed up for a costume party.
It may be real & I'm sure if it is, it means the world to the photographer that gets it. That said, I think it's disingenuous for photographers to put this on their sites. To me it sends the message, see my photos are worth it because you may get cancer, die & then you will have missed your opportunity to have those memories captured.
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JenniferEver
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Re: The price of a photo
I'm sorry for your loss, Barb. 
Maybe the lesson should just be to spend more time with family and takes LOTS of photos, whatever kind they may be
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