Family/Newborn Photos for $150 or less?

Hello there!

I just wanted to explain why photographers charge what they charge. It's not a number they picked out randomly. It includes transportation, taking photos, and then hours of editing. Somebody who went to college to study photography for 4 or 8 years should be able to charge $150 an hour in my opinion. I know this may seem like a lot but includes a lot of work as well. Photographs last a lifetime. They are keepsakes, mementos of the particular time in your life. In today's day and age when selfies took over our culture we don't respect a good quality pictures anymore. But I can tell you that selfies will die on your phone or your hard drive and will never be treasured like the quality photographs that somebody took of you and your family will, especially if you shared them with your friends and family on holiday cards and put them into books or printed them and saved them into photo albums. I get pictures taken of my family at least once a year and love the outcome every time. I think it's well worth it. 

Try alanasnyder5 [at] gmail.com.  I felt the same way.  I wanted some good photos but didn’t want to spend a ton.  She’s gradually gaining more experience so don’t expect the quality of someone with 20+ years experience but we had quite a few photos we really loved and were able to use for our announcement.  I found her via Nextdoor.

Not realistic. My sister is a photographer and they put in so much time. Transportation to get to you, the time spent with you, and then editing of photos. Unless you have someone JUST starting out who needs the experience, it's a little insulting to a professional to expect it to be that cheap.