Sunday, November 28, 2004

Portrait Studio

The day after Thanksgiving, sister-inlaw talked me into taking studio photo of our kids together. We went to the Westminister mall and it was crazy. We couldn't find parking so hubby dropped us off and parked across the street from the mall. When we were in the mall there were a sea of people everywhere we went. Keep in mind that I'm the type that stays home and never gone shopping after Thanksgiving just to avoid the crowd.
Our photo session didn't start on time and while waiting for our turn, kids were getting impatient and wanted to leave. When it was our turn for the picture, it was a challenge to synchronize the kids to smile or look even look at the camera. While choosing the picture, the resolution of the computer monitor is so low that all the pictures looked horrible and the sales person kept pushing us to buy the enhancements. The enhancements are sepia, black and white or some white border over the picture. One click in photoshop and they charge extra for it. I got mine as is so I can scan them and add my own ehancements. Although the pictures are digital, it still takes 3 weeks before we'll be able to pick it up.
For all these reasons, I'm not much of a studio photo type of person. Convenience of digital camera and ofoto are unbeatable.

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