Belly Beginnings - Resources-Pictures

Resources—Pictures

Wal-Mart Portrait Studio is the least expensive, but I dislike their method. There is no sitting fee; they take the picture and you can see it on the monitor. The first one you accept will be their package deal (a lot of pictures for not very much money). But then they take six more shots that you’re bound to like a lot, probably more than the first; and to get sheets of them, they charge an arm and a leg.

Sears and JC Penney both have a sitting fee, but there’s a club membership deal that will get you out of that ($30 for two years – JC Penney needs a coupon you can get online or in mailing to get that discounted price). Occasionally, there are coupons that remove the sitting fee without the club. They take the pictures, you can see them, and when you’re done you get to pick if you want the package deal (lots of pictures of one pose for a low price) or to buy them by the sheet (better if you like more poses). I would never go without a coupon though. The basic deal is “Package for $X.99 OR Sheets for $X.99.” The coupons are included in mailings, in magazines, on some clothes tags, or you can get them online.

For all of them, when you go to pick up the pictures they have more sheets printed in hopes that you will buy them. Sometimes that can work to your advantage; if you got the package deal but really like a second shot, sometimes that second one will be an extra print to tempt you.

Kiddie Kandids are available in some Babies R Us’s; they’re more expensive, but you get the prints the same day.