When was the last time you hired a photographer?

[peeperita]

october of '82.....my wedding day......since i could take all the portraits i wanted of bill and i....(and did often)....i wasn't going to have a photographer....just pass out disposables.....but, my maid of honor wouldn't have any of that and hired a "friend of a friend".....they weren't great and i rarely look at them.....but, it was a kind guesture on her part......

peeper

[VermontGirl]

Within the last two years we hired the local newspaper photographer, who was also my photography instructor, to photograph our daughter's wedding. He did a great job, was not expensive and just gave us the discs so that we could make our own copies. Great deal.

[eNZee]

ummm last time i hired a photographer was for my wedding a yr and a half ago. paid a hefty price but well worth it considering the results.
and ill be hiring a photographer to do my maternity shoot this summer as well. cant wait for that.

[waffles]

Last July for my wedding. Can't exactly shoot that myself, can I?

[summerbl4ck]

@hibou so have you decided to go ahead with it? i agree that $1500 would put me off, but if it was someone i particularly admired...

i have been thinking of this very topic recently. always the family photographer, i have very few shots with me in them. the last time we hired a photographer was 4 years ago when my youngest was born. i have shots too which i love from a session when pregnant with my 1st and when baby was 6 weeks old.

i have been thinking of hiring someone to do a family shoot this summer but the photographers that i admire are not necessarily local...and i don't know if i would do a shoot with someone whose work i didn't think was above average...i can do average via tripod all by myself ;-)

[JodyGall]

Originally Posted by dakwegmo

If I need family portraits that include me, I'll usually just barter with one of my photo buddies.

Same here!

[Car2n]

I set up the shot and grab the wireless remote and jump into place.
I already paid the guy at the camera store.

[hibou]

Originally Posted by summerbl4ck

@hibou so have you decided to go ahead with it? i agree that $1500 would put me off, but if it was someone i particularly admired...

i have been thinking of this very topic recently. always the family photographer, i have very few shots with me in them. the last time we hired a photographer was 4 years ago when my youngest was born. i have shots too which i love from a session when pregnant with my 1st and when baby was 6 weeks old.

i have been thinking of hiring someone to do a family shoot this summer but the photographers that i admire are not necessarily local...and i don't know if i would do a shoot with someone whose work i didn't think was above average...i can do average via tripod all by myself ;-)

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[Free]

Lat time was about a year and a half, had a pro shoot my daughter, I've also had the same guy shoot clients for me.

[Athas_orm]

I mentioned this in another thread. The only time I ever hired a photographer was for my Wedding day. He didn't turn up. Which is a bit ****.

Didn't pay anything in the end. Just had my familys snapshots to go on.