A few months ago, I saw a Groupon ad for a baby photoshoot. I immediately grabbed it, of course. And I made an appointment to have the photoshoot just after Zal turned 1 :p
So off we went to the studio on Feb 15th. The studio is quite small, and to be honest it wasn’t like what I expected it would look like. The photographer, I assume, is Chinese, based on his accent. When we got there around 11 am for our appointment, there was still a family inside with their baby girl. Then I just had this thought that perhaps it would be easier to have this kind of photoshoot when Zal was still a baby. Now that he’s a toddler, and he has started to show his emotion more often, he’s getting more difficult to handle. And I was kinda afraid that he won’t smile at all during the photoshoot.
Turned out I was right. NO SMILE AT ALL, except for some rare occasions. I already set my expectation to be quite low, so I wasn’t that all disappointed anyway. We shoot him in several costumes, and we also got some family shots.
A day after the photoshoot, the guy sent us the previews of all the photos via google drive. I was like huh? when I saw the link. But anyway.
With our Groupon voucher, we were entitled to 5 soft copies – original and edited version -. But seeing the pictures, we had a hard time choosing only 5! Luckily, we got extra one piece free if we allow Zal’s photos to be put on the photo studio facebook page. We got 6 then.
But, of course being a rabid mom, I was greedy for more. I decided to choose another two. We need to top up 20 bucks per piece. It was a bit pricey, I think 🙁
And then the photographer offered me if I want to take ALL photos if I am willing to top up another 50 bucks.
I was so tempted. But of course my husband said NO.
Oh well. We will have another one later. When Zal understands how to model well. Meanwhile, here are the pictures 😀
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Wearing a panda costume! It was so difficult to get him to wear this one!
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Decided to up the game with Angry Bird jacket!
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A close up shot, made him look like Korean artist.
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“Yo, what’s up, dude?”
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Look at that hat on top of his head! But of course he grabbed it as fast as he can xD
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One of the rare occasions when he actually smiled <3
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And of course, a family shot.
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We are quite satisfied with the result. There are also pictures from outdoor shots as well. But considering they were only shot at a very hot rooftop, the pictures were not as good as the indoors one. We might come back to this same photo studio if they still have a promotion in the future.
Here is the Facebook page of the photo studio if anyone’s interested.