I brought my son for senior pictures and the shoot was barely acceptable. It was like a cattle call, no personal service. For an occasion like this I would expect a little customer service. All the pictures they were taking of all the other boys were exactly the same.
When we came back to view the photos. They presented me with a black and white print out, on typing paper, of thumbnail sized prints to choose from. I could understand a $50 deposit to take proofs home... If they were actually photos! I am on a very limited budget and was only planning on buying a couple of sheets (2 eight by tens maybe) and I was planning on that being about the $50 that I was planning on putting for the deposit. But their price is $99 for two sheets. They had NOTHING for me and my budget.
When I asked the girl behind the counter about the pricing and why they were so much more expensive than other studios she said to me : "are they SENIOR portrait studios"???? So my take on that is that my sons school makes us go there, so they can charge what they want! Ridiculous!!! After some pressure from me, She then told me to keep an eye on my mailbox as later in the year they'll send coupons and special offers... Like that could ever get me to step foot in that place ever again... No thank you!