Portrait Innovations

«Indoor photography studio». I found out about this studio through one of their holiday promotions, but it was one of those promotions that netted me to buy more than I wanted. By the end of the transaction, I was paying about $ 100 for photos. I cannot say I was extremely impressed with the photos taken here; no photo-​journalistic elements about it. The people taking pictures have a pretty decent eye, but don’t expect a lot of flair about the pics. Photos were plain, nothing out of the ordinary and prepare to be sold more pictures than you initially wanted to buy. Our photos came out pretty dark, but I was able to get them lightened and re-​printed without an additional cost (1^st star). Another If you need a place to get dressed, they can definitely accommodate that (2^nd star). The kids play area was a bonus (3^rd star), but watch for those kids, who play rough. My daughter got her finger smashed on the Lego table by another child here at 2-​years old. I was mortified! I will not be back here unless I am super desperate for photos.

A month ago, I would have left a terrible review. Honesty, my studio experience was pretty rough. I made an appointment online beforehand for Christmas photos, which was a simple process.
When the photographer called us back, he said, «oh, I thought you were doing Christmas pictures, since you’re not, let’s find another room.» I told him we were there for Christmas pictures, to which he replied that we weren’t «dressed for them.» Who is HE to say if we are dressed appropriately for OUR photos?!? We all had on jeans and sweaters. We did sparkly photos last year and wanted something a little more low-​key this year. He did manage to get a few shots that we liked, but the printers were down, so we weren’t able to get them printed that day.
Fast forward. We get the pics. They are terrible. Dark, one is an odd angle. Just weird. That wasn’t how they were on the preview screen at all, but, it was Christmas card time, so unhappily, I sent them out anyway. I called to see if they’d lighten and reprint my 8×10s and 10×13s, because I wanted nice ones to frame, and they said they would.
They had trouble reprinting my order because of the fiasco with the printer being down when we were originally there, so they said they’d mail them to me (free). The girl that I spoke to in the studio was very nice. She did an awesome job lightening my photos, and she zoomed in and dealt with the photo with the awkward pose. I am very happy now, and I received them from UPS in 4 days from reprint contact, which I thought was very timely.
If having good family photos is the ultimate end goal, I finally got them. It just was a series of unfortunate events to get to this level of satisfaction.

They have decent pricing and great promotions. I am always pleased with my pictures. Some of their policies need to be tweaked though. I could not get all of the pictures that I desired because of them. :(the waiting area is comfy

We’ve been here several times to take family photos and they typically turn out well. My one big concern is that the photographers seem to work on commission so if you don’t end up spending a nice chunk of change at the end I’ve had them get down right rude to me and my family.
On our most recent visit we told the photographer before hand we only wanted one family Christmas photo and one additional of our son. Even with this information, she still seemed to flip out at the end when ordered exactly what we told her we’d order. In short, if you want just one or two shots I’d suggest going else where.