# Mother's Day Present...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-present/299538>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 15, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-present/299538 "2005-04-15T20:18:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-present/299538/1 "2005-04-15T20:18:11Z")

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Ok. So – my mom has requested that for mother’s day I arrange to get the whole fam together and do a series of portraits. Egads! Has anyone had to do portraits lately? So far I’m eying Sears because their website showed some impressive options and I had a couple friends who recently used them for a portrait and said they were awesome, really nice, and did great photos. Anyone have experience wtih this?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-present/299538/2 "2005-04-16T05:24:15Z")

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I’ve used the department store photographers for kids’ pictures, and they’ve been okay. However, when it comes to getting the once-in-a-decade type of family pictures that you’re talking about, I’ve been most satisfied with a local real photographer. I don’t know where you are, but it might be worthwhile to talk to some more people to get a variety of recommendations. The department store photos are typically very generic and the backgrounds tend to be a bit cheesy. If your particular Sears has a good photographer, it might be an exception, but I’ve always found the dedicated photography studio to be far, far superior to the Sears-types.

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**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-present/299538/3 "2005-04-18T22:12:55Z")

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The cost could get pretty steep if I do that though. I don’t want the cheapest possible or anything, but I have a feeling this will become a regular thing so it might be nice to find a place where they have specials and deals and good packages. I"ve been asking around over the weekend and a few of my friends were actually really keen on Sears studio so I might just go down myself and check it out before I take the whole fam. I have to go anyway so I might as well meet the photographer and check out the props in person. All I konw is online looks like it might be right up my alley. Man my mom is gonna dig these photos once complete! Time’s a tickin though! lol. At least I haven’t waited til the last moment! :rolleyes: