Is this horrible or is it just me?! I feel bad for them, they got hosed (IMO).
The question here is... how much did they pay?
more money = better shot :P
they went to a commercial studio. Supposedly 25 bucks per person or something like that. I dunno. I told her she should have found a photographer and done outdoor pics and not gone to a MALL to get pics done..
Looks like the studio was too small for the number of people so it was shot wide angle... leading to the great exaggeration of depth.
It's kind of awesome, in a sort of a way; looks like a promo shot for a tv show (starring the kid in front). The man in the back on the right is obviously going to be written out in the second season.
Does not looks like a family portrait, however. I'd demand money back.
I think the studio is too small of a room for that many people - so they tried to make it work.
My guess is it's not really a photographer at all, but a college kid that has been trained to put someone on the mark, point them at the camera, and click.
I feel as bad for the untrained $12/hr guy trying to make it work as I do for the family that got the shot. It's tough when everyone loses.
I got a gig this week because of some other suck ass photog who couldn't get the job done. A friend of mine at work begged me to help save her wedding photos that some "pro" did. She paid a lot and I was amazed at how terrible they really were. First the photog only gave her 270 files from teh entire day.
That family portrait really does leave something to be desired.
I recieved some school photos of my daughter recently and was appalled at the quality. Cropping was poor and the color was washed out. I can scan and fix those things myself. I did not pay a lot either. I know stuff like I got is assembly line work.\
If I were your friend, I would demand my money back. If I were the photog, I would have offered the money back.
If I were the photog, I wouldn't have given that photograph!!!
Bad lighting, out of focus, awful composition....
UUGGHH!!! It gives me the shivers to think that someone could charge for such a photograph....
My question is, since the original photographer surely wasnt consulted, do you have approval of the photographer to reproduce this image to be used on the web or any other use?
That family portrait really does leave something to be desired.
I recieved some school photos of my daughter recently and was appalled at the quality. Cropping was poor and the color was washed out. I can scan and fix those things myself. I did not pay a lot either. I know stuff like I got is assembly line work.\
Be careful with editing the school photos - could be construed as a copyright violation. I was not at all happy with my daughter's school photos one year, so I set up and did a re-shoot at home. She liked the ones I shot much better and handed those out to her friends.
