Family Photo Fail- Take 2

Posted on Oct 14 in Featured, domestic disasters, parenting, personal storiesby TalinaPrint

The universe does not want us to have family photos taken! Once again we woke up early and got ourselves ready for photo day. Once we were good to go we woke Everly and got her all dolled up too. By 9:30am we were on our way downtown for our appointment.

It’s a cool (we are talking like 45 degrees), drizzly day so we were all bundled up and ready to get to the studio for the picture taking fun. Our car didn’t even break down on the way there this time…

Then we walk though the doors of Routt Photography and are greeted by… “Oh, didn’t you get our message?”

Immediately my mood changes and the lady at Routt Photography proceeds to go on about how George has been trying to reach us all morning but that he lost our cell number… How could we have gotten your message if you lost our number?

“…  he’s coming down with something and decided to cancel the appointment” and blah, blah, blah… My blood pressure sky rockets and I have to bite my tongue and let N do all the talking so I don’t flip out.

Then she says “I am sorry you had to go through all the trouble but we didn’t want to get your baby sick”. Well yeah we don’t want a sick photographer working with us either. The being sick part is not the issue it’s the lack of communication that is unacceptable.

Turns out they called N’s work to try having his coworkers get a message to us… Whatever! The point is we DIDN’T get any message and we DID go through lots of trouble to get ready and to get there for our appointment.

Plus, I emailed them like 4 weeks ago about our appointment so they could have emailed me at the very least to cancel… and nobody from N’s work passed on a message about the photographer’s call, nor should they be expected to. They aren’t his answering service and they do have their jobs to focus on.

Had we known the night before or at the very least this morning about the cancellation we would have been understanding, life happens. After all we did have to cancel our appointment with them two weeks ago, we did call and inform them though. But to have us come all the way to the studio all done up and ready to go just to be turned away is totally ridiculous, very rude and is not a good way to run a business.

So, our take 2 of family photos was a huge FAIL. Guess it is off to JCPenneys or something… We can’t wait much longer to have these photos done. It’s already been a month in a half of trying to have them done and failing :-/

Oh, Everly totally picked right up on my anger too! She got incredibly fussy and screamed the whole way home. She wasn’t happy about the photographers actions either!

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6 Comments

• N says:

  October 14, 2009 at 1:18 pm

  We’ll just have to keep trying! UGH!
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• Starr says:

  October 14, 2009 at 3:09 pm

  We get all of our photos done at JCpenny our experience thus far has been a great one, they are quick and excellent with children of all ages, they even offer you a membership that is good for two years and its no studio fees for all of your family. Also you can use it out of state and have immediate family members in photos too for no fee, so when you go to AZ you could take a nice big family photo too, I think its a great investment and there are always special offers to get the biggest bang for your buck. Good luck I hope you get your family photos soon!
• Talina says:

  October 14, 2009 at 3:16 pm

  Are they pretty flexible and creative about the positioning and stuff? We just don’t want the poses and ackward positioning you see in many family photos… You know like http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/
  LOL.
• Michelle in AZ says:

  October 14, 2009 at 3:49 pm

  Poor Everly!!! We’ve had good luck with Kiddie Kandids and they offer various freebies at each milestone in a baby’s life (i.e. 1 year bday = free 8×10) You can choose backgrounds, props, poses, etc. and see the pictures right after they’re taken. Since most locations are inside a mall, they have longer hours, weekend appointments, and there’s always a photographer there to take your pics!! Hope this helps… and I hope 3rd time’s a charm.
• Becky says:

  October 15, 2009 at 12:05 am

  I’ve always gone through Sears, and have had good luck.

  I’m sorry you guys got all dressed up and the picture place didn’t even have the courtesy to call you to cancel. If I lived in Evansville, I would totally boycott them and tell everyone that they have bad business practices. But, since I live in WI, I will just give you a virtual hug. ::hug::

  And Everly looks so cute in her pink outfit….and pitching a fit
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• teeni says:

  October 18, 2009 at 9:52 pm

  Awww, so sorry you are having problems getting the family photo. Everly is adorable even when she is unhappy! I hope you are doing well! Now I have to go back and catch up on your blog about your househunting!
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