Pixifoto - anyone used them?

I used to work for Pixi years ago. They were at the time very comision based and it was all about the money. Sadly I was a great photographer, but a crap sales person so didnt do too well within the company. There is no room for artistic flare and we were told what poses sold well and that was all we were aloud to do. I loved working with the kids and parents were even good(most of the time) but the company sucked and as much as I loved the job I wasnt sad to leave them. Its such a shame as the have a great opportunity to capture a market worth a lot of money as, lets face it, who wouldnt spend money on a great photo of their child, Its just a shame they cant get that GREAT photo

Those photos are awesome! Love the one of your son feeding the bottle too cute!
Where abouts are you? A photographer coming to home sounds like a good idea and a good price.

We had a pixi photo done when DS2 was 8 weeks old and it was awful made my eyes look massive and Ds1 really white looking.! weird!

What awesome photos Carnelian!! really gorgeous!!! and how cool that ladybug is down this way.... think I might contact them

Seems the Pixi Foto approach is universal cos I've had much the same issues with the local one here in the UK.

I deeply regretted not getting some nice ones of DS when he was brand new so took advantage of an offer that they were having as DS was turning 1 yr old. The free one is okay, posey and sitting down but its an 8 x 10 and was free. I ended up spending £200 on extra montages but in hindsight I got seduced cos my baby is so gorgeous ;-) but they are not really that good. For the next sitting that was part of the offer I got really annoyed because they wouldnt even print off the images in thumbnail size for me to show DH so I told them how crap I thought they were and basically just trying to bully me into an impulse buy and walked away with just my free image.

The third and last session is in Nov when DS is 2.6yrs and I'll get the free photo which is always the first image you agree to and then not even get them to take anymore!!!!

I have a friend in Auckland who is an amazing photographer, specialising in Kids and Weddings and as she is just starting out her prices are very reasonable, we are having a session with her when we come back for a visit at Xmas time. Google 'Dilworth Photography' if you are interested!!!

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A couple of me and my girls from Ladybug Photography - Facebook page

I use the free one too from the Bounty pack and since we spent a lot on our eldest (now 15yrs old) we decided we couldn't afford it for any others. Lucky I've got a strong resolve and remind myself of my very tight budget...with my wee man we took the free 6month old shot, went down to PF to pick up, expected the sales pitch, smiled and said oh I wish we could afford it but even with the payment plan we can't...soooo when I asked about booking for all 3 of my kids to have the Father's Day special I was told that because my son had just had the free one that we would have to wait 3 whole months to qualify for another free one...go figure, all about the money aye....

OMG Juliaf that is crazy!!!! If it was me I would be inclinded to take it even further. The fact that she told you your where wrong WITHOUT looking at it is disgusting!! Should go in with their photo and one of your at home ones and show them that its crap.

I agree totally.. would NOT recommend their service. My son at the time 9mths was not a happy baby at all. the photographer was yelling at him which scared him of course. He was crying while she was stil taking pics i said NO!! we are not doing this anymore no point if he's upset goodness photographer was not baby friendly at all.. i have used Pixi fotos before 8yrs my older two children were born and have never had this problem before.
The experience now with pixifotos has definately lost me as a customer.