Target Portrait Studios

I’m a freelance photographer of 10 years. Having my own family I decided to get our pictures done so I can be in them too. I took my 6 month old here to have our Christmas photos taken. Our appointment was for 7pm and they weren’t ready for us until 9pm. My son was way past his bedtime at that point but was hanging in there. The girl who took our photos seemed to have no training at all. She posed us in very award positions and plopped my baby into a barrel (hard) while getting annoyed that he was crying. Finally I put my foot down, shocked that she had just hurt and scared my baby, and told her that I would hold him from then on. She took about 20 shots… when I was them on the screen they were off center, crooked and my babies eyes were closed. There were no photos of our son smiling… not one. She didn’t even try to get him to smile. She didn’t care, at all. She rushed us because it was passed closing even though we had waited for over 2 hours. Thank God we used a Groupon because those «179 $» photos were trash. Even the 20 $ Groupon was not worth our one 8×10 and the 3 digital pictures we got on a CD. SHAME ON TARGET. I actually boycotted the linden target because of this… and called to ask for corporates number to complain that she had hurt the baby. They refused to give it to me. What scum!

It is your typical high volume studio. They care more about money than quality. Most of the employees know nothing about photography, cameras, lights, ect. They train people to work for minimum wage, they click a button and take your money. End of story. Oh but also you wait 1 – 2 weeks for prints