Kiddie Kandids

Make sure you ask for Susie at Kiddie Kandids for your child’s photo shoot. You will not be disappointed! We gathered all my grandkids last Saturday for a «kids only photo shoot.» It was obvious that Susie really cared about the overall experience and was great with all the kids. She took time to learn their names and made them all feel at ease. No easy feat when their ages range from 16 months to 10 ½ years old. Her attention to details and quick work really showed in the final product. The pictures looked awesome! Thanks, Susie! We will definitely be back!

I came here because of the convenience and because in the past, they were pretty reasonable — I go to Babies’R’Us often anyway. I guess they went through some changes since the last time — they no longer print in-​house (you can’t get same-​day prints) and you have to buy big packages to make it worth the money. In order to get the photo cd, you have to buy a package, otherwise, it’s about $ 230 anyway. With a coupon, I spent closer to $ 200 — package and cd but why would I want the cd now that I have more prints than I really need? SO I ended up spending more and it takes SO long to receive your portraits. I had them taken on the 1^st and the lady told me they should arrive in 6 – 10 business days (it says on the receipt that they will be in no later than the 15^th). It’s the 14^th. I’m annoyed by that amongst other things. Well, this is the last time I’m coming here.

I came here to get spring portraits done of my two angels for their grandmothers birthday. They are located inside the Babies R Us near the mall. It is a little tougher to find parking here on the weekends and you feel like you are on a merry-​go-​round circling the lot. I got the kids dressed up in their best outfits two seconds before we headed out for our appointment because I knew if their was any dirt, oil, food, fruit punch their clothes would attract it like magnets attract each other. We made it from the car into the store without a clothing catastrophe. I have come here before and their appointments usually run a little late so we walked around the store looking at all the videos. I still shop at this location for my son since he still fits into the clothes but my daughter was really bored. We checked into our photo session and they prepared the backdrop and got out the cute spring props (flowers, white benches in front of a beach scene). My daughter loves the camera and is very photogenic my toddler son hates to sit still for anything longer than ten seconds. He always has ants in his pants. Our assigned photographer must have been newer and was quite young. She tried really hard but didn’t have the magical kid powers to keep my son’s attention or get him laughing. Children can sense rookies. She asked for backup and out comes the pro with the feather tickler, high pitched «gotcha» and our photos were done. It took about 15 minutes for our session. They took about 6 poses (children by themselves and then together). The hardest part is selecting which package, borders, and extras to order. Their price is very reasonable and they usually have great package deals. One of the best things is that within 15 minutes you leave the store with your portraits in hand.

This was my second «delightful» experience with this worthless excuse for a studio. I should have trusted my instinct that something inside of Babies’R’us could only suck, but I guess I was being optimistic. I wanted to get pictures of the boy taken for Mother’s Day gifts for his Grandmothers. Here’s how it went down:
We arrived at 1:15.
«Do you have any openings for today?»
«Well, we have a One O’clock appointment, but they’re running a bit late so it looks like the next will be at 2:30.»
«Great. Sign him up!»
The boy and I wasted some time and arrived back at the store at 2:20.
I made eye contact with the girl I scheduled with, and motioned toward the bathrooms.
She nodded.
I took the boy to change his diaper and put him in his clean shirt.
We walk back to the studio.
«Hi, we’re here for the 2:30.»
The now different girl looked at me with a straight face and said, «You’re late, and someone else has been booked.»
«What time is it?»
«2:33»
“And our appointment was at?
«2:30, but you should have been her 20 minutes ago to be certain your appointment would be available.»
«Are you serious?! THREE minutes? I was changing his diaper!?»
«Well, we schedule all appointments back to back, you should have thought about that and planned ahead.»
«I… I… (looking up seeing the first girl wasn’t there to back me up) fuck… So what now?»
«Well, we could squeeze you in at 4:30.»
«Right, don’t bother princess» — walks off
I still cannot believe I was 3 minutes late and someone else was booked. They have a PA system, and not once from 2:20 — 2:33 did I hear a page regarding our schedule.
I guess that’s what happens when your staff is comprised of a bunch of high school dropout aged bitcholas.