Target Portrait Studio

The photographer was accommodating to my children. When it came time to purchase photo packages, she enhanced photos to persuade me to buy them. If you have the groupon, the C.D. for the entire photo session is $ 80.

First I give 2 stars because they are organized. Than it’s down hill from there. The studio is very small… so if you are trying to get a family portrait. good luck. It’s like trying to squeeze the ‘fam’ into a closet and trying to get everyone to smile. Than add in bunch of toddlers… good luck! Get a bigger freakin’ place… how about knocking down the wall between the studio and the closet next door.
Than the whole process is crazy. If you have adults… you’ll be fine… but adding children… they do not know how to deal with it.
Luckily we had some special we bought… but I wouldn’t pay full price for it…
NOTE: This review is not a reflection of that Target… just the studio… big fan of Target.

We had a great experience here! I booked a family portrait for 5pm on a Saturday. When I booked they were great about giving instructions and advice on how early to get there, what to expect, and even which colors would work best in our picture. When we got there Michael checked us in and went over our package options. He also wrote down the different poses we wanted to try out.
Erica was our photographer and she was great. I feel that anytime it’s my whole family it can get hectic. You’re dealing with small children, stubborn adults, diva teenagers, etc. Erica managed to find poses that everyone was happy with and was able to take a great family picture. We walked away with a good amount of photos and feeling very satisfied. We’ll definitely be back next year for our Xmas pics :)

I am a frequent portrait visitor, for the first years of both of my kids I took them for their monthly snapshot. I’ve tried them all, from the lowest to the highest price point, and I’ve got to say that I had a really good experience here with Kristen (our photographer). My son is a «ham» and it really doesn’t matter who is behind the camera, but my daughter that’s another story. She’s the shy type, who needs interaction and a kind voice to «smile» on command. When we arrived, we were greeted promptly and move into the studio. Kristen tried to get my daughter to «warm up» to her by using a friendly voice and making silly faces, which was much appreciated. My daughter is rather clingy, and doesn’t let go and stand still in front of strangers so easily.(she just turned 1). Kristen took the time approx. 10 min. to get my daughter in the spirit of smiling, and she got some really good shots for Easter. She must have shot approx. 30 pictures, then edited them down to approx. 15. I loved the majority of them. I used my groupon, and i loved it that she was aware of the promotion, and that I didn’t have to explain how the Groupon works. There was no pressure to buy, but she encouraged me to buy some additional. Prices were very reasonable. I love that she didn’t make feel obligated to buy, but rather encouraged. Very pleasant experience, and I will return.

Don’t go there! I had the worst experience with the photographer, Erika at the Target photo Studio in Pasadena. Her manager is Melissa. We didn’t even get our photos taken, that was how bad. Don’t go there!
I made an appointment today at 4pm for a portrait of my 2 kids – ages 4 and 6. We arrived a few minutes late, but the group in front also arrived late at 3:40pm It was a large group of 6 people with dress changes so we waited pass 4:35pm. My 4 year old son was thirsty and hungry. So, I asked the receptionist Virginia how much longer we needed to wait and she said 10 minutes so we left to get something to drink. When we returned 10 minutes later, Erika decided to let the 4:30pm appointment go ahead of us. She was rude and closed the studio door on us. I am very upset because everyone was late; but we waited more than half an hour to be told we would have to go after the group behind us that was late also. She didn’t need to make my kids wait, be hungry, and upset. Worst, even if we were on time, the group ahead of us didn’t finish until 4:35pm – 35 minutes past our appointment. Even the receptionist, Virginia supported us and apologized — «I feel so bad.»
We wasted more than one hour of our precious afternoon driving to Target, waiting, getting upset, and coming home with nothing. This was a horrible experience for us and we will never return or recommend Target Studios to any of our friends, families, co-​workers and neighbors.

I just had an awful experience at this Target Portrait Studio with my one year old. He just got good a walking so he was walking all over the room and was interested in everything BUT getting his picture taken. The «photographer» was NEVER ready to take his picture when I would get him standing still for 5 seconds nor did she do anything to make him laugh or try and keep his attention.
I know he’s at a very hard age since he just learned to walk and he doesn’t yet understand «stand here» but since this is her full time job you’d think she would have had some experience with the problem.
She didn’t offer any props and even when I asked about them she didn’t even get them out!
To make me even more frustrated my favorite picture had his feet cut off in the regular version but in one with an enhancement (aka cheesy border) his feet were there. I asked for the non enhanced version to not be cropped but it has to be or else I have to pay extra. It’s considered an enhancement to have a picture that isn’t cropped. That makes no sense.
Bottom line go to Sears or JC Penny Portrait Studios.