Janet Klinger Photography

Not only is Janet is a gifted photographer, she is also a warm, sincere, thoughtful, dependable and kind-​hearted person. She consistently delivers professional, beautiful photos. There are a lot of good photographers in Seattle, and she is one of the best.
My husband and I have hired her many times over the years for family photos both on location around Seattle and in her studio. She photographed my husband, toddler and me while I was pregnant with my second child, after the baby was born and many times since then. I cherish the images she captures of my family, especially the kids as babies and as they change over the years. (My kids are completely at ease around Janet, which helps make sessions go smoothly. Her down-​to-​earth style is a good match for us.) We also have beautiful photos of grandparents with the kids during cherry blossom season. The prints made perfect holiday gifts.
Janet’s consistently fantastic work and upfront, clear communication about what to expect for her services keep us coming back. She is flexible and works with us to deliver what we want with her expert touch and within our budget. No surprises. She’s great, and I recommend her to anyone looking for an excellent photographer.

My husband and I originally chose her for our wedding photos. We selected a package for about $ 4,500. She went into a big sales pitch before we signed with her telling all the stuff that it included so we were very excited– especially since her work looks great.
When we got our engagement photos back and they looked terrible. We purchased and extended 2 hours with her for about $ 500. During this time she stopped to take personal photos of items that inspired her. Of the actually photos we got back 70% of them were not us together and most of which were my husband. She was big on taking photos of us separately. We had so few pictures to choose from and they were terrible. When we spoke to her about this she said that the «magic» happens when she uses Photoshop. What she didn’t tell us is that each image she Photoshop’s costs $ 50 per image. The kicker– you don’t a digital copy of the CD. She talked our whole engagement session about all the famous Seahawks she photographs and how we need to purchase prints from her to get the digital copy of anything– any even then it would only be that image. She constantly tried to up sale us during our engagement session on larger packages– like $ 16,000!!!
Our contract clearly stated that we received digital copies of all images. And she did other items that contradicted our contract. We negotiated out of our contract with her and selected an amazing photographer that took images that were amazing WITHOUT needing to be Photoshoped. Luckily we only did engagement photos with her. I would NOT recommend Janet to brides, grooms, or families.