Ryan's Glamour Shots..

Yes, our little flirt got glamour shots yesterday. Now mind you, I was lurking in the doorway of the studio at the mall eyeing the available options for my own set of pictures that might actually turn out well. I was hoping for a few sexy pictures for Ammon.....

No.

There was a photo contest going on for children. The kids package included 1 - 8x10, 2-5x7's, and 8 wallets for $20. Not too bad, but I still wouldn't have gone for it. But my dear hubby just had to enter Ryan. Aidan wanted nothing to do with it so it was just Ryan. They got some adorable pictures of him, no two ways about it but they look just like any other studio. Now to glamour touch them, where they do colorizations and such was going to run us $93 for that $20 package. All they did was change it to a sepia and color his eyes and shirt. Needless to say, we elected to just get the $20 value package. So this afternoon they called us and said the district manager had seen Ryan's pictures and wanted to blow one up to a 16x20, glamour touch it, etc. and matte and frame it for display in their store. After 30 days on their wall the picture would be ours to take home and we'd only have to pay 40% of the cost. The cost of $650! Our cost would only be $299 - for ONE PICTURE of ONE KID! As cute as it would be, it's simply ridiculous to pay out that kind of money for a picture. I'll bet they get lots of parents that way though. They leave with the value package and get called back and told their kid is so cute that they want to use them in their advertising. What parent wouldn't burst with pride? As flattering as it seems, it is probably something they do a lot. Besides, we don't need a large portrait in a studio to know our son is adorable. He melts our hearts each and every day.