JC Penney Portrait Studio

I had a bad experience this year. We went in November so it was pretty busy. The photographer totally rushed through our photo shoot. My 3 year old was acting up and not wanting to sit still for the photos (as 3 year olds do). Instead of giving us a minute to get him together she kept snapping pictures as we fussed at him and while he was moving around. It seemed she was in a hurry and trying to rush us out the door. Eventually I got frustrated and just told her we were done. We had no decent shots and I only purchased 1 print just to have something to show for the money I spent. I am not sure if I will come here again — certainly not around the holidays.

I had a wonderful experience here. This morning I packed up my 2.5 month old son and took him to JC Penney’s at Dulles Town Center for holiday portraits. Daisy was our photographer, but all of the ladies were very friendly and nice. I expected it to be a madhouse since it’s the day before Thanksgiving, but the process was orderly and quick. Daisy really knew what she was doing, and was able to coax smiles out of my very young son. I purchased all of the digital images from the JC Penney session, as well as a dozen prints, and still paid a mere ¹⁄₁₀ of the price (literally) that I paid a local freelance photographer for our newborn photos two months ago. And guess what? The photos from JC Penney are JUST AS GOOD! No question, I will be back.