You don't need Kiddie Kandids!

Kiddie Kandids, a photography studio chain with 184 locations nationwide specializing in infant and children photography announced this week that they are filing for bankruptcy and closing their studios. Most Kiddie Kandids locations were in Babies 'R' Us stores and local malls. Here in Michigan we had a few locations, all in the Detroit area.

Kiddie Kandids was what can only be called a "photo factory". You came in, posed in front of the same backgrounds as every other customer using the same poses as every canned photo in history, and a worker bee with only on the job photography training presses the shutter and then over charges you for a handful of prints with no print release or digital rights.

I'm sorry that thousands of employees have lost their jobs in this economy due to a hard 18 months for mall portrait photography, but this is an opportunity for all of us. Don't spend a fortune on a few over posed snapshots of your children and family that are just a cold representation of their faces before they grow up. Make the portraits of your children about them.

Capture the face you'll see in your mind every time you think of them at that particular age, in a setting that gives it the best possible background. An individual photographer with an artistic vision and understanding of your expectations can do that for you! Let it be me this Valentine's Day!

In honor of Kiddie Kandids, I'm offering a Valentine's Day Kid promotion! Send me a message telling me what kind of portrait you'd like of your child, and I'll give you a custom quote for the sitting, starting at just $50! You get an 8x10 print of your favorite photo, and a set of mini albums of the shoot. Digital packages are available for purchase separately.