“We went for our newborn photo shoot to day not only were the girls so friendly and helpful but they were so professional!
We had Kaylie Jasmine and Chels and they were absolutely lovely š„° I took my mum with me thinking I would need the help as having triplets is always a task trying to go out on my own š but if I went on my own I still would been okay as the girls were very attentive and gave us the help we needed š„°ā¤ļø
The studio was very clean and very covid friendly!!! The girls wore masks the whole time and we were there from 10am till 5:30ishš
Iām soo excited to see the finished photos and get them up around the House š„° thank you soo much to Kaylie, Brendan and the team at Ipswich ā¤ļøā¤ļø”
“Such an amazing shoot , everyone was so welcoming and kind such an amazing team and and amazing shoot , I felt so comfortable too ! , such a beautiful experience”
“Awful experience here. We were enamoured by our newborn shoot so we purchased the first year package at Ā£2,500 to get all the photo's from all 4 shoots, but when we went back to view the little sitters images, the quality was not there at all. Lazy and uncaring work. We felt that once they had the money, they didn't have to bother anymore.”
“Amazing company, such friendly staff and the images just speak for them selves, They may not be cheap but these are memories i will cherish for ever, Thank you Baby Art”
“Please, do not buy into beautiful ads on social media, their flashy emails and texts! This is a scam! They will make you pay, and then they will put you through torture of humiliation, embarrassment and exhaustion. They know what they are doing - using the most vulnerable period in a family's life to manipulate and steal money. At first they are going to trick you with all possible marketing tactics to make you believe that you are losing the most precious opportunity to capture the moment in your life, because spaces are limited! Then, they will suddenly arrange time for you and you will get to know that they can work only for you even on weekend because you are so special.
I paid for my package, and then I was given the terms and conditions that said it was not refundable, and that they wouldn't provide digital files for free. I didn't agree to such terms, but it was too late, because they have taken money and disappeared. Do not pay a penny before knowing what you are paying for. Be prepared that this photoshoot's price is about 2000Ā£. If you get to have it. And also, if you miss any session in your package they reserve the right to take your money and cancel the whole package. Why, you'd ask, because they estimate to rob you from every session for about 800-2000Ā£. Simply because they don't deal with people without such a budget.
I am looking for the ways to sue this company. All the people in these reviews can get together and write a petition to submit to the court. We should NOT allow shameless people like this to use such a sacred time of family's life to make their profit this way.”
“It is a con you literally have to spend minimum of Ā£395 for 5 images. They will put all your best photos in a different album which is only for canvas only. If you mention something like itās your favourite outfit from his older brother or you brought something sentimental. They will take pictures of that and put it in the canvas category. Which one canvas is Ā£349 which is a lot and can be cheaper else where. Iāve had friends go else where and they get to select their images from all of them”
“We recently went to Baby Art Aylesbury and Heni made us feel welcome straight away. A maternity photoshoot was not something I wanted to do but as it was part of the package, I decided to give it a shot. I felt so comfortable and I was speechless at how the photos turned out. Now coming to the newborn photoshoot, Heni took our son Jude into his arms and took great care of him, taking his time soothing and comforting him. When we came to view the pictures it was incredibly emotional. I will cherish these photos always and canāt thank you enough for the way Heni captured Jude, myself and my partner. What an amazing experience and precious memories to have!”
“From the moment we walked into baby art studios it was such a friendly service, our Photographer Heni was amazing, made us feel welcome, at ease the whole time if you didn't feel comfortable doing something he would change it, so far we have had our bump pics and newborn pics done and they are amazing!! We are so happy with them Heni done an amazing job with them! We can't wait to see him again for the sitters pics and cake smash. Would highly recommended.”
“What an amazing experience, from start to finish treated like royalty, reading some of these reviews is quite upsetting as i can honestly say we do not have a bad word to say, now don't get me wrong the pictures are not cheap, we received the booklet before the shoot along with the digital version of the book in our confirmation emails, and in fact we asked about pricing before booking and was sent the digital handbook in email, surley by seeing the quality of their work you can see its not cheap ? I've noticed a lot of the reviews was all based on price and how baby art have conned people from what i can see i think people were expecting too much for what their budget could handle may be ? anyway, Baby Art we love you and can't wait to continue our package with you, Don't let these people get you down you do an amazing job for those who are happy to pay for it. You get what you pay for in life.”
“I have never posted a review before. However, baby art have earned this right.
Do not use this company, their High pressure sales tactics could cost you Ā£2000. Everything that has been said in these reviews is true. They manipulate you right from the beginning, their high pressure sales tactics will either make you pay or walk out. We were strong enough to walk, but I fear others might not!
If you do buy you will not see a cute photo on the wall, you will see your own mug shot, as you reflect and process the costs vs the quality. It is a con! The entire show has left me feeling very angry, and as read the other reviews it has made me feel very emotional. Heni made me feel worthless, I think he might have thought we couldnāt afford to pay Ā£2000, offering us payment options! I am happy to agree we may have been naive, but I am not stupid and I am happy to accept our learning! Hopefully my post will help you learn from our mistake! Do not use this company!
PS:
To give you an example, we were shown a real of photos, when they finished we were asked to choose a package. I asked if I could see the photos again, I was told no, if I wanted to see the photos I would have to pay Ā£1000! This is one example of their closing tactics!
I said I wanted to think about it, Heni said if I didnāt agree to pay he would delete the photos that night!
Delete away Heni - however, I hope this honest post has more shelf life!”
“We paid for a Maternity shoot, newborn, 6Month, 1 year and Hand casts.
( bump to baby package)
The company sent us various emails offering deals (7) in total.
Emails were back&fourth responses were quick and they even went to the extent to tell us baby names..
As soon as the money was transferred they stopped responding.
Weāre now at 37 weeks and still no response. Weāve sent 3 emails & Facebook messages but still no response.
Yet still theyāre posting Daily and still havenāt responded.”
“Had a photo shoot the other week (bump 2 baby) they didn't tell us the prices till after the shoot Ā£395 for 5 photos is a rip off if I knew I that I wouldn't have even bothered.
They're out of the way and I thought it would be just one trip but no the first trip was them taking the photos the second trip is to look at the photos and told the price of them then the third trip is to pick up the complimentary photo so that's 6 journeys back and forth for one photo. Honestly keep your money don't give your hard earned cash to these robbers Ā£395 for 5 photos is disgusting don't fall into the same trap”
“Wolves dressed as sheep.
All nice and charming when they think they can take a large some of money from you. As soon as they realise you cannot afford the overpriced packages the charming turns into sulking like a child. It's embarrassing.
Emotional blackmail is used if you can't afford the packages. Looking at photos of your newborn when you go back for the cheesy presentation with David telling you he will "immediately delete them" if you say the prices are too steep. But don't worry, you will still get low resolution (very low) images (just two ) of your choice and two tiny postcard size hard images. Do not buy Bump 2 Baby package. Give your money to a photographer that has moral ethics not these sharks.
However, if you have money to burn, cost is not a factor, enjoy hearing someone blow their own trumpet about how many awards they have, the celebrities they have worked with and you are happy with mediocre images then you will be extremely happy.”
“Experience from the start to when Matt phoned us up regarding the newborn photo shoot was second to non very professional and put our mind at ease. On the day of the photo shoot we were made to feel welcome. To get all 4 children smiling was a feat in it self all thanks to Dionne when at the photo shoot it was a relaxed no rushed photo shoot. Drinks and food was available. The props were out of this world. Really enjoyable experience. When we went to have a look at the photos 2 weeks later the photos were incredible. The slide show which Matt did us blew us away canāt thank him enough so much thought went into the slide show he put it together beautifully. We then went on to have a look at the signature photos after viewing the photos Matt left us to have a think which ones we would like after all they were all amazing so it was a hard choice we wanted to keep them all as they were that good. There was no pushy sales intact Matt helped us to get the best value package which before hand we went into the studio knowing how much we wanted to spend. We left the studio on cloud 9 was a great memorable day out. Shall be looking forward to seeing you guys in the future.”
“We bought the pump to baby package with the four shoots and the four photos, which was ideal for us. The photo shoot for the newborn was lengthy, but I thought the photographer was lovely, treated us really well, and thought we would get a good picture out of it. We had not received the booklet with the additional price packages before going to the shoot, We were given the booklet after the newborn shoot, wow I could not believe how expensive the photos were for the packages, I might as well buy myself props for my baby and take photos on my phone, I canāt believe they think people have that kind of money for photos, five digital images for Ā£400!!! Other packages go up to Ā£2000, are you crazy.
Obviously the packages and the additional costs were not for us as we are on a very restricted budget at the moment considering Iām on maternity leave. We went to view our photos, and were told about the additional packages, we politely explained that these packages were not in our budget and we were happy to just take the prints purchasing our original purchase. The photographer from that moment went from being so nice to us to rude and passive aggressive, I understand that a lot of that it goes into trying to upsell these packages but baby are need to understand that not everyone can afford these, and we shouldnāt be guilt tripped into buying these packages, it felt like some sleazy fake selling tactic. I felt upset, emotional, guilty and couldnāt believe how quickly the switch flipped abs how rude the photographer was to us, You could tell he thought we had wasted his time! Baby art should not sell the bump to baby package if there is such rudeness when you donāt buy additional prints. I wish we never got the photos to begin with and put our babies through the photo shoot. I would not recommend this company itās such a rip-off and the staff are rude and fake!”
“Basically I agree with the other reviews you go for your photo shoot and you think you will get to select all the photos but your conned into buying wall art worth Ā£349 as they donāt sell those images as prints. Itās a complete rip off the website has different prices compared to the catalog they send you. You only get the catalog after booking.”
“Worst company I have ever dealt with! Sold me a bump to baby package, and failed to inform me the studios were closed until it was too late for my bump shoot! Refused a refund! Still trying to claim back the Ā£150 they have effectively stolen from me. No replies to emails, or calls. AVOID AVOID AVOID”
“I agree with the previous review. The whole thing is a scam. You get roped into a very (very!) long photo shoot with your baby crying and miserable - the swaddling/outfits are all very uncomfortable - you then get taken aside for a viewing and youāre given the HARD SELL to purchase a āsignature photo art blockā. Essentially this is a canvas print of a gimmicky photo with your baby in an extra outfit. The cost: Ā£345. Thatās for one canvas print! As the previous reviewer said, even five USB images are Ā£395. They say they donāt pressure you - hmmm, letās just say the process reminded me of those greasy salesmen you get in sunny countries who try to flog you a timeshare. When we declined spending more than our monthly mortgage on photos, the atmosphere changed: it got frosty and we felt pushed into explaining ourselves. Out of the way studios too so expect a long car journey. If you want tacky extremely overpriced photos pushed on to you in a high pressure environment, go for it - but for the same price, you could have a much nicer experience with better photographers (not recent grads with no experience) using more natural settings. Our baby was left traumatised by the experience and took hours to settle even when home. Very much regret ever engaging with this company.”
“I decided to share with you our experience, as I felt this company didnāt play fair. I contacted Baby Art UK on messenger to book a photo session (Bump2Baby) as I couldnāt get through by phone. They called me and took my details. They told me what the package offers and that any extras will be charged and that a book with their prices will be sent by post, but they didnāt say anything about the actual price prior booking. After paying for the package and the fee they charge, I have received a few days later the book and the prices they have, are huge. I felt that they tricked me as not anyone affords to pay Ā£75 on one photo only and I consider is fair for them to actually inform you about this prior booking. To get ONLY 5 photos on a USB is Ā£395. I have contacted them for a refund that obviously they refused to do. They said I can get what the package offers(that means 2 photos only) and is no need for me to buy anything else.
I am asking now what is the point of a photo session of 1 hour for a Bump Shoot and a 3-4 hours Newborn shoot to get only one picture free. Why put your newborn baby through all of that for just one photo?
Hope this will help you and you wonāt feel tricked by them as I did.”
