I can not believe these stories, I had the same experience with my 5 year old child. Here is how the scam works. They encourage you to bring multiple outfits/props, therefore making selection of photos more difficult and confusing. This is a classic bait and switch operation, the mafia is cheaper. They show you a package for a child they starts at $99.95 for 1 8X10, 2 5X7's, and 8 wallets, they will NOT break this into different poses NOR will they give you rights to a digital image, NOR will they switch out wallets for any other size of photos (how many wallets could anyone need?) of your photos unless you are willing to pay nearly $3, 000. I am not kidding. They start quoting you prices in the $3, 000 range on pictures of a child, that barely need retouching and have a few digital coloring effects. I ended up paying $200 for a dress and one cute change of outfit and $900 to Glamour Shots. FOR: 4 poses out of 80 and a slide show that is USELESS other than for a memory, you can not print photos off of this CD. It is more like a wedding momento so you can be reminded of all the photos you couldn't get the 'picture mafia' to unlock with thousands of dollars. To walk out of that place with anything that is framed is about $700 plus tax. They use high pressure sales tactics, tell you that the company will erase your digital images within 48 hours if you do not sign right there and then (after you are exhausted after the whole picture taking process) and have a mystical pricing system that is not written for you to see anywhere. It reminds me of used auto sales, vacuum, and snake oil classic rip off scams. I will end up with a few sheets of unframed pictures in an envelope for my $1000 that I didn't have. I can't imagine how they get any repeat business. They better stick to very elite areas. I even noticed on their web site a new spring special for $9 for a 5X7 and mini wallets. HAAAAAA... BAIT AND SWITCH!!! They offer you finance agreements for no interest for 6 months on ripping you off. I did get some nice pictures of my beautiful daughter; but with technology advancing daily, other outlets can do this kind of work. If you have $3, 000 laying around the house, hire your own personal photographer already!!! PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!!! HIGH PRESSURE, RIP YOU OFF FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OR MONEY USING YOUR LOVE OF YOUR OWN CHILD TO DO IT! 1. slick bait and switch 2. emotional slide show to sentimental music 3. huge price quote to see how far they can push you 4. offers of mounted prints for $700 and up 5. a slide show with no copyright value 6. their hair and make-up 'artists' have no qualifications or stylist/make-up licence ( I can't imagine their make-up is hygienic), a classic example of a very, very unscrupulous practice. You are a pretty low business if you use the love of a child and other emotional components to rip off people for in the thousands of dollars. You end up walking out with a a bunch of loose photos that cost you a mortgage payment.

They are the worst in the business. Their prices are sky high and the service is worst. Its been three months since I went for a photo shoot. They duped me to get more pics and then charged me very high prices for each photo clicked. Also I did not get all the promised pictures and when called they say they will call back but they never have. The photos were not delivered on time and I am still to get one of the picture from them. The frame quality was also not as expected.Overall, the worst place to spend your money. Its a total waste.

I went to the Glamor Shots at Lakeside Mall in Detroit, Michigan. The "make-up artist" was not a professional make-up artist and their make-up quality was terrible. They did not have the right color foundation and I looked ridiculous. I had better make-up in my purse and that's what we ended up using. The photos were too DARK. They probably had the lighting on low so YOU ARE FORCED TO BUY THE TOUCH-UP IN THE PACKAGE. Complete waste of my money. IN SUMMARY, YOU CAN BETTER PHOTOS AT HALF THE PRICE AT OTHER STORES.

I have always wanted to take some Glamour Shot photos of myself, to give as gifts to family members, and for my own home. Like for so many of us, pricing and priorities are an issue during these hard economic times. but I had saved some extra money for Christmas gifts, so I went ahead and made the decision to go forward with Glamour Shots. I knew that the pictures might turn out to be somewhat pricey, in the $100's or $150.00's, according to an earlier phone call to the store. I had spoken to a lady, and she had told me that the photos fun for about $30-$40 dollars a sheet, depending on the size of the picture, and the amount of photos I wanted to purchase. I went to my appointment, very tired, may I add, right after work, but very eager to do the photo session. The young lady tha did my make-up, hair and photos was very good, I had a pleasant conversation with her. As a matter of fact, everyone was nice to me there. When it came to the time to pick out the photos that I liked, another girl assisted me with the pricing. I found it odd, that before we started the selection of pricing, she asked me what I did for a living, but I blew off the thought and continued. She offered me 3 different packages to choose from. The first one was in the $2, 000 dollar range, the second one was in the $1, 000 dollar range, and the last one was in the $500 dollar range, I gasped! I did not expect these numbers. I then asked about the separate sheets at $30-$40 dollars like I was recently told, and she said that it would come out more expensive that way, that the packages are the way to go for a better deal. By this time, I had picked out only three poses that I liked. I asked the young sales lady, if there were any other cheaper packages, and she said no.
The photos were very pretty, so I was unsure of what to do. I asked again if she can give me a break on the package, and she said no. Finally, I gave in to the last photo package for a grand total of $543.19; including 1-8x10, 2- 5x7's, 8 wallets, & a CD with all the shots, and a 10x13. Still I thought this was very expensive, but trusted what the sales girl had quoted. I was running late, trying to get home, signed all the papers, and paid in full as requested. When I said good bye to the team of three: the young male manager, the sales girl, and the photographer/make up girl, none of them made eye contact with me; and barely said goodbye. Before the purchase, everyone's demeanor was warm, nice, and friendly; now they were cold, and evasive towards me. At this time, I was the only customer in the store, neither one of them seemed upset with each other, or preoccupied with any task. They were all just standing around the front desk. The negative "vibe" and intuition I got from them was... "Angie, you've just been scammed." Of course I have no proof of this, but unfortunately my gut feeling is always right. The next day I went away for a 1 week vacation. All this time I was thinking... "I got ripped off, " and very upset with them, and with myself for allowing it to happen.
When I came back from vacation, I read all the Glamour Shot complaints on- line, and there and then, I knew that I was right. I wanted to make sure that I had my photos in hand, before I confronted the store manager with the price package that I was given. I went to pick up my photos, and saw the CD, and everything looked great. Now with pictures in hand, I asked the manager if I could see the package print-out of my photos. When the girl originally showed me the prices, she had them hand written on a piece of paper, no formal store paper. The manger said he didn't have that paper, that something is wrong with the computer. Ah ha! I went on to tell him about how I felt, that I was scammed, even though I have no proof. I stood my ground, and told him that I would never do business with them again, nor recommend them to anyone.
After the fact, I realized that wedding photos with a professional album can run you from $1, 000 on up, and here I just got a few sheets of over priced paper. I hope all out there will read this comment, and learn from my mistake. Always go with your first gut feeling; it never lies to you like other people do. I'm sure these young employees are following the store policies, I don't really know, but, regardless, these pictures are completely overpriced, so please beware.

I had my pictures taken about a month ago at the Glamout Shots studio at the Parks Mall in Arlington, Texas. My mother, who is now deceased, had her picture taken at Glamourshots about 10-15 years ago and gave it to me as a gift, which I cherish to this day. They did her hair professionally, her make up and did a beautiful job. Considering her age, they had her wear a hat as well and it helped hide some of the flaws on the face that come with age. My experience was not the same.

The person who did my make-up and hair was the manager. He did a terrible job and hair and they were not busy - I was the only one there.

When you cake on make-up and tons of powder on a middle aged woman then she smiles, guess what, wrinkles really show up when you smile. The make up was just thrown on rediculously with no art to it at all and my hair was supposedly "done" with a curling iron stuck in it twice. I have short hair, but even I have to use the curling iron in it all over, not just in two places! I was really looking forward to the event of having my make up done professionally and a hairdo done professionally. Instead I had a flat head of straight hair and my make up looked rediculous, but I thought they knew what they were doing and it would maybe show up different in photos. I was wrong.

Now I realize why they do your make-up that way, so you HAVE to get the extra cost of the next step up with the enhancement finish for them to look halfway decent. I had cakes of make up in the wrinkles under my eyes which really showed up in the photos. My eyelashes didn't even show up and they are long and thick but since he didn't even bother using an eyelash curler you couldn't even see them. My make up

looked terrible!

Then when you sit down to review your photos and make selections, you're sitting several feet back while they're on a computer screen and you cannot really see or get a glimpse of what your pictures will really look like until you get them. Then you have to make this decision from what you see on the tiny copy screen and pay for them. They have no refund policy. When I went to pick them up only after I called three times after their due date, I just had to accept the crappy photos anyway or have nothing for the money I paid. I can see now why you have payment

up front because if it was when you picked up the pictures, they never would be refunding all the time since everyone realizes how crappy they are!

Summarizing I am not pleased at all with the make up, the hap hazard way my hair was supposedly done and the end results. I believe i was ripped off big time and will never go there again. They only get my money once. Don't you make the same mistake.