Was so dissappointed today. We got family photos done at a JCPenny potraits last year in PA and they were wonderful so we decided to go again this year but the Dover Mall location was closest to us now.
I have a two year old and as you know they can be very temperamental so I planned my entire day perfectly to make sure he was happy and ready to go at our 4:15pm appointment time. We arrived at 4pm. And there was ALOT of people in there for a studio with only one camera room. And three people ahead of us for photos. My son was freshly changed, full, happy and smiling. Albeit with good intentions, one of the women there showed him a box of toys which he was more than happy to dig into, but not so happy for me knowing that when our time came up he would not be pleased to have to put back and leave behind all these new toys. And I'd have a cranky two year old on my hands. It didn't matter because 45 minutes passed before they were ready for us. 45 precious minutes where my two year old soiled his diaper, became hungry, ready for quiet time, and not at all in the mood to smile at a camera. Both my son and I left in tears, my husband in a bad mood from having wasted his time on a rare day off, and without a single photo. They offered to reschedule, but honestly I will never go back to this location again, i don't know if I'll go back to any JCPenny portraits at all.