Stan Lawrence Portrait Art Photography

Yes I did send a nice email to Stan because I am a nice person. As I said in my review, the pictures were very nice. I was hoping that by sending him that email, he would understand that I’m not in a position to pay those prices. I asked him if there was anything he could do. He replies to my very long heartfelt email with a rude and short «Trisha, all I can offer is a payment plan». That was it, that was his whole email. He could care less and obviously didn’t give a crap about how much I wanted the picture. BTW, I’m not going on a payment plan for a picture. My $ 50 offer was an insult to you after you were so rude. Stan, it doesn’t matter if your a good photographer and the pictures turn out great. You trick people and the way you conduct your business is terrible. Your just rude an unpleasant. You could have at least sent me a nice email back, explaining why you can’t budge on the price. Of course you didn’t include the whole email because it would make you look even worse.

If you are looking for a standard point and shoot 5×7, take your business to JcPennys. If you want a custom piece of art for your home, this is the only place you want to go. I have had hundreds of pics taken of my kids throughout the years and they are all over my home. I hate the way I look in photo’s so taking family photo’s doesn’t usually happen. Stan is an artist. From the way he knows exactly how to orchestrate the session to the helping you select the perfect image, to the additional artwork that is added to enhance everyone’s nature beautiful and make us look our best. I have a gorgeous piece of art on my wall that I have enjoyed now for over a year and it is timeless and perfect. I can not thank Stan enough for his work. Again, this is not a cheap service, this is a custom art service. This is the 21^st century version of having a portrait painted. It is completely worth it!

Last summer I traveled with my family from Colorado to San Diego where we hired Stan Lawrence Photography to do our family portrait on Coronado Beach. Prior to my arrival I did my homework as I did not want to be disappointed with the end result. In this day and age, anyone with a camera claims to be a «Pro Photographer» and I know from experience this is not the case.
I cannot begin to say how pleased we were both with Mr Lawrence as well as with the end result. The photographs turned out better than we expected. I went into this experience knowing what I wanted and expected, with a particular budget in mind and was not disappointed. Mr Lawrence explained prior to our meeting him that he was not like other photographers and why. I did not go into this portrait session making false assumptions and receiving negative expectations.
In reading some of the reviews, more than a few were disgruntled not so much with the experience as with the price. Also, with assumptions that Mr Lawrence is like every other photographer, which he is not. I chose him because he does family portraits on location to the exclusion of all else. In talking with him beforehand he explained he was a specialist and not for everyone. I would highly recommend Stan Lawrence Photography for anyone who looking for a photographer who is head and shoulders above the rest!

We also won a gift certificate at a charity auction. The photo shoot went very well and the pictures were beautiful… so far so good. However when my husband went to meet with Stan and chose which picture we wanted (which was included in our package) he got more and more agitated and less and less friendly as he realized that we were not buying anything other else because the prices were outrageous!!!
My husband explained that we were not in a position at this time to spend the money on more pictures and would perhaps buy additional items in the future. Stan’s response was a short and rude, «I delete everything after 30 days».
We agree, stop donating or reduce your prices so that normal people can afford to purchase your work. We have a lot of friends in the area that we could have recommended his services to but would never refer him after our extremely disappointing experience.

Yikes — I also bought a certificate at a charity event thinking I could use this for a professional head shot session. He *refused* based on artistic integrity basis (meaning he doesn’t DO that kind of photography even though Stan admitted the equipment is the same).
Not very altruistic. Maybe he should stop donating to charity if it’s not in his heart…

My experience was similar to the other reviewers, not something I would recommend. My husband and bid and won a photography session at a charity auction. On the date of the photo, it was raining on Coronado Beach, but Stan insisted that the photos could still be taken. We managed to get some pictures, but our family spent much of the time hiding underneath the lifeguard chairs trying to stay dry enough for a decent picture. When we went to Stan’s studio to preview the shots, we were FLOORED by the prices. Thousands of dollars for one photo. And absolutely no affordable options. My husband and I went home to discuss it, decided against a purchase, and called Stan to let him know that we would be satisfied with a single 5×8 shot that was supposed to be included in the package we won. Stan then told us that unfortunately, our pictures had been deleted and he couldn’t give us the 5×8.
Altogether, entirely unsatisfactory. I wouldn’t recommend it.

I also won the sitting for my small dog. He does nice work but not pleased with the amount of time that elapse before I could actually pick it up. He left a message that it was ready on a late Friday. I called to say I couldn’t be there but would it work for Monday. I did not hear back until called him weeks later. You have to schedule an appointment because he is rarely in his studio.

I actually bid on and won a sitting and portrait with Stan at a silent auction. I had a deadline in which to use the setting. Unfortunately I had some mouth surgery which caused a 3 month delay. Stan had no problems in accommodating this for me. I have to tell you that we had no idea how much the pictures cost and when I went on a website and saw the amount I was somewhat hesitant. (My kids who are now adults had picture packages at Penny’s for $ 9.99!) We pretty much decided to do the sitting and the one included portrait. We met Stan at the beach in Coronado for the setting. He has such a pleasant cheerful disposition that it was funny to see him in a suit and tie and no shoes to make trek on to the beach with us! About three weeks later we met with him in his studio to view the pictures. Oh my gosh they were beautiful and they were not even touched up yet! We knew we wanted more then just the one picture. (Did I mention that we have never had a formal family picture before, only the 9.99 kids packages!) There was no pressure from Stan to buy anything however he knew how bad we wanted the pictures and offered for us to to pay in 3 or 4 payments. The final result is an incredible piece of «Art» that hangs in my living room. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a great photographer.

Yeah, listen to Barry.