This magazine, if you want to call it that, is nothing but a scam and should be put out of business. Kim, Marc and Lisa are very good at charming people and feeding you endless lies. We shot with them two times. The first time was in a hotel. Pics were shot outside until it rained then we were taken to a high level story in the hotel and they finished the shoot in the lobby. My daughter had to change clothes in a PUBLIC PARK in front of homeless people on benches.
Luckily, we had our jackets to hold around her. They were 5 hours late for the shoot. I am not kidding. When we got there, there were 2 other families ahead of us. We ended up having to stay the night and pay for a motel room since they were running so late. The second time was in some supposed studio that had about five models plus their families in there, all the clothes, 2 photographers, make up and hair people.
It was ridiculous. We were supposed to get a 2-3 page spread for the first shoot and a CD. We were told it would be a fall back-to-school issue and be in the September issue... Well that came and went along with Oct, Nov, Dec, January. Sent several emails, FB messages, phone calls with none returned excpept to be deleted from their facebook account. Imagine that???
Finally Kim returned an email stating I was harrassive to her WOW... Maybe if her or Marc would have returned a call or message I would not have to keep sending them. Then I was told that it would be out soon and they are too busy to be dealing with this. She finally was in an issue, ONE PHOTO, not the 2-3 page spread we were promised.
Two years later... Still waiting on the CD. It was a terrible photo, unedited, messy hair... They had to have picked the worst shot they had as the photographer showed me some shots that were amazing. I supposeI was such a pain for asking too many questions so my daughter paid the price.
The second shoot the photo was supposed to be in the summer issue of 2011. Well... It finally ran a couple of months ago. This time only a 1/2 page with one photo. Still did not get the 2-3 page spread. That CD did show up one year later though. What good is it now... It is a year old. This photo was ok but there were about 25 better ones on the disc than the one that was put in the magazine.
I tried dealing with Lisa and she got sick of the constant questions, so told me to contact Kim... Well that fell on deaf ears then Lisa said contact Marc... He did not respond. Then one day... The CD was in the mailbox.
If you are thinking about shooting with them, or walking in a show... I would run like H*LL and not look back. Trust me, I have spoken to over 40 families that have had similar experiences. They lead you to believe this is a glamorous photo shoot that will result in several modeling opportunites for your child, nothing could be farther from the truth.
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