Good for high school/college students - Portrait Photographer JCP Portraits Employee Review

2.0
Feb 9, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good for college/high school students, and good if you like working with kids.

Cons

This is not a job for anyone who is hoping to land real photography jobs in the future. There is no room for creativity in this job. I applied to this job looking for experience in my field which is hard to do in a city with little opportunities. This job is not at all what I was expecting. Every photo session has a series of poses that the photographer must follow and send to corporate for review. If your photos do not meet corporate standards you will get a low “photography score” which affects the company. If you take really good pictures and love working with lighting and making actual art, don’t work here. there is little room for creativity and no room for growth.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I love photography, I loved a lot of my clients so the work itself I enjoyed Manager just above me was awesome I started in school photography prior to Covid and loved it. If you do anything for Shutterfly, would only do school photography.

Cons

These apply to the company itself and business practices, not co workers: -Inconsistent Hours -Did not respect availability schedules (even after raising concern to District management, was offered a TEMPORARY pay increase to ignore my availability and come in because not enough people were hired for holiday season) -Pay was low for how much you're expected to do which for me included an 11 hour day because they book every 15 minutes, dock us for going over time, but expect a newborn baby shoot to be done. But we are at the same time expected to keep customers happy and blamed for a shoot going low in sales. It's a baby and every family deserves good photos of their baby. Not for it to be rushed to follow quotas which definitely won't be met when people don't want to come back.

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