I'm guessing the $200 does not include actually taking the photos, does it? Do they insist on professional photos and tell you which photographer to use? Will the photographer advise you that you need to have several sessions in order to photograph your child in several novel outfits in a studio with lights, reflectors, backgrounds and props so that you show off your child's expressive versatility and conviviality? Then is the photographer going to talk you into letting him submit copies of your photos to other companies (for a fee) where he might have connections, or where he tells you he is pretty sure they will soon be looking for children like yours? These are just some things to know might be coming.
When I was a child, a friend of mine was in TV commercials and she did enjoy it because she liked knowing she was on TV. She was 9 or 10 when she started, so old enough to have an opinion and old enough to speak up for herself at least a little. But she did not have to be made-up, wear specific clothes, have her hair done, or even speak. A film crew just filmed her doing things like opening up her barn, climbing up on a stall to pet her horse, pitching clean straw into the stall, saddling and riding the horse. Just kind of a glimpse into an idyllic country childhood. She wasn't picked for her own special appeal, either. Her father had connections that all those other county kids did not have.
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