Anyone else skip the school photos because they are so bad?
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Anonymous
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They are so gross and cheasy. Why don't they have white or black backgrounds?? I refuse to buy them. I would have bought the class picture, not sure why that isn't ever an option.
We take family pics 2x a year with a professional photographer and I love those. |
Anonymous
I'm a teacher so I see tons of school pics and some of the Lifetouch ones are really good! Much better than the photographer my kid's school uses |
Anonymous
| I bought the class picture. Yes, individual picture is worse than candids/pictures where she poses for me -- but not as bad as you're describing! Our school doesn't use LifeTouch. |
Anonymous
| I'm sorry but how terrible they are is the BEST part of school photos. This year, my DD had an adorable fall picture and for some reason I still don't understand, got sent down on picture re-take day and the re-take was amazingly hilarious. I had to call the office and make sure they use the old photo in the yearbook, but oh man, I am going to treasure that re-take and you'd better believe her future partner is going to see that one! |
Anonymous
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School pictures have always been bad. They are so bad, they are good. I have a picture from 35 years ago where I am wearing an American Girl dress (as in “dress like your doll”, and my doll was Kirsten), and practically growling at the camera, in front of a laser background.
Last year, my son had his picture taken in front of the same laser background. It warmed my heart. I buy the smallest package, and let my kids choose their own background and outfit, to add to the craziness. Then we do a mini session in the fall with a real photographer, and use those for the holiday cards. |
Anonymous
| We buy them in the Fall (plain background) and skip them in the spring (hate the fake trees, bridge, etc) |
Anonymous
If they are really bad, we order extras of the magnets so everyone has one at their house! |
Anonymous
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Our school changed companies too, and for kindergarten they left FOOD on her face! I took a picture of the photo, and edit it myself. And again, these last ones crappy too. I sent them a message. I've had it For $90 TRY. MY GOSH! Lifetouch did a better job than this HR Imaging Co.
No smile. Hair a mess. Wtf. I can (and have) done better with my android cell phone...and "they" are the "professionals". |
Anonymous
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When my dd was in kindergarten, she brought home the flyer for spring portraits. We’d already bought school photos in the fall. I wondered aloud who would buy school photos twice a year. Then dd replied, “Our teacher says it’s so you can see how much we’ve grown and changed, like if we’ve lost a bunch of teeth.” Guess who was missing both front teeth when the spring portraits were taken? I had to buy another package. I told dd she’d better have a big smile to document her missing teeth.
When my other dd was in kindergarten, I received two portait packages and they clearly weren’t the same photo. (Obviously, I had only paid for one package.) I asked dd if she’d had her picture taken twice. She said yes. I asked why. She said her class had lined up to get their pictures taken, the photographer took her picture, then she had to go to the restroom. When she returned, a bunch of kids told her to get back in line, so she did, and the photographer took her picture again. 😂 |
Anonymous
Oink |
Anonymous
| I don’t buy because they’re ridiculously expensive. $39 to download the digital file? No thank you. |
Anonymous
| I buy them |
Anonymous
| I’ve never bought them. DS has never seemed to care. |
Anonymous
| We always buy them. |
Anonymous
| 3 kids, never bought them. 2 now in college. Nk regrets at all and i'mm generally sentimental |