Best areas for senior pictures?

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Anonymous wrote:All of this over senior pictures? It's not like they're have a commissioned portrait painted of their daughter. Like another pp, I graduated high school 20 yrs ago and senior pictures were a part of the ritual, along with a class ring and school jacket. You pass out the photos to friends, write a note on the back and it's a keepsake. Of course, as technology has evolved, ordering 100 wallet size pictures seems a bit overkill, but the images are a beautiful memory. It was one of those special occasions that made me feel very special to have all this fussing over me. Granted, when I was growing up, we didn't celebrate every graduation from elementary school and middle school. School pictures were taken once a year, but the senior pics were always special. For the record, OP, even 20 years ago I had indoor & outdoor photos taken. I even took my pet with me and had 4 or 5 outfit changes. I think they were a couple hundred dollars. From a lower-middle class family and attended public school.

We (public high school) were offered some six or seven different shots, with robes on, with the classic black V drape and with favorite sports items. One classic one turned out perfectly lovely. I think what OP is describing is a multi-thousand dollars professionally posed photogragh, which I just think is overkill. With college expenses looming, I don't understand why the needless expense when the school-produced ones turn out so well. Save the money for graduate school.

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Anonymous wrote:All of this over senior pictures? It's not like they're have a commissioned portrait painted of their daughter. Like another pp, I graduated high school 20 yrs ago and senior pictures were a part of the ritual, along with a class ring and school jacket. You pass out the photos to friends, write a note on the back and it's a keepsake. Of course, as technology has evolved, ordering 100 wallet size pictures seems a bit overkill, but the images are a beautiful memory. It was one of those special occasions that made me feel very special to have all this fussing over me. Granted, when I was growing up, we didn't celebrate every graduation from elementary school and middle school. School pictures were taken once a year, but the senior pics were always special. For the record, OP, even 20 years ago I had indoor & outdoor photos taken. I even took my pet with me and had 4 or 5 outfit changes. I think they were a couple hundred dollars. From a lower-middle class family and attended public school.

We (public high school) were offered some six or seven different shots, with robes on, with the classic black V drape and with favorite sports items. One classic one turned out perfectly lovely. I think what OP is describing is a multi-thousand dollars professionally posed photogragh, which I just think is overkill. With college expenses looming, I don't understand why the needless expense when the school-produced ones turn out so well. Save the money for graduate school.

We did our daughters and they cost about $400. That could maybe buy you a college book.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You really don't see the difference between elementary/middle school graduation and high school graduation? You don't sound very smart.

What? I don't understand.

Again, you don't sound very smart.

? I still don't get it.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You really don't see the difference between elementary/middle school graduation and high school graduation? You don't sound very smart.

What? I don't understand.

Again, you don't sound very smart.

? I still don't get it.

Again, if you don't see the difference between a HS graduation and ES/Ms graduation, I'm not sure what to say to you.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You really don't see the difference between elementary/middle school graduation and high school graduation? You don't sound very smart.

What? I don't understand.

Again, you don't sound very smart.

? I still don't get it.

Again, if you don't see the difference between a HS graduation and ES/Ms graduation, I'm not sure what to say to you.

Can you explain slowly so I can follow along?

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Anonymous wrote:A ploy to get gifts.

Again, huh? Senior pictures are a ploy to get gifts?

They can be. Send friends and relatives a graduation photo, some say, "Well, better send Sherman a gift for graduating."

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You really don't see the difference between elementary/middle school graduation and high school graduation? You don't sound very smart.

What? I don't understand.

Again, you don't sound very smart.

? I still don't get it.

Again, if you don't see the difference between a HS graduation and ES/Ms graduation, I'm not sure what to say to you.

Can you explain slowly so I can follow along?

You implied that if you're going to take HS graduation pictures, you should also take ES and MS grad pictures because they're also 'special moments.' I say that if you really don't see the difference between the 'special moment' of graduating from high school and graduating from ES/MS, then you're not very smart.

Do you understand now?

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Anonymous wrote:A ploy to get gifts.

Again, huh? Senior pictures are a ploy to get gifts?

They can be. Send friends and relatives a graduation photo, some say, "Well, better send Sherman a gift for graduating."

We used the pics for grad party invites.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You really don't see the difference between elementary/middle school graduation and high school graduation? You don't sound very smart.

What? I don't understand.

Again, you don't sound very smart.

? I still don't get it.

Again, if you don't see the difference between a HS graduation and ES/Ms graduation, I'm not sure what to say to you.

Can you explain slowly so I can follow along?

You implied that if you're going to take HS graduation pictures, you should also take ES and MS grad pictures because they're also 'special moments.' I say that if you really don't see the difference between the 'special moment' of graduating from high school and graduating from ES/MS, then you're not very smart.

Do you understand now?

No. Why aren't ES and MS graduations also special moments? BTW you must be very smart.

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Most schools have a photographer come in for the photo day. One in robes and other in a suit or school uniform. Similar to the ones you get every year. But with seniors they have an option of holding a book etc. Nice memories and they use them in the yearbook.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You really don't see the difference between elementary/middle school graduation and high school graduation? You don't sound very smart.

What? I don't understand.

Again, you don't sound very smart.

? I still don't get it.

Again, if you don't see the difference between a HS graduation and ES/Ms graduation, I'm not sure what to say to you.

Can you explain slowly so I can follow along?

You implied that if you're going to take HS graduation pictures, you should also take ES and MS grad pictures because they're also 'special moments.' I say that if you really don't see the difference between the 'special moment' of graduating from high school and graduating from ES/MS, then you're not very smart.

Do you understand now?

No. Why aren't ES and MS graduations also special moments? BTW you must be very smart.

+1000 Well played

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Anonymous wrote:Do you take these types of pictures for every graduation including ES and MS? Seems like you would want to preserve that special moment in time forever.

You don't "graduate" from ES/MS even though I know that is a "thing" these days. You move on to MS from ES and from MS onto HS. It is expected. Graduating HS is a special moment and a time of transition in a young person's life where Senior pictures are sometimes done.

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Wow. I graduated from hs on '94 in ny and did not have a class ring, a school jacket, senior pictures, a graduation party or a yearbook. I think my older sister had a graduation party and a yearbook. I guess she doesn't think of it as the "nice memory" you guys are referencing because I don't think she's looked at the yearbook in well over a decade if not two.

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I understand where you're coming from, PP. Things have changed....look at all the focus on destination weddings, etc. with multiple photo shoots now that wasn't around 20 years ago (not widely, anyway). This has all trickled down to HS. Now they have Prom-posals and expensive photo shoots when they graduate.

I agree that some of it is over the top, but I guess it's to be expected in an age of Facebook and Instagram.

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We paid a photographer $250 to meet DD at a local park to take outdoor pics. The next day, via Dropbox, we had a hundred pics. From those pics I made a yearbook ad, and ordered grad announcements from cardchef. DS, on the other hand preferred to use a cropped pic from a recent vacation for the yearbook ad, grad announcements and party invites. Nothing about "$1000s for a photoshoot."