2023 Fall School Picture Wrap Up
It’s mid-December so it’s time for some wrap-ups for 2023! School Picture season is September through early November and this year was as busy as they come! I was lucky enough to be the school picture photographer for 6 private schools this year and 3 of them I’ve been with for FIVE years!
I LOVE school pictures so much! Several kiddos it was my last year as their school photographer and I’d be lying if it didn’t get me choked up. Seems silly, I see them for a few minutes for their pictures but I’ve gotten to know them and see them grow up. Some of the kiddos I photographed for the first time when they were a few months old! And every year there are new babies, then the babies grow up to be toddlers and are afraid of me, and then I get to see them the next year when they are a bit older and their personality comes out! Did I mention how much I love this part of my job?
School pictures with me aren’t your traditional one-shot school picture. Each kiddo gets a small gallery of images in color and black and white for parents to choose from. My goal is to get a variety of expressions that capture a bit of who they are. I ask silly questions about food they might like and throw a curveball asking if they like pickles on ice cream. Some give me huge expressions of silliness, others disgust, and some have even said they liked it! Who knew?
My go-to is always asking them to say “COOKIES”, it makes a great smile!
And I always have a monkey on my lens to ask them “Where’s the monkey?” This year I asked what monkeys eat and found that “banana” makes some pretty great smiles too!
HUGE thank you to all the parents who signed the Minor Model Release this year. Out of six schools I got releases for over 100 kiddos! That’s the most ever! I never share any information about the kiddos, just their adorable pictures. So thank you again parents! I love to be able to share my work!
If your kiddo goes to a private school and you don’t love the school pictures, reach out. I’m currently booking Spring School Pictures for schools with 30-200 students. Send me an email with your name, the name of the school and I’ll reach out!
