School photographs

Dd gets a look at them before ordering - or not. More than once it’s been ‘not’ because the photos (2 Dgcs together) didn’t do one or both of them justice at all.

Some photographers seem to take a lot more trouble than others. There have been a few really lovely ones but most have been pretty ‘meh’ - certainly not worth the price.

That's the beauty of it Witzend, no one has to buy them especially if they are comical nothing like the child's usual expression!

I think every year there should be a choice of single shots, one with siblings, and a class photo. The class photo is very important because it shows the other children and even 70 years later you can look at them and remember! Then once every 5 years a whole school photo. But they should be affordable.

I have yet to get one school photo of any of my 4 grand children even though I have offered to pay for them myself, so I would welcome one with open arms. I can remember years ago a school photo of my two eldest children and they both looked like they had been in a scrap and thrown dinner down each other. My mam loved the photo and said it added character!

I was given one last night actually. It was of both the grandchildren together as the Boy Wonder moves up to secondary school after this year (goodness) so the school takes the ‘leaver’ plus sibling(s) as a one-off. It’s a decent one too of both of them - a bonus. I shall buy a frame this weekend 6x8” so not small!

TBH dd and SiL often take better photos on their phones!

There was a lovely one last Christmas - all 3 Gdcs in Santa hats, sitting front of the newly decorated tree, and all evidently laughing their heads off. I asked dd what they were laughing at - son in law was doing his ‘bare bum’ dance! 😂

Witzend!!🤣🤣🤣. What a fantastic image!
Hopefully they had forgotten to mention it before school started again.

We had beautiful photos of our 3 year old GD at nursery .Taken last week .She is used to being photographed all the time so when the photographer ,a friend of her Aunt asked if she would like to have her picture taken she just said OK and sat on the seat ,folded her legs under her and posed .smiley in some and her serious face in others .
The photographer was delighted with her ,as are we .

Most schools around the UK used to be photographed by a company based in Cornwall ,they just hired a local for a day in each area but all the finances were worked out between them and the schools.Who did always get a "cut" of the sales ,depending on how good the headteacher was at negotiating .
Nowadays most parents buy the download for a small fee and print what they want .
Photographers need to make a living too .especially after covid when many lost their businesses and others were left with no support because they are self employed .
We closed ours after 45 years when everything had to be cancelled and decided not to reopen .Enforced retirement ,I wish all the young photographers better times ahead

Tempest? paddyann54.
We used them and had a lovely photographer called Mary who took individual staff ones if people wanted. She also took the school pets for freebies. I must try and dig some out.

Does anyone still have their own old school photos? Maybe we could post some - I like having a giggle over myself with front teeth missing and a skew wiff ribbon in unruly hair.

I'm off out shopping now but if no one has started such a thread when I get back, I'll see if I can find one and will post one of my photos. Shouldn't be a problem - after all, many of us have posted our wedding pics.

There is no obligation whatsoever for parents to buy school photos.

It's often the school photo which is used if a child goes missing, as Doodledog says. I remember a relation who had just started a primary teaching career feeling a bit upset when for the first time she had to put the children's names on the back of their photos and give those copies to the school office just in case.

Photographers need to make a living too

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Weddings cancelled, no school photos, no graduation photos, no family shoots during Covid.
No work.

I can imagine the comments about someone "who claims to be poor" but can afford to spend £70 on unnecessary photos.

Does anyone still have their own old school photos? Maybe we could post some - I like having a giggle over myself with front teeth missing and a skew wiff ribbon in unruly hair

A group I belong to suggested we each take a photo of us taken in 1952 to see who could be identified.
A few did say "I wasn't born then" but most of us were.

Some people hadn't changed much at all and were instantly recognisable, others had to tell us which was their photo.
Someone said to me "There's no mistaking you!"

Really? Bunches, wonky teeth and a big grin.
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Accessing the school file with all the reprobates' mugshots is also useful when writing reports, so you don't write about the wrong child!

Joseanne

Accessing the school file with all the reprobates' mugshots is also useful when writing reports, so you don't write about the wrong child!

We got the wrong school report once for a DD!

The wrong report would have been a blessing in our house when DD2 was 14!

The report we received was terrible!
I thought, even DD isn't that bad, surely 😲

The problem was we knew the other girl whose report it was.

Joseanne

The wrong report would have been a blessing in our house when DD2 was 14!

It would have been a blessing in our house for me - when I was about 12. 😱

Re class photos, I found some of my senior school ones when clearing my mother’s house. Certainly didn’t want to keep the one with the vile little bully sitting in the front row - with that poisonous look on her face perfectly caught on camera.
It felt good to bin her!

No PR work no commercial Callistemon and I hear from friends still in the industry that a lot of those jobs have gone for good .Its hard graft for others to get weddings as prices have been cut to the bone just to get any work through the door.
I'm very glad we were at the end stage of our career ,I'm so sorry for the young ones just starting out

Me too, paddyann. It's a tough time.
I've just realised a local photographer has closed down his business.

Witzend

Joseanne

The wrong report would have been a blessing in our house when DD2 was 14!

It would have been a blessing in our house for me - when I was about 12. 😱

I don't know who got DD's!
They probably had a shock too 😁

I found one JackyB. I'm in this section. Approximately 1965 in London.