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EmmDee


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When I was in high school (13 yrs ago) senior portraits were done at school, the photographer did the cap & gown for the yearbook and one wardrobe change.  I think pretty much all of us ordered our senior photos from her. 

The trend now is that people are doing photo shoots on location for senior photos.  When did this start?  I think they are cool photos but some of them seem kind of strange for their purpose.  Have you noticed the trend in your area as well?



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I was in high school around the same time as you and we all went to the photographer's studio for senior portraits, so there were a few outfits and scenes. One girl had her dogs in some of the photos. I'm not sure what they do now.

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They were dong the off campus pics back when I was in HS (graduated 1993), and back when my sister graduated (1988).

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I guess I should clarify. Not just at the photographer's studio, outdoor photo shoots that look like something out of a magazine.

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At my HS hardly anybody got senior pictures done by the company that came to the school. Most of us went to other studios and the pictures were mostly formal portraits. Just a couple of people did outdoor shots, but this was even longer ago.

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We didn't use a big school company for senior portraits at the school. It was a local photographer who had the contract. We only had maybe 3 local photographers at that time so chances were that you would still be using her at her studio. Students were allowed to bring in props/pets for the photo sessions too.

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EmmDee wrote:

I guess I should clarify. Not just at the photographer's studio, outdoor photo shoots that look like something out of a magazine.

Oh - we didnt' have different locations to go to, but he did do outdoor photos on his property. He had an area with a barn + old car to sit on, an area with a bench that looked like a park setting, a gazebo with flowers, brick walls & wooden fences to lean on - I cant remember what else. Actual props and car rather than just printed backgrounds.

I thought it was a bit much for pictures - but some of my classmates' pictures looked like they could be from a model shoot and they spent hours changing into different outfits/etc and using every setup he had.



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EmmDee wrote:

I guess I should clarify. Not just at the photographer's studio, outdoor photo shoots that look like something out of a magazine.

 Yup, that is what I meant.



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Maybe it is growing up in a small town where, like I said, we had 3 professional photographers that made this less of a common thing.

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I was the editor of my HS yearbook and we had ONE photographer contract with the school to do all senior portraits. The school paid him a contract fee and every senior was allowed a free portrait.

From the yearbook staff's pov it was the best way to go. The way we did it you couldn't tell who was too poor to get in the yearbook. Plus, we didn't have to deal with people turning in inappropriate pictures or formats that we couldn't work with.

For the people who didn't want the generic photo we offered a senior memories section that they could purchase but you couldn't buy a page if you didn't have the contract photo.

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We had one photographer who did the pictures in his studio as well, MD. This year, my husband's ex-niece-in-law graduated from high school. Her mom sent grad notices to us, my MIL, and my SIL. Each of us got three different photos, wearing three different outfits. I think they've gone overboard these days.

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We used one photographer that came to the school auditorium stage and set up. There were Tuxedo pics for guys and Drape pictures for the girls. The picture you chose from there was the one that went into the yearbook

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Heck, by the time my children graduate they'll be doing nude spreads.

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hell by the time mine get in high school, there will be nude profile pics on facebook

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Our photos in the year book were all the same pose. We were wearing the gown and holding our cap with the '99 tassel and a rolled "diploma". We MAY have had a few shots of this pose to choose from, I do not remember this.

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Our "Senior Portraits" were done in the school library... with some of those rolled up "professional background canvases"

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