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We just paid over $600 for dd's pictures. To have kept it under $300 we wouldn't have gotten much. The $600 package came with everything including reprint rights. Not that we'll need them as we got plenty of pictures including an entire proof set reprinted without the copyright mark.
Why did I choose to do this knowing that 10 years from now no one will care what I paid? Because it's dd's time to shine and she had a blast at the photoshoot and doesn't have to choose who gets what pictures. Was it extravagant? Yes but she'll only graduate from high school once and I am so relieved we've made it here. I was very worried about her a couple of years ago. So yeah, mom blew the budget. I know we won't care in just a few years but this is her time. The $200 more I spent made it more special.
I may or may not do the same for her sister. Dd#2 will, probably, ask for less. Something like a photoshoot isn't important to her. She'll want a decent picture and be done. Now, the outfit she wears to graduation will, likely, be another story. They'll both kill the budget just in different ways.
Actually, $300 was on the low side of what I could have spent! Some of these photographers charge an exorbitant amount of money. I chose to go with the highest quality I could without having to take out a loan
The school may have a list of photographers to help if all you want is a yearbook photo. The yearbook company and school may have strict guidelines on what you can and cannot submit for the yearbook.
As far as doing a photoshoot. Remember, after all the parties are over, the clothes are out of fashion and given to the Goodwill, all you have left are the photos. I for one, want them to be good. Around here in the Philadelphia area, people spend on average 1k-3k on senior photos.
To get an idea of want you want to offer your friend, get quotes from other photographers on your area.
I think ours started around 500 and also our school told us that the girls had to wear a dress under their gowns and they must wear navy blue school colors . But in all fairness the pictures came out so beautifully Im not disapointed at all . I think it varies from different parts of the county . I know my brother who lives in the pacific northwest paid way more than we did and he got less pictures . I think you have to price shop .
If you missed the regular time I doubt if they can get into the year book. We had to have ours taken about a month before our senior year started, but that was back in the olden days when we only had a portrait and only one 8x10 in color.
As far as doing a photoshoot. Remember, after all the parties are over, the clothes are out of fashion and given to the Goodwill, all you have left are the photos. I for one, want them to be good. Around here in the Philadelphia area, people spend on average 1k-3k on senior photos.
$1-$3,000 strikes me as insane. After the high school graduation is done, then there are college graduation pictures, wedding pictures... And, they all look dated eventually.
I think we spent in the neighborhood of $400 for DDs and $300 for DS. Which is pretty average for this area - I think we got the 8X10 plus 4 5X7s, and a bunch of wallets. I don't regret it - even now after DD has graduated college. We didnt' do any formal pics for college - never heard of that being done. Other than the company that snaps the photos as the walk across the stage to accept the diploma and then emails you every week for months afterward telling you its "your last chance" "your very last chance" "your last last chance....and we really mean it" " really...are you sure you don't want any for Christmas gifts?". I still have the framed wallets of the HS photos on my desk at work.
I think we spent in the neighborhood of $400 for DDs and $300 for DS. Which is pretty average for this area - I think we got the 8X10 plus 4 5X7s, and a bunch of wallets. I don't regret it - even now after DD has graduated college. We didnt' do any formal pics for college - never heard of that being done. Other than the company that snaps the photos as the walk across the stage to accept the diploma and then emails you every week for months afterward telling you its "your last chance" "your very last chance" "your last last chance....and we really mean it" " really...are you sure you don't want any for Christmas gifts?". I still have the framed wallets of the HS photos on my desk at work.
LOL, we actually got some very nice pictures from eldest's graduation. They weren't formal studio shots, they were taken on the day of the ceremony on campus. But, they are individual pictures of just him. I do have high school graduation pictures out, one formal, and one casual pose per boy. Once I get college pictures I expect the high school ones will go into the closet.
You have the option of buying different packages through the school photographer. I always bought 1 8" X 10" for myself, and a few 3" X 5" pictures for the grandparents. The packages were in the vicinity of $120.00.
$120 would about cover the sitting fee around here.
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LOL, we actually got some very nice pictures from eldest's graduation. They weren't formal studio shots, they were taken on the day of the ceremony on campus. But, they are individual pictures of just him.
That's neat. I didn't see anything like that at her campus. But it was a cold and windy day and all of the ceremonies were held indoors. We just wanted to get out of Dodge once the ceremony was over since we all had a good drive ahead of us. We celebrated the evening before.
$120 would about cover the sitting fee around here.
As I think back, we probably did have a separate sitting fee. It wasn't high enough for me to remember it I guess. It makes sense that that money would include whatever picture was going into the yearbook.
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