I think the worst pictures of my childhood came from school picture day. Everyone dresses unnaturally, sits uncomfortably on a plastic cube in front of a marbled/brushstroke/non-descript background, sort-of-smiles for a complete stranger and is rushed through one quick photo. And for these tacky pictures, parents have to shell out lots of money. Everyone buys these lame photos, the pressure is on to buy them for grandparents and friends. Lifetouch has their marketing strategies figured out. Good parents buy pictures.
Alli's picture day was this week. She didn't have to wear her uniform, so I encouraged her to dress herself. She picked out a bow for her hair. She wore a floral shirt and two skirts (one plaid and one pink corduroy) layered and she wore floral fish-net tights with sequin flats. Unfortunately the picture will only be a headshot.
I ordered the cheapest package so we could get the class picture and a few awkward pictures of our schoolgirl.
Maybe picture day is just a right of passage. The unnatural pictures let you look back and gage your awkwardness each year. This kindergarten picture is one of my better school pictures... it is quite awkward.
Right of passage or not, Lifetouch is making bank from bad pictures.
2 comments:
HILARIOUS!!! I was seriously going to write the same sort of blog. Those pictures are just crazy! I love your pic though. That smile is the funniest thing I have seen all day. So sweet!
Allison looks so much like you in that pic!
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