Saturday, October 17, 2009

School Picture Redos



It honestly would have never occurred to me to offer two mini-session promotions simultaneously, but then yesterday, my friend Cindy came over to show me her son Eli's school pictures. (You'll remember that adorable little cherub from the full portrait session his parents purchased this fall). Well, we got to talking about how funny it would be to juxtapose the two images and I could not resist. I absolutely had to do this for the marketing alone.

To give Life-Touch Studios the credit they deserve, the main photo selected is not glaringly horrible. I mean, they are shooting like 700 kids in a day, so you're not gonna get Annie Leibovitz. But the suggested images that they'd like for you to purchase as an add on? The tie-dyed terror, the bokeh explosion, coupled with Eli's look of sheer horror??? Too, too much. I just about peed my pants. (It should be noted here that being the nurturing, supportive individuals we are, we did not howl with laughter in Eli's presence).

So here's the deal:

One 15 minute session. No sitting fee. No minimum, standard ala carte pricing applies. (I'll send you a PDF of the price list if you email me). Burbank shoots only. Only ONE kid in the picture. Three pictures to choose from in the online gallery. If you have any other questions, please contact me :-)

8 comments:

  1. OMG girl I had to laugh out loud. You are too funny but so so true! I did the school pic for the class picture alone...LOL

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  2. Jessica I think that is fabulous idea and your personality shines through in the post. Heck, if I lived in Burbank I would be there!

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  3. This is soooooooooo great seriously made me bust out laughing. What a wonderful idea Jess!!!

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  4. it's great to see that these terrible school pictures also exist everywhere else in the world. we live in Belgium and the pictures they make of my daughters are so creepy old-fashioned...wish I could make a business out of goodlooking school pictures

    Miet

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  5. Fabulous idea!! I haven't purchased school portraits for years because of that problem!! Hope you do well with this!

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  6. SOOO Funny!! I read your article on the mcp blog and followed the link to your blog - you have such lovely photos! And when I saw this and read your post about it, I burst into laughter! I have a friend who purchased a newborn session, but hasn't purchased any prints - too expensive they say. She went somewhere for the three month photos and they are absolutely hideous! Your post is so accurate!! And so funny!

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  7. haha, this is hilarious! I have been going through your blog and I am amazed! LOVING the new texture set 2 :)

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  8. Great Idea!!
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