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The time has come: Your high school senior is about to graduate. Aside from asking yourself how they grew up so fast, you might also be wondering what you should give them for a graduation gift. While there are plenty of high-tech and more pricey options, sometimes the best gifts are the ones that have
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There’s no keepsake like a photo. They’re the perfect way to relive a cherished moment and to celebrate our Moms. This Mother’s Day, take your gifts up a notch with these meaningful photo gift ideas that Moms everywhere will proudly keep on display. For the Coffee Lover: Photo-Printed Mugs Let’s face it – Moms are fueled by coffee,
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This past year has been one of immense change for schools and school photography companies. Industry consolidations mean less emphasis on the photography itself, the final products and services available, which is bad news for schools, students, and parents.
When was the last time you printed a photo? Like many of us these days, you’re probably taking pictures on your phone and viewing them the same way. But just because your method of taking pictures has evolved, that doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to enjoying photographs displayed in your home. Whether you have school portraits or
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Traditional school photos have one major thing in common: a generic background. While using the same unchanging, nondescript background makes it easier to usher kids through the process and collate photos after the fact, it also makes your photos forgettable and uninspired. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution to this: shooting your school portraits outdoors. Why We
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We all remember the excitement at the end of the school year: class parties, no more tests, and receiving your yearbook. It was exciting to comb through each page to check out the club pictures, candid photos, and everyone’s portrait. And, of course, it was always a mad dash to pass around your yearbook to make
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When someone visits your school’s website, how do you want them to feel? What do you want them to learn? You’re probably hoping they get a sense of your school’s personality and walk away with a good impression. So how do you accomplish this? While many elements make up a good website, there’s one thing
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Flip through some yearbooks, and you’ll see that school photography hasn’t changed in 50 years. The old smile, click, next approach still reigns supreme. It’s not about how good the image can be, but how fast it can be shot: smile, click, next! Fortunately, change is on the horizon in the form of what we’re
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School picture day is all about capturing students’ personalities, spirit, and growth – hundreds of times over. There’s a definite art to ensuring that every student walks away with a photo that they’ll be proud to display as a memento of their time at school and one that parents can look back on and recall
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A note from the photographer, Jenifer: An evening stroll in Old Town Alexandria is wonderful any time of year—but during December it added a very festive feel to Becky & TR’s wedding. The close proximity of the Hotel Monaco, St Joseph’s Church and the Torpedo Factory allowed the groomsmen to walk to the church, then
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