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Leavers school pic cost

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MrsDeltaB · 03/07/2018 20:38

I'm torn! DD1 is leaving her first school this term, small village school less than 30 per year class.

Tradition has been there is a photo of that particular year only taken, nice momentous stuff etc

The most simple of photos, smallest of which. £17!

Of course we want one, DD would like one for her room and although GPs etc may not know the other 29 kids it may be something they wish to have.

Not to drip feed, the photographer is also a parent in this year.

AIBU to think or hope that something potentially sentimental should cost so much? £10 a pic sure, but £17? Feel like we are being mugged by a fellow year parent for a memory of our own kids!

If each parent buys the smallest minimum pic, the fellow parent photographer is quids in!

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Stickerrocks · 03/07/2018 20:41

DD left school last week. We have a couple of class photos taken over the last 12 years and none of them have ever been looked at again. We are currently ignoring the prefect & year group photos which have been dumped on a coffee table & not even taken out of their tube. They are all a 5 minute wonder. Don't waste your money.

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MrsDeltaB · 03/07/2018 20:43

Fair point sticker. It's just at the moment it seems significant to DD and would hate her to think I was too stingy to pay for her memory bank, even if she never thinks about it a year from now.

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kazillionaire · 03/07/2018 20:45

Same here, too much money for something which will not be looked at for more than a few minutes. Why not take her out all dressed up and have a fun pic session? It will mean more in years to come

TeenTimesTwo · 03/07/2018 20:45

I don't think GPs would be that interested, and £17 sounds a high price, but a final y6 one would be nice I think. We have year photos for the DDs for most years of primary and I like them to look back on and see how they changed, especially as maybe 18 or so were there from start to finish.

Thingsthatgo · 03/07/2018 20:48

They might be looked at again in 10 or 20 years though. I have a couple of class photos from primary school, and I’ve looked at them a few times over the years. I left over 30 years ago, but I can still name my whole class.
If you really think this parent is taking advantage, get together with some other parents, buy one between you and make some copies!

stayfit · 03/07/2018 20:50

A few of us ordered the CD, shared the cost and made copies. Would that be an option?

NewYearNewMe18 · 03/07/2018 20:50

If you really think this parent is taking advantage, get together with some other parents, buy one between you and make some copies!

Please do follow advice on here and infringe copy right and leave yourself open to prosecution. Hmm

stayfit · 03/07/2018 20:51

Sorry my suggestion works only if it was a class group picture

Olivo · 03/07/2018 20:54

I would get one for her/you but not the GPs. We made a decision to get reception ones and y6 ones, plus for DC2, was bribed 8 into getting one in y2 with the favourite teacher Grin

Dadsbigsausages · 03/07/2018 21:05

For the first time in our school there were staged casual class photos, £13.50. Tbh I think I'll just stick the mini proof copy into his baby book.

We've bought the individual photo download the past two years and haven't even printed them. We look at the handsome bugger every day already 😄

NancyDonahue · 03/07/2018 21:12

My dd had a class photo, year photo AND individual photo. We just went for the class photo in the end. It was £12. Her elder siblings have theirs and they are nice to look at when they and their class mates are less cute older

user7469322 · 03/07/2018 21:26

Does she not offer it in a memory stick or cd for less??!! £17 is ott.

Sunnymeg · 03/07/2018 21:31

At DS's primary, they were all given a year 6 photo. The head said there was plenty of scope to be able to fund them out of what the photography company gave the school as commission. My guess is if a parent has taken them, they are either a small scale photographer or an amateur and they are having to charge this much to cover their costs.

Everdeen · 03/07/2018 21:33

Just get one for her but not for the grandparents. I'm sure they'd like a picture of her, but surely they don't care about all the other kids?

You'll regret it if she doesn't have one for her room and later her memory box for the sake of 17 quid.

Florabella · 04/07/2018 07:02

It makes no difference if the photographer is a parent or not - she still has a business to run. You are not being 'mugged off', you don't have to buy one (and I don't know anyone that would consider buying 3). Yes, I am a photographer, and I have just spent three hours editing a pre-school photo which is now made up of 11 photos to get all the children looking their best. Not one parent will realise the time that has gone into it.

ILoveMyDressingGown · 04/07/2018 07:30

The most simple of photos, smallest of which. £17!

Have you ever tried taking a photo of a group and have them all looking the right way, with their eyes open and their mouths in a smile rather than half way through a word? It's not just a simple snap and hey presto, it's done!

Don't forget that that £17 covers everything: printing, delivery, editing, editing software, camera kit, lighting kit, insurance, transport etc etc. as well as something in the way of profit for the photographer.

Don't buy it if you don't want but please don't rip them off or infringe copywrite.

Pengggwn · 04/07/2018 08:11

Buying it is your choice. Pricing it is hers. Personally I would buy it because I remember looking back at mine for many years, but you don't have to pay a single penny if you think it is you being 'mugged off'.

ScreenQueen · 04/07/2018 08:15

Just paid for a primary class photo...£10 including mount but no frame.

SaucyJack · 04/07/2018 08:16

I wouldn't (and haven't) bothered.

School photos were a nice memory for those of us who grew up in times when everyone over the age of 9 didn't walk around with a camera phone, taking umpteen pictures a day.

They're just a bit of an anachronism in the 21st century tho.

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