I always hesitate to purchase the packages from LifeTouch that the school offers. Their photographers seem to have always missed photography 101. In Kindergarten my son had art class before pictures and they had his whole shirt in the picture complete with white paint. In the first grade Spring pictures they used too much of a gaussian blur, a filter, a PS action, something, and it was blurry and my kid looked stoned. Every.single.frikken.year. he comes home with that fake smile.
This year I told my son to say an “M” word like “Monkey butts” to elicit a more natural smile. The photographer waned him to say “cheese.” Evidently an argument ensued between my third grader and the adult photographer, and my son refused to smile because he wasn’t going to fake smile because Mom said he’d “better not.” This is the resulting photo, and I’m keeping them because the story is hilarious. I laughed so hard when my son told it, I cried.
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My son does the EXACT same thing lol. I hate the "fake smile". I can't believe the photographer wanted to pick a fight with him.
Kasandria
Great story. I am not fond of the photos my kids came home with. I just thought it was the photographer side of me!! At least you have a story to tell when he's older!!
the LifeTouch photogs always managed good shots of my daughters…but the cost of a photo package is outrageous.
Good for your son!! I love the fact that he listened to his mom and not some A-Hole wanna-be. I love the face in the picture, and I do agree with songbird's crazy world, even if the pictures come out half-way decent enough to send to grandma, they just cost WAY too much.
Love the phrase "Monkey-Butt", that's my new phrase for pictures now, if you don't mind — we usually just say "here goes mommy again!"
OMG that sounds like something my daughter would do. Kids are so funny.
When I was Yearbook Chair at our school, I lost it when the Lifetouch rep asked the kids to say cheese. Without going into details, Lifetouch is no longer the school photographer. I am glad you son did not say cheese. If it was my photo, I'd stir the pot and ask for a re-do or a refund.
LOL my daughters picture this year is so funny too. Its like, well maybe we should just go to a REAL place and have these re-done and never tell anyone about this school picture LOL.
Glad i picked the smallest package 2 LOL