A NEW school Portrait experience


Gone are the days of awkward school portraits. Welcome to the boutique experience. If you frequent any local shops and boutiques, you know the experience is far different from walking into a big box store where everything looks the same and no one is attentive to your needs or wants. Local boutiques have a different feel. Most likely, you know who the owner is and the smaller atmosphere gives you a more personalized shopping experience. Well, that is what I aim to do with boutique school portraits.

Boutique school portraiture, also known as fine art school portraits, is a more personalized, modern approach to traditional school portraits. Who doesn’t have a portrait or two in past yearbooks that is cringe-worthy? You forgot it was picture day and your shirt clashed with the background. Or the photographer made you turn your chin to your less flattering side. I know the feeling and that feeling lives forever on the pages of my old yearbooks–and even in the faculty pages of more recent ones. Those colored backgrounds and stiff poses have become the hallmark of the album pages and the walls of grandparents’ hallways nationwide.

So, what makes boutique school portraits different? The answer is simple–each child. The goal of boutique school photography is to capture each child’s individual personality. Children are encouraged to be themselves in front of the camera–no forced smiles or stiff poses. The photos are simple and classic, yet unique. In a fraction of a second, that adorable face your child makes is beautifully and artistically captured to enjoy forever.

FAQ

What should my child wear?

Solid colors are best. Photos are generally waist up. Please avoid graphics on shirts and neon colors as they reflect the colors onto the face. Backdrops will be gray or black, so take that into consideration when choosing colors. If you have any questions, please contact me at libbyisenhowerphotography@gmail.com.

Ordering details

Within two weeks of your child’s photo day, you will receive an email with the link to the proofing gallery. There will be 2-5 images of each child. The gallery will be live for 7 days. Once the gallery closes, orders and digital downloads will no longer be available. More detailed instructions for ordering and digital downloads will be included with your school or organization’s gallery link.

All images of your child are available for viewing in the online gallery. You choose which images you would like to download or print. Because images are visible prior to any purchase, refunds are not available once an order is complete.

Print packages are for one pose. Prints are matte. There are also options for a la carte prints and digital downloads of one or all images. Prices for prints and digital downloads are competitive.

Please be aware that the orientation of the photo is how it will print in the wallet size. Landscape/horizontal photos will print landscape/horizontal wallets. As the photographer, I will use my discretion to adjust any image for sizing.

Print quality is not guaranteed if you choose digital downloads and print with another lab.

Please note that galleries will expire after the ordering window closes. Once orders are placed, galleries will no longer be available. A watermark will appear on the photos in the online gallery, but WILL NOT be on full resolution digital files. Please use web size files for social media and I would love it if you would tag me!

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