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Wordless Wednesday – New Year – New Family Picture

January 6, 2010 in photo, photography, picture, wordless wednesday

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A New Way to do School Portraits

November 13, 2009 in Diva-J, photo, photography, picture, school

This was the first year that we had to even think about the whole school portrait thing for Diva-J. What should she wear, what type of background, would we purchase additional pictures and how many, the questions were endless. When we got the pictures back, they were ok, but we are planning on retaking because they were not as good as we would have hoped. It is completely a shot in the dark when it comes to these pictures and to be honest the quality is somewhat what I remember from school pictures as a kid.

Recently I heard about a company that was working to change this so I thought I would look into it further and share it with all of you.

Linda Russell, of Mugshots School Photography, is using her skills and counting on her team of photographers to fix the current way school pictures are taken. The website itself states that:

Mugshots School Photography has parents excited once again and by taking personalized pictures worth framing! Russell is a pioneer in a monopolized world where one company has most of the market share.

After reading this and checking out the wonderful pictures on their website, I wanted to know more so I contacted Linda Russell herself and asked her a few of my own questions to get a better feel for what her company was all about, and I was happy to get a quick response.

1) Why are you trying to change the existing system of school photographs?

Because school is a great place to photograph kids and school photography has slid into a commodity product and why would we want to do that to our kids.

2) What do your photographs cost in comparison to other companies?

Are packages start at $15 and are in the same price range but have less unwanted sizes that end up in the drawer anyway. Our photo sessions are FREE and parents get to preview up to 6 images before purchasing.

3) What sets your photos (or your process) apart from other companies

We use local professional child photographers. Everything about our equipment, processes and shopping experience is new and improved. Check us out at www.mugsyclicks.com There is a novel there on how much better we are than the standard traditional school portrait company

4) Why should a school district change to your product over other companies that are out there

Because kids and parents deserve to have a valued product. Our students learn how to make GREAT photos which increases self esteem as well as reinforces cooperation and positive results. When you create images of value kids learn to value the process as well as the results. Plus great looking portraits of students and faculty reflects well on the school district’s values. Parents are the purchasers of school photos shouldn’t they get portraits that they value?

I don’t know how much pull I have but I would love to have high quality pictures like this in my own daughters’ school, maybe its time for a revolution, all parents rising up in support of better pictures! Ok, maybe I am going too far on that one, but really, I think we can expect more and it sounds like Linda is paving the way toward this new frontier.

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Project 365 (347/365) – Happy Halloween

November 1, 2009 in 365, Halloween, photo, photography, picture, project 365

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Project 365 (335/365) – Crawling Through the Rainbow

October 20, 2009 in Diva-PJ, photo, photography, picture, project 365

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Project 365 (334/365) – Having Some Fall Fun!

October 19, 2009 in Diva-J, photo, photography, picture, project 365

Had fun at a local Harvest Festival and found a very talented artist doing face painting. You can’t see all of the intricacy here, but this took a good 5-10 minutes to complete. Now it took much less time to mess if up…but that is another story.

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