Why You May Get a Bad School Photo
Lack of funding is the main reason for poor school photos. Most schools don’t have enough money to hire a professional photographer or even pay teachers enough to buy basic supplies. That means that the school photo booth will only be able to take a couple of photos per student. If they do have a professional photographer, they will charge an arm and a leg for their services, so they are unlikely to use it. Instead, they will use a cheap photographer who can do a decent job but is unlikely to deliver a professional-quality photo. The photos may not even be the same as the student’s real appearance.
Even though school photos are no longer cool, many parents struggle to make their children look good in them. Many parents think it’s the responsibility of the school photographer to take a good picture of their children, but most of the time, it’s not their fault. It used to be uncool to take pictures, but nowadays, it’s almost uncool for kids, and even worse for them when they have a lot of adults harassing them.
After the first photo is taken, the second portrait is taken. Eddy looks in the mirror and panics, but Ed tries to calm him down, but can’t say anything good about the picture. While waiting for the next frame, Eddy slumps over a music stand, but he doesn’t show the photo to his friends. He then shows his friends the photos in his locker. He has a momentary clarity.
Ed finds the copier and stuffs it in Eddy’s locker. He goes to the lunchroom, and when he gets back to the locker room, he finds pieces of paper containing copies of Eddy’s photo in every locker. Edd is then able to browse the rest of school and see a huge stack of photos. Edd is left wondering what happened to his photo. It’s a moment for self-discovery.
Although school portrait retouching has been around for a while, it is becoming more common. Teenage girls are increasingly using Photoshop to enhance photos. A travel blogger took to Twitter to criticize the process. An outraged mother took to TikTok and condemned the practice on social media. In Tampa, Fla., a mother noticed her child’s missing freckles in her daughter’s school photos. She asked for a basic retouching session from her daughter’s school photographer, and he did. The freckles were removed.
