The Tradition Is Worth Keeping. So Is Your Budget.
A school portrait marks the year.
The old price is what put it out of reach.
Traditional packages charge $50 or more before you've seen a single photo, then bundle in prints you didn't want to get the one digital file you did.
We skipped the studio, the traveling photographer, and the equipment that made all of that expensive. You already took the picture. We do the part that makes it look like a school portrait. That's why it starts at $1.99.
Every Photo Starts at $1.99
This is a finished portrait on its own, not a stripped-down version you pay to complete.
Everything below is in the $1.99, and every add-on is optional.
One Classic Background
Slate, Horizon, Sandstone, or Evergreen, dropped in behind them in place of the couch or kitchen wall. A clean, even backdrop is half of what makes a portrait look like a school photo.
Studio Light, No Studio
A studio controls the light so a face looks even and true. Your kitchen doesn't. We correct the warm cast and even the light, so a home photo reads like a real portrait.
The Classic School Crop
That familiar crop is what makes a photo read as a school portrait, not a snapshot. We frame every one the same way, so leave yours uncropped.
High-Resolution JPEG
High enough resolution to print sharp at any size, from a wallet photo to a framed print on the wall. A standard JPEG, so it opens and prints anywhere without special software.
Full Printing Rights
It's your photo. Print it at the drugstore, from your own printer, wherever you want, as many times as you want. No per-print fees, no reorder forms, no expiration.
In Your Inbox in Minutes
Traditional school photos meant ordering and waiting weeks for a packet in the mail. Yours are finished and emailed while you're still at the kitchen table.
Add What You Want. Skip What You Don't.
The $1.99 portrait is already finished, so these are extras, not fixes for something missing.
Add the ones you want, skip the ones you don't. Even with all three, your total tops out at $5.49.
Retouching
+ $2 per image
Temporary blemishes or scratches, carefully removed. The freckles stay. Everything real stays.
Classic Collection
+ $1 per image
One portrait, four backgrounds. Good for when you genuinely can't choose or when the grandparents all want something different.
Personalization
+ $0.50 per image
Add their name, grade, or school year as a text overlay. Forty years from now you'll know exactly when this was.
A Few Things People Usually Ask
Every photo starts at $1.99. That covers one background, lighting and color correction, the classic school crop, and a high-resolution JPEG with full printing rights. Add-ons are optional and priced per photo: Retouching is $2, the Classic Collection with all four backgrounds is $1, and Personalization is $0.50. The most any single photo can cost is $5.49, with everything added.
The old price was never really about the photo. It was paying for the gym, the visiting photographer, the ninety-second session, and a package of sizes you didn't choose. Take all of that out, and a school photo costs $1.99. It isn't a discount. It's what the picture costs once the rest is gone.
No, and no. You pick the one photo you want, add anything extra you actually want, and pay once. You see the full price before you pay, and nothing gets added after.
Yes. That's the whole idea. You take the picture at home on any phone, and we swap in a classic background and fix the light and color. You preview and approve the shot before you pay, and you can retake it as many times as you want at no cost.
No. You get a high-resolution digital file with full printing rights, so you print what you want, at whatever size, wherever you like. We don't sell prints, and there's no package to buy into.