Okay, she's my daughter so it means nothing when I say she's beautiful even though she is. So the outfit that takes these pics, they hold you hostage in the fall. Before the pics are even taken for the yearbook, they ransom you for the prints. They give you a retake, but the still charge like it is 1977.
Film developing is expensive, but digital previews are basically free. Yes, the equipment costs money, but if you're taking pictures as a trade, you're going to shell out for some equipment either way. Sears has digital previous because they don't sell a print unless they get a picture you'll be sucker enough to buy. The yearbook assholes, they don't care if the kid vomits on the lense at the retake.
Such professionalism. It's spooky how bad a fuck-up you can be and still get a job.
This spring pic was actually pretty good compared to some we've had. Autism doesn't lend itself to a posed shot, Mo can smell bullshit and she has a low tolerance for it. I dig that, makes me proud.
But here's what you get when you just point and click with a digital. I think this picture was taken by Miss Linda, it's from Special Olympics bowling a little over a year ago:
That beats hell out of any yearbook picture I've seen.
2 comments:
Yearbook? Little kids have a year books now too? Funny.
The posed pic is nice, as they are meant to be but there is just nothing better than a natural (i.e. non-posed) photo.
The artist formerly known as frau lobster took that pic...Mo was on a french fry induced post gutter ball high, I believe...
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