Picture Day!

Hey guys!

So our picture day is this Thursday and I thought I would share with you all what I think of picture day.

Picture day to me seems like a day everything kind of goes wrong. A day you try so so hard to look great for a picture that everyone sees for years and years to come. They show it to their family and look back on it when they are older. Somehow no matter how hard we try, our picture never seems to look the way we want it. Maybe its our insecurities coming out of us, being selfconcious or just our picture not looking that great. Its a good thing they came up with the touchups they can do on the pictures otherwise there would be a lot more random hairs sticking up and one day zits that just happen to pop up on picture day. I have yet to find someone who is just really good at taking school pictures.

I think its really funny when kids do things like pass around the same purple sweatshirt for tons of guys to wear and then there is a sea of purple pictures through out the year book. (This happened at our school last year.) It's also always surprising how many kids forget that it's picture day and come to school in their pajama pants or with no make up. Oops! Then there are all those who end up having to have a second take becaue they didn't like the first one.

I'm sure that on the flip side, the photographer viewpoint of this day is less than spectacular as well. An average of 1000 kids all with different personalities and attitudes getting their photos taken. Sit, turn, tilt, smile, Cheese! Sit, turn, tilt, smile, Cheese, 1000 times over. Why aren't they listening to me? Can't they hear me? If they don't pay attention, we're going to be doing this until midnight!

Fortunately it only happens once a year. It's a pain, but it's a good thing, I guess. It's for the future...so we aren't forgotten. (349)

Ardeeemilla(: