RANDY JACKSON PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTS
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR TODAYS MODERN SCHOOLS
A NEW APPROACH TO SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR TODAYS SCHOOLS
ABOUT OUR COMPANY I always hated my school pictures growing up. I was always embarrassed to show my ID card to anyone because I knew they would laugh at it. I found out several years later… I wasn’t alone. Now that I have kids, I hate the pictures that my children come home with. Cheesy smiles (I’m sure they tell them to say cheese!), neon greenscreen backgrounds that don’t match any colors in my home, and only one photo to choose from. That’s it… ONE! Plus, they make you pay and order before you even see the photo. What if you hate it? Too bad… you’re stuck with it. I am a wedding photographer by trade. After thinking about school photography, I set out to put a stop to these horrible pictures and bad experiences and to put a new fun twist on picture day that everybody loves. And the end result… fun, creative, and a variety of beautiful images for every family to choose from. I can’t wait to bring Randy Jackson Photography to your school and show you how something so simple as a good quality photograph can elevate your school to the next level. Warm Regards, <>< Randy Jackson
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT? Sick of those boring mundane photographs of your students with the same old green screen backgrounds? Tired of hearing complaints from the parents that the ONE photo your current school photography company took was so cheesy? (cue the superhero music…) That’s where we come in! We love what we do. We love to interact with each student, getting those natural smiles and true reactions. We are all about making our photos about the students. No silly poses or goofy smiles. You’ll get nothing but true authenticity! And… we take more than ONE photo of each student. In fact, you are guaranteed that we will provide at least three amazing photographs of each child (if not more). We work closely with the school to meet their needs, as well as the needs of the families. All of our portrait sessions are done outside with natural lighting with your choice of adding in a “formal” background for one of the poses. For the other poses, we like to find a great spot on your school’s beautiful campus that offers a variety of backgrounds like a brick wall, grass, or a bench. Depending on the size of your school, we come with two or three professionally trained photographers and an assistant to help in keeping the flow moving and organized. If you have a large school
of 300 or more students, we like to break the shoot up into a few days. This is usually done by grade level. We know the school doesn’t want to be dealing with photos all day long… and our photographers need a break as well to make sure that the images are amazing for each student. It takes us up to two weeks after the shoot (usually sooner), to have all the images up online in the password protected galleries. We will be sending a personalized email to each parent with their own link and password to view and order their photos. All sales are done online and orders take only two weeks to be delivered to the customers door. Your school doesn’t need to worry about handling the orders or getting the orders home in one piece. We sell prints and digital files as well. When parents purchase the digital prints, they are sent a link to download the images instantly, along with a copyright release letting them use the images in any way they’d like to. Our goal is to make picture day a fun and hassle free time for both students and staff, while capturing and preserving each students personality. We want you’re families to say “Wow… these are not the typical boring school photos!”
PHOTO EXAMPLES Here are some photo examples that we took of some students at Bear River Highschool in Grass Valley, CA. These are just some of the standard shots that we take of each student on picture day.
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PROUD PAREN
WHAT DO YOU GET? We come and take school pictures for free! That’s right... all sessions are free. Here are a few more things that we provide to the school, free of charge: • “Picture Day” digital flyer to email to parents. (we can also print these for you if requested) • “Picture Day” posters • 3 to 5 poses per child (shot outside with natural light, formal background available) • Class photos for elementary schools (1 - 8x10 class photo print per class) • Custom ID Cards/Badges for all staff and students • Individual faculty photos • Cume photo stickers for each student • Principal binder (photo directory) • Admin copy of digital images (main photo) • Yearbook copy of digital images (formatted for most yearbook design software) • Secure online galleries for each student If there is anything else that your particular school needs, most likely we can provide it to you. So if you don’t see something on the list above, please contact us and ask!
YEARBOOK CONCEPT DESIGN
Does your senior class have a certain “special” project that they want to do for the yearbook? WE LOVE THAT! Or maybe there is a certain look that the yearbook staff are shooting for. WE LOVE THAT! We work closeley with your yearbook team to insure you’ve got the photos you need to make your yearbook amazing and personalized to your school. Each school is different and we get that! Maybe your school has super strong school spirit and you want to feature that in the yearbook somehow. We would love to work with you in coming up with a fun a unique way to accomplish that. For instance, Forest Lake Christian School’s senior class decided that they wanted to have a big spread in their yearbook of their seniors posing for a mug shot. This was a super fun idea that we were able to incorporate into picture day. Every school we work with will receive a CD formatted for yearbook import, making the yearbook staff’s job so much easier. Never type in each students name again! We work with many yearbook publishing companies such as Herf Jones, Jostens, Memory Books, and more. With most yearbook publishers, we are able to upload your images digitally so you don’t have to worry about
getting the school photos imported into your design software at all. We work closely with your yearbook publisher’s rep to make this as seamless and simple as possible for you. Our founder, Randy Jackson, currently teaches yearbook and photography to junior high and high school students, part time. Randy will often come and visit schools as a guest speaker. He’ll give a quick lesson on the basic functions of a camera, what makes a good yearbook spread, how to take amazing portraits, etc. All in all, we want your yearbook to be amazing. And to do that, you need some amazing photographs. We would love to help get your students involved in the learning process, and make your yearbook advisers job a little bit easier!
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
How they got such great photos of my squirly child is beyond me! We love our photos! PROUD PARENT: NATALIE BROWNING
LITTLE MUNCHKINS! Preschool photography is where it all started for us. We work with many preschools in providing beautiful photos of their little munchkins. Preschoolers can be a tough age to photograph and many photographers out there won’t even give it a try. To us... it’s one of our most rewarding and favorite kinds of photo sessions. Yes, it sometimes has it’s challenges, but we love a good challenge and our photographs are living proof that we can capture amazing images of almost any child. What’s the trick you may ask? The key is talking with the students and keeping them engaged with the photographer at all times, and... just letting them be a kid. Some of the best shots are of kids just talking to us and not even posing for the camera.
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