Buckle your seat belt: this is going to be an expensive year for you. Ha ha--I have been there!
I did my son's graduation pics myself and they came out fantastic. Everyone we know was upset that they spent so much and got the same results we did.
We had to go with a professional chosen by the school or they wouldn't put the picture in the yearbook. Rip off if you ask me.
Wow that is a LOT of money for pictures! I got a few years before Aurora has to get those done and good thing to because it looks like I would have to save up for them at the price.
kathieb - Help! What else am I going to have to pay for? Should I have taken out a 'senior year loan'?
nessa - I think boys are less picky than girls, and hopefully I will get away with that next year. Actually, he's already talking about having one of his friends take his pictures, and that would work, too.
karen - That definitely sounds like a rip off. I have been reading, though, that most of the studios will take your picture for the yearbook, even if you don't buy any of them. However, there's probably still the 'session fee' to be paid.
tammy - start saving now! Or convince Aurora to let you take some. We only ended up spending around $400. I think they quote that really outrageous amount first so that the final total doesn't seem so bad. It still seems bad, but the girls kept saying, 'this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing' and 'this is the last time you'll get pictures taken of her.' Yeah, right - but I caved.