Senior Portraits
"Remembering the times"
*Student Edition*

The world is constantly changing

What makes anybody assume that you won't change with it? Of course you're going to need that dressed up photo for Grandma to "gush" over, but do all your friends see you that way? And would you want them to?
At Downtown Studios We live by the adage "variety is the spice of life". If you have the itch to show off every team jersey you have... do it1 If mom wants photos "looking 'Semi-Normal'", your friends expect to see you dressed like they'll always remember you, then there's the one for that special someone... but all that's O.K.!

Be yourself & enjoy yourself

Bring in the hockey equipment, wear your boyfriend's letterman jacket. You want a shot of you paying Nintendo, you want to look like you and Boo Boo Kitty are talking on the phone, you want to come in with your entire drum set, even if you want a photo with your entire family... that's O.K.!!! ( A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT O.K. )

P.S. If you need to bring in more than twenty changes of clothing, please call ahead and warn us, ( SO WE CAN MEET WITH OUR THERAPIST)

The Right To Choose Ones Own Packages:

When people call Downtown Studios they ask what are our package prices are, and we have to tell them the price for one 8X10, the price for one 5X7, then finality the price for one Wallet . People find it hard to understand we DON'T DO PACKAGES!! Besides if you design your own package, you're not going to order more than you think you need. Why get Six 5X7s if you know you'll only give out two? You don't have to pay for extras if you don't get extras.

The Right To Order A Variety Of Poses:

you know Grandma and Aunt Flow have to have a photo of you in your Sunday best, but that doesn't mean you want to order just that one pose. What about the one where you look a little more normal. (OR EVEN HUMAN). You're allowed to choose the amount of the different photos it takes to describe "who you were" your senior year.

The Right To Take Your Time:

As it may seem, negatives Don't spoil, Big city photographers would like to give you that impression, possibly to rush you into making your order. Face it, there should be no expiration date on your photos. If you want to order when the proofs arrive at the studio, you can. And if you have to wait until everyone at school, work, or even in the state has seen them, that's just fine with us.

The Right To Satisfy Unexpected Needs:

We will never allow our customers to spend sleepless nights worrying if they've ordered enough reprints for every friend and relative who might want one. Or if that special someone should say; rip your portrait to shreds, set it on fire and bury the ashes in a shallow unmarked grave on the side of some back road, by accident, you still can order a replacement. No matter how many years have passed by, if we still have those negatives (AND WE MOST LIKELY DO), you can order again and again as much or as little as you want.

Get It Done!

Our Sitting fee is quite reasonable, we really don't think any of our customers have had to put up another mortgage on the house to cover the sitting fee. And you're not required to purchase photos under any time limit. But we suggest you do it while you're thinking about it. Procrastination is a Bad-Thing; don't let it get to the point where someone from the annual staff has to push you up against the wall to snap " a quick one", (the one that should have a caption reading "still at large and should be considered armed and dangerous") . A lot of seniors want to wait for the right time, maybe you're waiting for that perfect tan, or maybe you want to have photos taken while the leaves on the trees are the perfect color. If you wait all that won't matter anyway.

Traveling... 15 minute penalty.. replay first down:

No, don't get us wrong, we love doing outdoor photos, (WE'D NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THOSE SETS INSIDE). But if the bridge you want in the background of your senior portraits just happens to be the Mighty Mack, there's a few things we're going to need...
any location shots beyond 15 miles from Iron Mountain, I'll have to charge a traveling fee of $.75 a mile AFTER 15 miles. (IF WE GO 20 MILES WE ONLY CHARGE FOR THE 5 EXTRA MILES, ADDING $3.50 TO THE SITTING FEE.)