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What I Use to Take Our Own School Pics 🏫📸

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School photos cost way too much, and turn out terrible most of the time😅! For the past few years, we’ve taken our kids’ “school pictures” at home with the help of these tools! 📸
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Apps I Use to Edit 📱

Here are some apps I use to edit the photos I take for our “school pictures”. They have free and paid options🫶
 
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I use this app to edit out unwanted things like pet hair on their clothing, blemishes, etc.
‎Photoshop Express Photo Editor
 
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If you are into presents for editing, this is a great way to find some as well as finding references for editing/posing too.
‎Pinterest
 
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This app helps me easily remove the background of portraits to put the subject against a studio-like backdrop
‎Photoroom: AI Photo Editor

Physical Equipment 💡

Here are some things I use to help make photos turn out better in quality, which makes for less editing later!
 
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I actually really love this product for getting better lighting for our school pics! You can change the hue and brightness, and that’s a game changer. The better pics you have, the less editing needs to be done ✔️
TikTok Shop Ring Light
 
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Okay, I actually use my OLD iPhone 14… but apparently this is the oldest one available on their site with dual camera lenses🙃 rude
iPhone 17
 
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Not necessarily a physical product, but references from professional photographers definitely help! This is on what to wear💃
5 Tips For What To Wear For AWESOME School Pictures
 
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If you wanna get real crazy and make editing SUPER easy by having a little studio setup, this is a nice beginner kit from Walmart!
OPTIONAL: A Beginner Photographer Kit