In general, when do you give others Senior pictures, especially if you are not sending an official announcement?
Also,
More specifically- my father will be 94 yrs old soon and has significant problems with his memory (he won’t remember for sure when DS16 will graduate). Do you think if would be bad if we gave him a picture at his birthday? (They turned out great & I think he would enjoy having a nice picture of DS)
Thanks for your input.
My senior D’s adopted “Nana” is 91 and also suffering with dementia. Every time we speak to her (she now lives with her D out of town), she asks for any and all pictures of D.She says that her favorite thing in the world is looking at photos of all of her grands, great grands and great great grands. I don’t think there’s a time when one “should” give a photo. We’ll be sending our D’s senior photo as soon as we get them back.
Shouldn’t the student have some say in this?
If the pictures didn’t turn out well, the student might not want them sent to anyone.
@Marian he is the one that chose the picture/pose for us to purchase.
Other than that he does not seem to care one way or another. I’m just glad I got him to smile.
If you want to,send pictures out sooner, go right ahead. There is nothing wrong with doing this.
Yes, give them out whenever you want. We gave the grandparents theirs around the holidays.
No rules! Give them when the time is right for you! As long as it’s senior year, go for it!
For goodness sake - there’s no rule! Send a picture whenever you want! Why make an old man wait?
We took senior pictures of our kids, had them framed, and then gave them out at the graduation dinner to the grandparents and other relatives who we knew would want them. But not pictures in cap and gown - just the nice, yearbook-y style pictures that were taken.
I think that nice pictures should be sent to grandparents whenever they happen. Graduation pics could be sent framed. If the grandparents don’t want to display them, they can always put them in a folder.
My mother has a collection of pictures of her daughters, granddaughters and grandson, and great-grand children. She’s framed/displayed the ones she likes the best. Although some of my nieces take zillions of pictures, my mother and I both hate to be photographed and don’t take many. I think the thing is to share them and not get bent out of shape whether they are on display or not.
I think senior pictures can go out as soon as you get them. To me, they aren’t tied to graduation. My favorite graduation picture is of the 3 kids together with the graduate in cap and gown, all hugging and smiling. Not a professional photo, just a great graduation day photo.
What grandparent doesn’t want another photo? By all means send them - no special occasion needed. I would stick it in s frame for ease and write a nice note.
My daughter was as senior last year and I am just now giving them to my in laws …but they live in Sweden and I wanted them to be hand delivered since the postal system isn’t all that reliable. This is the first time we will be there in the last year since she had them taken. Leaving this week 