Why are School photographs expensive?

A poor quality photo can seem expensive, but at Smiles At School we aim to give you a good choice of images and lots of fun, happy memories. And our aim is quality images that you’ll treasure forever – and that’s priceless.

Running a school photography company doesn’t come without its costs that need to be covered; from staffing and hardware to editing and printing, plus of course we also pay the School a commission from every sale too, which usually goes straight to buying resources for your children! Then there’s our insurances, DBS checks, ever-increasing taxes and more. So we need to ensure our images are great quality to ensure sales cover our costs – the schools don’t pay us to be there, so we have to do a great job for the parents!

We offer many ways for you to get the best value from your School photos, such as Earlybird discounts to get the best price, offering discounted packages, build-you-own packs, multibuy discounts and more. Our aim is to offer affordable photographs and the option to choose exactly what you need – no massive packs forcing you to buy prints you don’t need!

On top of that, we offer great free delivery options and digital images which allow you to print as many multiple copies as your heart desires! And for those with siblings in School, you can mix and match your packs, build your own from all images, or we even give family discounts on our digital packs for all images. Now that’s great value.

As a little example… the savvy parent buying a £10 print in a pack, with our earlybird offers will in fact pay less than £6.70 with all discounts PLUS free delivery to their School too. It pays to order early as Earlybird offers mean we can print in bulk and ship to one delivery address, saving you money!

It’s worth considering – especially for our Nursery and Preschool photoshoots – how we deliver a great variety of photographs of the children. It’s almost like a mini photoshoot at your local high street studio. But sooo much cheaper! We never charge parents to photograph their child – so the kids get a free shoot and lots of fun for nothing. And there’s no hard sell, unlike your high street photographer… you only buy the photos you like. If you don’t think we’ve hit the mark, then there’s no cost to you. But many parents buy all of the images and get a fantastic deal as a result…

Now, a set of 10 digital images from your high street studio would set you back over £600 in many cases, and prints can range from a few hundred pounds too! So the value for capturing your little one every year of his or her nursery and school days is really great value.

We understand that the expense of buying photos is something not everyone can afford, but we believe the right photographer will make sure there is something available for every budget.