29th Annual Recital

Footnotes Picture Day

Picture Day is a professional in-studio photography experience designed to capture your dancer with

confidence, personality, and stage presence—images you’ll treasure long after the season ends.​

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Booking Your Session

• Sessions must be booked in advance

• Photos are optional—only registered dancers will be photographed

• Each session includes 2 professionally captured images to choose from

• Additional images and products will be available for purchase

Sessions require a $38 sitting fee, which is applied toward your image purchase.

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Costumes & Sessions

• Each session is designed for one costume/look only

•  Each costume requires its own scheduled session

• You may book up to 3 sessions per dancer

• Each session requires a $38 sitting fee (applied as a credit toward your purchase)

• If multiple sessions are booked, each session receives its own $38 credit

Example:
3 bookings = $114 total → You receive 3 separate $38 credits toward your dancer’s gallery

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Scheduling Multiple Costumes

To allow time for quick changes:

• Leave at least 15 minutes between sessions

• Do not book back-to-back time slots

Example:
If your first session is at 10:00 AM, book your next at 10:15 AM or later

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Sibling & Buddy Photos

• Sibling or buddy photos are welcome

• Each group photo requires a separate scheduled session

• Dancers must be ready and present together at their scheduled time

👉 Additional sessions cannot be added on the day of the shoot without a booking

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Appointment Policy

• Sitting fees are non-refundable

• Sitting fees are applied as a credit only when the scheduled session is completed

• Missed sessions do not receive a credit

• Rescheduling is based on availability and not guaranteed

• Missed appointments or same-day cancellations will forfeit the session, deposit, and any associated credit.

👉 Your appointment time is reserved exclusively for your dancer.

These sessions are limited—please be considerate of other families.

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Drop-Off & Lobby Guidelines

Picture Day is a drop-off experience.

✅ One Parent May Enter the Lobby ONLY If:

• Your dancer is 7 years old or younger, OR

• Your dancer is 11 or under and requires help with a costume change

If this applies:

• One parent may accompany them inside

• Please line up along the lobby wall and wait to be called to check-in

• Studio C is for quick changes only (no lingering or hair prep)

 

🚫 No Parents in Photo Rooms

Parent presence inside photo rooms causes delays, and sessions move quickly.

Our trained staff will guide, pose, and support every dancer.

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Nervous Dancer?

If your dancer needs a moment, we’ll handle it with patience and encouragement (and yes… sometimes a lollipop).
If we truly need you, we’ll come get you.

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Arrive Picture-Ready

✔️ Costume & Appearance

• Do not wash costumes—steam wrinkles only

• Tights must be new and in sealed packaging

• Dance shoes should be clean (wipe with damp cloth)

• Ballet shoes: tuck laces neatly inside

 

Session Flow

• Sessions are fast and guided to maintain a smooth schedule

• Dancers should arrive fully dressed and picture-ready

• Please arrive on time

👉 Late arrivals may not be accommodated and may forfeit their session

👉 Due to the high volume of dancers, all sessions must be booked in advance

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After Your Session

Your private gallery link will be sent to the email(s) on file in your Parent Portal.

Our goal is to have all images edited and delivered prior to recital.

 

Editing includes:

• Color and exposure correction

• Light skin retouching

• Minor glasses adjustments

 

Please note: Wardrobe and appearance details (including shoes, tights, and costumes) will be photographed as presented. We do not retouch stains, scuffs, tears, or missing items.

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