Retakes and Makeups
At Here We Grow, we work hard with every child to create natural smiles - we love it and we’re good at it.
We also prioritize sharing a great experience with your child. Sometimes, however, these two goals just don’t work together - particularly for the littlest ones. We know that continuing to try to impress a child for too long a time can make them feel uncomfortable and pressured - and it rarely yields better results anyway.
While we understand a lack of smiles in your child’s portraits can be disappointing, we ask you to embrace the soulful expressions, the bedhead they wouldn’t allow to be fixed, the fingers in the mouth and even in some cases, the tears! It is a moment in time, it is their experience, their personality on that day, and a piece of who they are.
When a child refuses participation, or is very upset on set, we will do out utmost to bring them back later in the line up to try again - even trying another day if your school has enough students to require multiple Picture Days.
With exceptions for schools that have us return later in the year to capture Graduation Photos, we do not offer Retake or Makeup Picture Days in individual schools. Instead, we offer for you to join us at our ‘School Picture Retake Day’ events (open to anyone), held in our Toronto-based studio once in the fall and once in the spring, timed to occur after most school’s have had their Picture Days.
OUR NEXT “SCHOOL PICTURE RETAKE DAY” will be on Sunday November 10, 2024. Registration and pre-payment of a minimum Package is required, and is now open. Visit our Retake-Day page to learn more.
