Comings & Goings

Comings & Goings photos are a unique and special way to remember your child’s elementary school years. Two professionally shot portraits of your child — one taken in kindergarten and the other in fifth grade — are a wonderful family keepsake.

Take these two simple steps to participate in Comings & Goings 2012 and we’ll take care of the rest!

1. Please fill out and sign the photo release form (links are below) for your child’s school + grade and turn in to your classroom teacher by the early February date printed on your child’s photo release form. We must have your signed release to take your child’s photo.
2. Please pay for your child’s photo — to pay online, click on the pink AUCTION SITE box on the right, then click on “Comings and Goings Photos” on the left side of the auction page. Or, you can make out a check to “APCP Tri-School Fundraiser” and clip it to your child’s photo release.

All Comings & Goings photo portrait sessions are at your child’s school and take place during school hours. Please click on the school + grade below to access a link to a photo release form.

• Beach kindergarteners: Wednesday, February 15
• Beach fifth graders: Friday, February 17
• Havens kindergarteners: Wednesday, February 15
• Havens fifth graders: Monday, February 13
• Wildwood kindergarteners: Friday, February 10
• Wildwood fifth graders: Tuesday, February 28 NEW DATE!
• Make-up days for all schools: Tuesday, February 28

Questions & Answers

Q. What should my child wear?
A: Something flattering that he or she is comfortable in (e.g., a favorite dress, shirt, etc.)

Q: When will my child’s photo be taken?
A: Our photography team will begin at each school by 9:30 a.m. according to the schedule above and will be finished before the end of the school day.

Q: My child missed his/her photo day. What do I do?
A: Please contact Comings & Goings coordinator Julie Braun to arrange a makeup shoot on Tuesday, February 28.

Q: What does the final photo look like?
A: All portraits are black-and-white head shots from the shoulders up. Photos will be professionally printed on 8 x 10 paper, professionally matted, and enclosed in a protective plastic cover to ensure they remain in pristine condition!

Q: When can I get my child’s portrait?
A: Photos will on display at Spring Fling 2012 — Great Gatsby and available for pick-up by any families attending the event. All photos will be available for pick-up from your child’s classroom the week after the event, i.e., the second week of May.

Q: Can I buy more than one copy of my child’s portrait?
A: Yes. Reprints are available directly from the photographer, Brian Molyneaux. Please contact Brian at brianmolyneaux@gmail.com for more information.

Need to know more?

• For more information about Comings & Goings 2012, please contact Comings & Goings coordinator Julie Braun.
• If you have any questions about paying online for Comings & Goings photos, please email helpingpiedmontschools@gmail.com or call 510-653-1816.

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Comings & Goings 2012 photo portraits have been generously contributed by Brian Molyneaux Photography.

Professional photographer and Piedmont dad Brian Molyneaux specializes in family and portrait photography. Brian has learned photography by doing and by having a strong eye for what is aesthetically and compositionally beautiful. He has shot a lot of street photography in New York, food in San Francisco, and excels at capturing the family dynamic through group and individual portraiture everywhere. On location or in his studio, Brian is well versed in creating photos that last a lifetime. Brian’s work has been featured in the San Francisco Examiner as well as in New York Magazine’s Grub Street column and The Brooklyn Rail.