What we do
Picateers is an innovative, online portrait company that is revolutionizing Picture Day. Picateers was founded in 2005 and serves schools nationwide. With Picateers, schools get flexibility to have Picture Day the way they want. Take pictures indoors or out. Use a Picateers certified professional photographer or use a volunteer photographer, typically a parent or staff member, from your school. Picateers provides an online wizard that guides anyone from amateur to professional though taking beautiful pictures and running a smooth Picture Day.
Parents enjoy safe, secure, 24/7 online access to their children's portraits along with the ability to preview portraits online before buying and get them printed on keepsakes such as mugs, greeting cards and mousepads. The Picateers Picture Day fundraiser gives schools and teams 50% or 40% cash back on all portraits purchased. The more parents buy, the more money goes back to their school.
Parents spend $2 billion on school pictures every year, and virtually none of that money goes to the school. Picateers is changing this. With our Picture Day fundraiser, a typical elementary school of 500 students can raise about $5,000 - a significant share of its annual fundraising goal.
For schools who want incredibly low prices for parents and where fundraising is not a goal, they may choose our lowest price option.
No other portrait service does our schools such a service.