Greek Social Life - Then and Now

[EEKappa]

Originally Posted by 33girl

BG & I are around the same age I think, and (I know she'll correct me if I'm wrong) I think that what she means by "modesty" is "we didn't put pictures of it all over the freaking internet." I know I've stated this before on here, but - professional photogs at mixers??

We always had Party Pics photographers at mixers and formals, even at our high school dances in the early 80's. Maybe this is a southern thing? The proofs sheets would arrive several days after the event, you'd hunt for the photos of yourself that looked cute, sign your name by them, and then the cost of the photos would be taken out of your house account. Several weeks later, you'd have that lovely keepsake photo with the event name and date on the side.

I know that this is all done online now, but we didn't have computers back then.

[SWTXBelle]

The cry of "Party Pics!" was well-known on our campus 83 - 86. (This was in TX). You could go by the office and order, or the proof sheets would come to the house.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by EEKappa

We always had Party Pics photographers at mixers and formals, even at our high school dances in the early 80's. Maybe this is a southern thing?

It must be, or else a big school thing. We had professional photogs on Pledge Pickup night (aka Bid Day) but that was it - and those events were generally pretty sedate compared to regular mixers (no scaring the newbies!!). When the proofs came back you ordered what you wanted. But at mixers and formals - NEVER. In addition to the privacy issue, we didn't have the money, and we didn't have such things as "house accounts."

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It must be, or else a small school thing. We had professional photogs on Pledge Pickup night (aka Bid Day) but that was it - and those events were generally pretty sedate compared to regular mixers (no scaring the newbies!!). When the proofs came back you ordered what you wanted. But at mixers and formals - NEVER. In addition to the privacy issue, we didn't have the money, and we didn't have such things as "house accounts."

My memory (which, granted, is not always perfect) is the opposite of this -- I actually don't remember any formal pics at Bid Day, but we did always get professional pictures at our formals/semi-formals. I have a whole bunch of those rectangular photos with the big white space on the bottom that had the date/place/name of the formal, etc. I think it was similar to what someone mentioned above, huge proof sheets came back and we had to take turns combing through them to find the ones we were in and order those and the versions of the group pictures we liked... I remember one that caught me mid-limbo (don't ask). I need to dig into some boxes and find my old albums...

[ForeverRoses]

We had photographers at bid day, homecoming (the parade) and at the major date parties each quarter. We didn't usually have them for mixers. From what I remember, the photographers were usually fellow students that worked for the photography company (usually photography majors- go figure). We did have one photographer that was obviously a fine art major- the pictures were all at odd angles and very "artsy". Not something that a bunch of sorority women necessarily apreciated in their formal pictures!

[honeychile]

We had a photographer who came in whenever at least two sororities or fraternities wanted them within two days. That meant Bid Day, Bif/Little Day, All Greek Mixers, Homecoming, Greek Week, Formals, and whenever two mixers happened within two days. That made it wise to ask a few other GLOs when they were planning "big" events. If I remember properly, we got an Index sheet & ordered from those; the Spirit Chair would be allowed to spend x amount on them. They cost roughly $1 each, 6/$5. I can't remember the name of the company, other than we dealt with a guy named Mark from Ohio.

After reading nittanyalum's post, they must have used the same company - or the same style.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It must be, or else a small school thing. We had professional photogs on Pledge Pickup night (aka Bid Day) but that was it - and those events were generally pretty sedate compared to regular mixers (no scaring the newbies!!). When the proofs came back you ordered what you wanted. But at mixers and formals - NEVER. In addition to the privacy issue, we didn't have the money, and we didn't have such things as "house accounts."

Nah. Our school had over 50,000 students, about 2500 Greek.

The photographer that came around the most was a pervert named Warren. He loved to put couples into really strange poses. Not indecent, just strange.

[AGDee]

We had a photographer at our semi-formal and formal dances (1 in fall, 1 in spring) but that was it... not at every mixer. We paid them a small fee and they made most of their money in the pics that we ordered from them. The pics would have the event info at the bottom usually, embossed on it. It's nice to have those now because the date and everything is right on there.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Nah. Our school had over 50,000 students, about 2500 Greek.

The photographer that came around the most was a pervert named Warren. He loved to put couples into really strange poses. Not indecent, just strange.

DA! I meant a big school thing. Editing my post....

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by EEKappa

We always had Party Pics photographers at mixers and formals, even at our high school dances in the early 80's. Maybe this is a southern thing? The proofs sheets would arrive several days after the event, you'd hunt for the photos of yourself that looked cute, sign your name by them, and then the cost of the photos would be taken out of your house account. Several weeks later, you'd have that lovely keepsake photo with the event name and date on the side.

I know that this is all done online now, but we didn't have computers back then.

We called them Joe Photo and had them in the Midwest in the late '90s. We still had proof sheets that were sent to the house and we would be charged if one of the (usually assumed embarrassing) photos was torn off the sheet, so that helped keep the lewd photos to a minimum.