"I paid $80 for a cropped picture of my head on someone else's body," she said. Sophomore Brielle Anderson said she's pretty sure her head is on a boy's body. The vast majority of altered photos were of underclassmen, but several senior photos also appear to have been changed, school officials said. "There's somewhat of an issue with accepting responsibility," McKinney school spokesman Cody Cunningham said.Ībout 39 percent of the 1,486 photos were changed. "It is not the Lifetouch standard practice to alter images for yearbook publications," the company said.īut McKinney school officials said that they weren't looking for those types of alterations and that it doesn't explain why some of the changes were made. "Unfortunately, we misinterpreted what those guidelines were," said Sara Thurin Rollin, a spokeswoman for Lifetouch. The school wanted student head sizes approximately the same and students' eyes at the same level in the photos. Officials from Lifetouch National School Studios Inc., the Minnesota-based photography company, said someone at the company made the alterations in an attempt to comply with the school's photo guidelines. Some shirt colors were changed, while patterns and wording on other shirts were wiped out.Īt least 34 students had someone else's body. Multiple students have the same body and clothes. Another girl is missing her clothing – and was left with a blurred chest. "I cannot even figure out why they did some of the things that they did," said Lori Oglesbee, the school's yearbook adviser. View larger More photos Photo store McKinney school officials say they are appalled by the changes and called them unethical.
Some necks were stretched, and some outfits were altered.īrielle Anderson was one of several McKinney High students whose yearbook photos had been altered. Some girls' heads ended up on boys' bodies, and vice versa. Yearbook photos for 583 McKinney High School students were altered by a national photography company. Imagine posing for a yearbook photo and ending up with someone else's body – or looking nude – in the final product.
Students' photos altered in McKinney yearbookīy KARIN SHAW ANDERSON / The Dallas Morning News Lifetouch yearbook photos - what were they thinking?!.
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