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A Nationally Award Winning and Recognized School Photography Company
Seniors, preschools, k-11, sports, yearbooks, Branding, staff
Owner: Chanda Pope

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Sometimes the biggest wins aren’t the trophies… they’re the reminder that doing things differently is worth it ❤️
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When we launched Scholar Snaps LLC in the fall of 2024, we weren’t trying to become the biggest school photography company. We simply wanted to become the right partner for the right schools. Schools that believe students deserve more than standing on an “X”. Schools that value authenticity and believe every student deserves to be seen, heard, celebrated and documented for who they are❤️
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This past week we attended the national school photographers of America conference, surrounded by some of the most talented school photographers in the country. To be recognized as national finalists for the second year in a row across multiple categories was already such an honor… But hearing our name called as national champion in the senior creative category absolutely melted my heart… because this award isn’t just about one image. It’s about every senior who trusted us with their story. It’s about letting students wear what feels like them, choosing locations that matter to them and creating senior portraits that actually reflect who they are… not who we think they should be.
School photography isn’t new to me. I’ve spent years documenting students thru @photographybychanda but creating Scholar Snaps allowed us to completely reimagine what school photography could look like… from picture day to yearbooks to senior experiences, school live events to everything in between.
One thing will never change SAFETY will always come first. Protecting students. Creating an experience where they feel comfortable, confident, and celebrated. Partnering with schools to build a vision that reflects their community from the very first picture day all the way to the final yearbook.

To my incredible team.. thank you! Thank you for caring as deeply as I do. Thank you for your bringing your energy, creative, patience, and passion to every student or school event and every picture day. This recognition belongs to every one of you. To all the school photography companies accross the country who genuinely care about your schools, your students, and your teams… thank you! taken in Raleigh, North Carolina by @scholarsnapsllc

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4 months ago

Incase anyone was wondering when we get a break what we do 😝 another awesome week with beautiful humans 🥰 here are just some of our team today… note to self we need to make sure we get all faces in the selfie lol
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#scholarsnapsllc #ohsnap #schoolphotographersofamerica
#clt #team #teamwork #realmoments by @scholarsnapsllc

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a year ago

Did you know that History was being made on the big stage this Holiday Season? @corviancommunityschool became the first charter school in NC to hit the big stage at the state championship football game—- and we were excited to capture every moment at @ncstate this past weekend, 🐺 🌟 @corviancardinalsfootball @coachchris_amill has shown us all what passion, hard work, and determination can achieve. They’ve inspired us to dream bigger and higher! 💫
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Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season filled with love, cheer, and a little extra motivation to chase your dreams. 🌲 💫
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#historymade #dreambigger #schoolphotographer #nchsaa #media #statechampionship #holidaycheer #passion #football #photographybychanda #shotoncanon #scholarsnapsllc taken in NC State University by @scholarsnapsllc

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2 years ago

Some kids smile for the camera. Lainey brought the ENTIRE personality. 😂📸❤️
Meet Lainey. 2nd grade. Professional expression maker. And clearly, she understood the assignment!!! 😂👏
The smiles, the sass, the silly faces, the poses… ALL OF IT! And yes, this is what YEARBOOK PICTURE DAY looks like with Scholarsnaps! ❤️
We give our students a little time to just BE THEMSELVES if they want!!! Because sometimes the best picture isn’t the one you planned… it’s the one that happens in between! 🥹
🚨 PARENTS!!! YOU’VE GOT MAIL!!! 📬📸
ALL galleries from last month through this past week have officially been SENT!!! 🎉
Preschool littles, K–11th graders AND our fabulous SENIORS!!! Check those emails (and spam folders)! ❤️
And as for us???
Another school next week… another the week after… and another after that! 😂
It’s basically a YEARBOOK WORLD TOUR at this point, humans!!! 🎤📸😂
Different schools. Thousands of personalities. A whole lot of memories.
And we wouldn’t have it any other way!!! ❤️
XOXO, Your Scholarsnaps Team 📸💕
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#lkn #clt #schoolphotos #scholarsnapsllc #beauty by @scholarsnapsllc

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14 hours ago

🎃🐾 OH MY GOURD… PHOEBE’S GOT A GIVEAWAY!! 👻🧡
Our Scholarsnaps mascot has traded her bows for a pumpkin costume and decided it’s time to TREAT YOU!! 😂🎃
One lucky winner will snag a basket FULL of goodies… rare NeeDohs (YES, even the NeeDoh Advent Calendar!!), Halloween candy, a spooky skull Stanley AND a gift certificate to our shop! 🛍️🖤
👻 WANNA PLAY? IT’S EASY!
🎃 LIKE this post! 🧡 COMMENT your favorite Halloween candy! 👻 SHARE this post and tag a friend who needs a little Halloween happiness!
That’s it! You’re entered! 🎉
Phoebe says GOOD LUCK… she’s already exhausted from supervising this giveaway. 😂🐾 (Swipe to the end for proof!)
Happy HOWL-O-WEEN from your Scholarsnaps crew! 🎃🖤
Winner announced [the 29th]! Not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook.
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#lkn #clt taken in Huntersville, North Carolina by @scholarsnapsllc

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3 days ago

The yearbook photo is important… but THIS is the stuff we really want them to remember. ❤️📸
We are officially deep in our YEARBOOK ERA, and yes… if your bestie is nearby, we are absolutely pulling them in for a few. 😂
These two 11th graders made our job pretty easy. The laughing, the hugs, the little in-between moments 💛 THIS is school too. And this is why our yearbook days are about so much more than one photo and moving on to the next kid.
And since it’s HOCO DAY for so many of you… GO HAVE FUN!!! ✨ Get dressed up, take way too many pictures, laugh with your people, dance, be silly and make the memories you’ll still be talking about when you’re flipping through that yearbook years from now.
Go make the memories. We’ll keep documenting them. ❤️
Happy HOCO from your ScholarSnaps team if it’s today or next month!!!
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📸 @ Mary and Tommie
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#scholarsnapsllc #clt #lkn #schoolphotography #schoolphotographer taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @scholarsnapsllc

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15 days ago

☎️ RING RING… Mother Nature called. We’re back ON for tomorrow! 😂📸
And apparently she’s decided to behave next week too. ☀️🤞
Not sure when your Picture Day is? Check your Schoology + emails or just message us!
And yes… the nostalgic phone had to match the ScholarSnaps vibe. ☎️✨ Thanks @anthropologie + @nativeunion Pop Cable for understanding the assignment. 😂
See you on the other end of the lens! ❤️📸

Love your Scholar Snaps team!!!
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I mean who else loves the nostalgia??? I still have my house phone from when I was a lil girl!!! Fun fact 😝
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#scholarsnapsllc #schoolphotography #lkn #schoolphotographersofamerica by @scholarsnapsllc

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24 days ago

YEARBOOK ERA: ACTIVATED. 📸✨
We’ve been living in our yearbook era ALL week… and we’ll pretty much be here until the end of November. 😂❤️
We’re always asked, “What does a ScholarSnaps yearbook picture actually look like?” Wellllll… here you go.
Meet gorgeous Zuri, 10th grade. 🍂📸
Our goal is pretty simple: let the student lead. Want a big smile? We’ve got you. Serious face for the yearbook? Absolutely. Want ONE great image and to get right back to class? Done. ❤️
We never want to force a student to smile, pose, or be anything other than who they are.
But here’s what we’re finding more and more… they actually want to stay for a bit. 🥹 They start talking, laughing, moving around, trying another expression ❤️ and suddenly picture day doesn’t really feel like picture day.
And THAT is exactly what we want. ❤️
A few minutes. Great light. Real expressions. Their choice. Their personality. Their yearbook.
Just a little peek at how we do things around here. 📸❤️
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#scholarsnapsllc #schoolphotographersofamerica #schoolphotographer #clt taken in Corvian Community School by @scholarsnapsllc

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Same initials. Same DNA. Same senior year. Completely different energy. 😂👍

Meet the M + M twins ❤️ Milan & his sister ❤️ and quite possibly one of my favorite examples of why senior pictures should never feel like... senior pictures.

We started with two completely different vibes. 💗
She brought the pink, the sweet, the color, the gorgeous hair and that smile that basically does all the work.

Milan brought the cool fit, the “I’m just gonna stand right here and look cool” energy...

...and apparently THUMBS UP. 👍

Because somewhere along the way I learned that if Milan is in a picture, there is a VERY good chance a 👍 is coming with him. 😂 And you know what? We document the human, so the thumbs stay.

Then we put these two together and THAT is when their actual story showed up.

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piggyback rides.
Then SWITCH. 😂
Laughing.
Carrying each other ❤️ quite literally.

Which feels pretty appropriate for twins who have probably been carrying, annoying, supporting, competing with and laughing at each other their entire lives.

And can we talk about the M situation?! Both of their first names start with M. Their LAST name starts with M. They’re twins.

Basically, their parents committed to the theme and I respect it. 😂👏

These are the moments I love most about senior sessions. Of course we want the beautiful portrait Mom is going to frame. We want the cool shot they’ll actually post. We want each senior to have their OWN look and personality.

But then I want the stuff in between.

The ridiculous thumbs up.
The sibling picking you up.
The laughing-so-hard-we’re-done moment.
The photo that makes absolutely no sense to anyone else but will make your family laugh 20 years from now.

Because senior year isn’t only about documenting what you look like. It’s about remembering exactly who you were ❤️ and who was right there beside you. ❤️

M + M, you two were FUN.

And Milan... 👍 right back at ya. 😂

Scholar Snaps say more “yep, THAT’S them.” 📸

#ScholarSnaps #ClassOf2027 #SeniorPictures #SeniorTwins SeniorPortraits CharlotteSeniorPhotographer taken in Camp North End by @scholarsnapsllc

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a month ago

🐾📚 HOLD THE PAW 🐾 YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE?! 😎

Well, well, well… look who came out of summer retirement.

PHOEBE IS BACK. 😂🐾

Our fluffy Scholar Snaps mascot helped us talk yearbooks last year, and apparently she decided this was now an annual responsibility.

She reviewed one of last year’s book.
She checked the photos.
She put on her shades. 😎
She took the shades OFF.
She put her paw to her forehead because apparently some of y’all still need reminding. 😂

2026–2027 YEARBOOKS ARE NOW ON SALE! 📚

Be on the lookout for ordering information from your school because this is one book you definitely want on the shelf.

Because someday, it won’t just be a yearbook.

It’ll be “LOOK HOW LITTLE WE WERE!”
“Remember that teacher?!”
“That was your haircut?!” 😂
“That was my best friend.”
“That was our team.”
“That was OUR year.”

The big moments, the everyday moments, the friendships, the wins, the awkward stages 😂, and all those little pieces of growing up that you don’t realize you’ll miss until you do.

One whole school year of growing up, tucked between two covers. ❤️

And we feel pretty darn lucky that Scholar Snaps gets to help tell that story.

So take it from our resident yearbook expert…

Order the book. Keep the memories. Future you will be glad you did.

Phoebe has spoken. 🐾😎📚

OH SNAP… LOOK AT THAT!

#ScholarSnaps #OhSnapLookAtThat #Yearbook2027 #YearbooksAreOnSale SchoolPhotography PictureDay #clt

For the carousel: I would 100% make the first open-mouth/yawning-looking shot the cover image. It reads like Phoebe is literally yelling the announcement. Then end with the paw hitting the sunglasses—perfect punchline. 😂 taken in Huntersville, North Carolina by @scholarsnapsllc

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2 months ago

SENIOR SUNDAY 🏈🌊 | From Weekend Night Lights to whatever comes after the final whistle…

Meet Aiden | Class of 2027. ❤️

And this Senior Sunday feels like the perfect one to share him because last night the Corvian Cardinals kicked off their season with a WIN 🙌 and this guy scored some pretty important points. 🔥🏈

Aiden is a wide receiver, he is FAST, he can fly down a football field… and apparently when he isn’t catching passes, he’s doing pull-ups on the goalpost crossbar. 😂 Because why wouldn’t you?

So of course we had to include his football portraits with his senior pictures because both are Aiden.

The red jersey. The locker room. The smoke. The intensity.

And then… the button-up shirt. 😂

If you know Aiden, you know athletic clothes are pretty much the uniform, so seeing him a little dressed up for senior pictures was kind of fun. Don’t worry, we kept the shorts and sneakers. We weren’t trying to change the kid completely. 😎

And that’s really what we want senior pictures to be.

Not turning a senior into someone they’re not.

Just documenting who they are right now.

For Aiden, football is a big part of that story ❤️ but it isn’t the whole story.

He has always loved the ocean, marine life and marine biology 🌊, and I love that the kid who can fly across a football field also has this completely different side and interest waiting beyond it.

Because seniors are more than their sport.

More than their jersey number.

More than one picture.

And this year is about documenting all of it.

Congrats on the first WIN of the season, Aiden + Cardinals! ❤️🏈

Now go score some more points… and maybe stay OFF the goalpost. 😂

Your sport. Your interests. Your style. Your story.
That’s senior year at Scholar Snaps. 📸

#SeniorSunday #ScholarSnaps #ClassOf2027 #CorvianCardinals #CorvianFootball taken in Camp North End by @scholarsnapsllc

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2 months ago

SENIOR SUNDAY ☀️🎞️ | The kind of senior session that feels more like a film than a photoshoot.
Meet Chloe. 🤍
Bright sun. Orange wildflowers. A white skirt set catching the breeze. Running, twirling, taking it all in 🧡 and barely a “pose” in sight.
Because sometimes the best senior pictures happen when we stop trying to make a moment 🧡 and simply let it happen.
Chloe is a traveler, a storyteller, and a girl with dreams of doing something in the world of film 🧡 which feels pretty perfect, because her whole session looked like scenes pulled straight from one. 🎥✨
She has this beautiful curiosity about the world, an adventurous spirit, and goodness, she is STUNNING.
This is what we love about senior photography at ScholarSnaps: Not making every senior fit into the same picture. Just giving them the space to be exactly who they are.
And Chloe? She made the sunshine look like it belonged to her. ☀️🌼

Class of 2027, your story is already worth documenting. 🎞️
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#classof2027 #seniorsession #scholarsnapsllc #clt #seniorpicsunday taken in Camp North End by @scholarsnapsllc

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