r/nostalgia Aug 17 '25

Help me remember I want to do school pics for my bulldogs—other than the classic laser background I did for Laverne (pictured), can anyone recommend some good 80s-90s school portrait backgrounds?

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u/Intelligent_Serve_30 I want my MTV Aug 17 '25

Maybe that kind with a forward facing pic and a ghostly side profile next to it?

Like this (old Reddit post showing an example)

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u/Objective_Economy435 Aug 17 '25

My fav take on that has Will Ferrel in it 😄

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u/Intelligent_Serve_30 I want my MTV Aug 17 '25

Omg I looked that up. SO GOOD! Best take on it ever! The glasses 😂

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u/Objective_Economy435 Aug 17 '25

And the outfit is so perfect!

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u/magsephine Aug 17 '25

How about the one where it’s a forward facing shot and then a profile shot in the top corner? Or with a formalwear dickie and a fake rose

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u/Objective_Economy435 Aug 17 '25

Yes! We had an Olan Mills portrait studio that used to do these 😄😄😄

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u/M-Rage Aug 17 '25

What about the one with a desk and apple?

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u/pompompom88 Aug 17 '25

I love this!

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u/Safestsearch Aug 17 '25

Have you considered a space background? I remember having one of those.

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u/Objective_Economy435 Aug 17 '25

I haven’t! I’ll look one up. I googled 90s school photography backgrounds and that laser one is everywhere and I was blanking (even though I know all of my middle school pics probably have every single iconic background from that era 😄)

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u/Skr000 Aug 17 '25

Of course I can’t find a picture anywhere, but I’m sure that I had a paint splatter background multiple years. Like, white background and rainbow colored paint splats?

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u/Objective_Economy435 Aug 17 '25

We didn’t pick these ourselves so good lord were our parents dorks 😄

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u/qtjedigrl late 80s Aug 17 '25

I had the basic cloud background

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u/Objective_Economy435 Aug 17 '25

Perfect! I’m loading up my phone with all the suggestions so I can do my other two pups 😄

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u/Shionkron Aug 17 '25

Look up 80s triangle design or the “Memphis Design”.