School picture day can either feel like the best day of the year or the worst day of the year, depending on your child's persuasion. Some youngsters love dressing up for the occasion, before beaming at the photographer, knowing the picture will take place of pride in their family home for years to come. But for camera-shy children, the day can feel like a lot of fuss over nothing.
Well, one little boy who does not like being photographed came up with an ingenious plan for his photo day. And he got away with it, leaving his mum in stitches when she saw his official portrait.
Cheeky Robbie Ross, 12, was not fully pictured in his official portrait for the year, as he covered half of his face with his hand.
The little lad, from Clermiston, Edinburgh, enacted his clever plan on photo day - and somehow it was never spotted.
So, his mum Zoe Ross, 40, got a shock when the samples arrived and the only photo available to buy concealed his face.
Luckily Zoe, a bar worker, saw the funny side and purchased the image anyway - vowing to put it on his 18th birthday cake. She said: "I forgot it had even been photo day until I received the previews.
"I burst out laughing as soon as saw it - everyone in the family was laughing.
"I was thinking at the start 'oh no, this is his first year photo, what has he done?'. But we always knew he never liked his photo being taken - so now I'm just seeing it as one to keep.
"He likes to be funny and random - he's very confident and he's always been like that!"
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