Student photographers still need to capture great moments even when they do not have a staff camera in their possession.
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It can be tempting to get a clean break from the grind of yearbook over the summer. But there is yearbook work that can be done – preparation that will make creating next year’s book go even smoother.
From high school and college to the professional work world, the time I spent working with photo editor after photo editor helped shape my own vision as a photographer and made me into the photojournalist I became.
You may be covering an action-packed game, but you will get few good images for your yearbook unless you learn how to shoot action in the lights of a gym. Learning about light, whether it is for basketball or any other situation, means understanding some fundamental concepts: quantity, quality and direction.
Have you started thinking about the 2011 yearbook yet? The latest issue of Idea File magazine will get you in the mood. Valuable information on yearbook marketing and how to boost your sales, as well as book organization and workflow, is all packed into this issue. Be sure to check it out!
When a photographer working for any student media operation takes an assignment, it is more than just an opportunity to go shoot a few snapshots and visit with friends. It is a job. It is an agreement to document history. And the work begins before snapping any photos.
One of the biggest challenges of putting together the middle school yearbook is getting photo coverage of every school event. Read how one staff tackles this by using a couple of effective strategies.
Photography is fun. At least shooting is. But it isn’t easy.
Three college photographers and I spent an entire day recently shooting rugby. Only one of us had ever shot rugby before, so this was a new adventure.
Yearbook students have an opportunity to explore digital photography and photo enhancements, then show off their work in the annual ARTstravaganza.
Let’s face it – times have changed in photography.
In the old days, it was a dilemma of finding the negatives after they were processed and making a print before the negatives got lost, scratched or destroyed. Today’s digital era brings entirely new obstacles to overcome in photo management.
