Students from 12 Walsworth Yearbooks schools were among those listed when NSPA began naming finalists in its annual individual contests.
Everyone always wants to know what the current “trends” are for the upcoming yearbook year. What cool things are other schools doing that we should consider doing? Or even better, what did we do that has become a trend that everyone is going to be doing in 2019? At every workshop and every convention everyone…
“Who took the photo at the last football game?” “Didn’t the photo of the mascot get saved somewhere?” “What’s the file name for that great photo of the drum major?” I remember these conversations in my classroom. I remember the frustration. I remember asking advisers and others about ways to keep photos and photographers organized.…
In our first Photo Spotlight of the new school year, we take a look at how one yearbook photographer used the natural environment around her to create an amazing yearbook memory. Take a look at the band photo above by Emily White from John Glenn High School in Walkerton, Indiana. What a gorgeous sunset! The…
Few things demonstrate the dedication of a photographer to improve more than continuing to take images well after the last yearbook assignment has been completed. Whether it is the last deadline in the spring or summer break, here are five suggestions on how to be a better photographer for the coming year.
It was another successful year for Walsworth’s annual Photo Contest, with the 2018 Contest attracting nearly 4,000 outstanding entries from across the country. Thank you to all the talented yearbook photographers who took the time to enter. Here are the winners and Honorable Mentions in each category. The top prize winners will receive a $100…
The websites Humans of New York and StoryCorps are great examples of written and visual storytelling. Use them to teach your students how to get more personal interest stories into this year’s book if there’s time, or to start training next year’s reporters. One of a journalist’s primary jobs is to tell compelling stories. Telling…
This year’s Walsworth Photo Contest begins on Monday morning. For the next month, yearbook photographers across the country will have their chance to win one of 10 $100 Visa gift cards (and bragging rights, of course). The 2018 Photo Contest will run from Feb. 26 through Friday, March 30. Photographers will compete in 10 categories,…
Much like shooting sports photos, capturing the peak moments in plays and musicals requires planning and good shooting technique.
To paraphrase Hamlet, “the play’s the thing” where the conscientiousness of the yearbook photographer is discovered.
At most schools, there will be spring plays and musicals in the coming months ahead, which will provide an opportunity to try out the ideas and techniques discussed here.
There’s a stereotype that high school football is a big deal in Texas. There’s probably some truth to it, considering the high school football championships happen in the same stadium where the Dallas Cowboys play. So getting to photograph those championships, in that stadium, is no small achievement. This past December, as teams from across…
We’re now entering the heart of the winter sports season for yearbook staffs, which means lots of photo assignments inside gyms, covering sports such as basketball and wrestling. Taking great photos inside high school gyms can be difficult, but certainly not impossible. In the latest Photo Spotlight, let’s take a look at some yearbook photographers…
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