Several student photographers from yearbook staffs of 2016 books printed by Walsworth Yearbooks were among those named as Finalists by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) today in its 2016 Picture of the Year Contest. The Lion yearbook staff from McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas, was honored with two Finalists – Isaac Phillips in…
Photography
This week’s Photo Spotlight is reserved for Spencer Howe from Westfield Middle School, in Westfield, Indiana, who took the winning image in the Junior High/Middle School category in Walsworth’s 2016 Photo Contest. The photo (which you can see above) captured the movement of the players and the framing and expression of joy on the main…
Our latest Photo Spotlight takes a closer look at this year’s winner from the Academics category of Walsworth Yearbooks Photo Contest. A great academics photo shows learning in progress. School work can sometimes be difficult and tedious, but this image (seen above) by Jacob Moscovitch from Westlake High School in Westlake Village, California, shows that…
Our next Photo Spotlight this week was the winning image in the Clubs/Organizations category in our 2016 Photo Contest. Club photos allow us to see into the different groups at schools, the activities that members participate in and how they shape each individual. Not every club is all fun and games. This photo, which you…
This week’s Photo Spotlight shines on the winning Student Life photo from this year’s 2016 Photo Contest, from Chris Wagers at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. The Student Life category allows us to see who students really are – who that person is, what they do and why. The lighting and composition of this…
As a new regular feature in the Yearbooks Blog this year, we’re going to take a closer look at some of the best images that were submitted to us from 2016 yearbooks in our Photo Spotlight. To get the Photo Spotlights started, let’s take a look at the image that was selected the winner of…
It was another spectacular year for the Walsworth Yearbooks Photo Contest! The 2016 Photo Contest once again drew more than 3,700 entries. Thank you to all the talented yearbook photographers for submitting their outstanding work. Congratulations to this year’s top prize winners in each of the following categories: Academics – Jacob Moscovitch, Westlake High School,…
Photographers. Without them, we would have no yearbook—at least not one people would want to look at or buy. I tell my staff that on the first day of class each year and remind them as needed throughout the year. Photographers are the backbone of the yearbook. Without dedicated photographers, no one’s job on staff…
The Walsworth Yearbooks 2016 Photo Contest officially begins today. Now through April 8, you can visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/yearbooks to enter. Eight $100 Visa gift cards and a pizza party for the yearbook staff are the prizes up for grabs this year. Each photographer can enter up to five pictures. You can find…
Halloween can be one of the most photogenic times of the year, what with people dressing in costume and putting up interesting (sometimes wild) decorations.
Take a look at this post from the website digital-photography-school.com for some tips specific to taking pictures on Halloween.