Academic photography is a unique challenge. Unlike sports photography, which seeks to capture an awesome moment, classroom photography is about creating the awesome moment through composition. A budding photographer needs to learn to slow down and see. But how?… EDFAT.
Not every yearbook staff can afford expensive cameras. That doesn’t mean your yearbook needs to go without great images. More and more people own smartphones these days. That’s why every yearbook staffer with a smartphone (not just the photographers) should be exploring the world of iPhoneography.
School picture day can be stressful for yearbook advisers. Here are a few tips and things to think about as you’re preparing for the day.
Twice a year Walsworth’s Idea File magazine brings you dozens of articles on design, photography, marketing, writing and all the latest yearbook trends with its Fall and Spring issues. Now, that content along with videos and more will be available on your mobile device through Idea File Extra.
After sifting through more than 2,500 images since our 2013 Photo Contest began on Feb. 15, determining the eight winners was no easy task. But the winners have finally been selected!
It’s a little brown icon. Nondescript. Overlooked. Ignored. A powerhouse of file management, Adobe® Bridge® should be an integral part of any staff’s work flow. Bridge is a program that works like Windows in terms of viewing photos, but is able to do so much more.
As you begin to think about the next yearbook, and prepare photographers to cover summer activities such as students at work, football drills and marching band practice, this is a good time to set up an image file system that will work for you.
Images can inform, enlighten, delight and make our world a better place. This One Week to Better Photography set provides a week of lessons and exercises to help you teach your students the basics of photography and get them quickly taking good photos.
You’ve noticed them at school events and activities on and off campus. They always seem to have a camera bag strapped around their shoulders. And while everyone on the yearbook staff may be required to take photos for a grade, somehow these students are the ones whose exceptional photographs dominate the pages of your yearbook.
As coverage of the school year is winding up, think about what would have helped your photographers this year, and consider creating a checklist for them for next year.
