Professional freelance photographer and trainer Mike McLean shares his one easy rule to get more terrific photos for your yearbook effort, with whatever camera you have. He shares a personal story on when this rule helped him take one of the best photos of his entire career.
Here's another area that most people give little thought to while shooting images - how's your lighting? And how can you improve it in different ways? Professional freelance photographer and trainer Mike McLean shows some simple methods of improving your lighting while on location - no more dark or poorly colored photos!
Many yearbookers don't have a good understanding of how to use lenses with their SLR cameras. It's not just grab one and go. Professional freelance photographer and trainer Mike McLean shares some important advice for using different lenses. Know a Nifty 50? What's the aperture and why is it important? Watch and see!
When your photographers go out to shoot anything (sports game, class, event, etc.) do they have a plan when they get there? Professional freelance photographer and trainer Mike McLean share what he does when he's out shooting on location. Good advice for any level of photographer.
For any photographer at any level, how to immediately take better photos? Professional freelance photographer and trainer Mike McLean gave us his three simple rules for better image taking and ANYONE can do them no matter your camera.
What should a yearbook staff do when covering tough subjects? Students have opinions, how to handle? Sr. legal counsel Mike Hiestand of the Student Press Law Center gave us some great advice on how to fairly deal with these situations.
What are current and future concerns about using artificial intelligence with your yearbooking effort? Sr. legal counsel Mike Hiestand of the Student Press Law Center details some things to watch out for with AI usage. It's a great tool but you can't use it for everything, take some notes...
Does your yearbook group have a good relationship with your administrators? To avoid things like prior review and prior restraint, keeping your admins in the loop and avoiding surprises are important for your success. Sr. legal counsel Mike Hiestand of the Student Press Law Center gave us a good explanation when we asked him "if you could sit down with a school administrator, what would you say to them?" Consider Mike's words, then make that visit to the office for a chat and be sure your student editors join in. Let them take the lead...
How much editorial independence does your yearbook have? And we mean REALLY have? Veteran advisers should be familiar with the terms "prior review" and "prior restraint." But newer advisers may not be handy with these terms, even if they're happening without them knowing it. Mike Hiestand, Sr. Legal Counsel for the Student Press Law Center, gave us a thorough description of review and restraint and why they should be avoided by yearbook staffs, if possible. Then assess your own situation...
What are some key legal issues for advisers and staffs to watch out for? Mike Hiestand, Sr. Legal Counsel for the Student Press Law Center, runs down some key issues to watch out for no matter your yearbook level (elementary to college.) Note the reference to $10,000 - OUCH. Don't make that mistake...
It's inevitable and every yearbook adviser has to deal with it - some student drama within the staff. How to handle the situation? Top adviser Mike Simons from Corning, NY gave us some great advice and tips on what he does when this situation arises. MUST SEE TV...
Any yearbook staff at any level could use more parental involvement - it happens at the elementary level but why not more at the middle or high school levels? Top adviser Mike Simons from Corning, NY has such parental involvement at his high school level, and he details things his group does with parents to keep them active and in the loop. Good ideas here...
Advisers, you're busy enough - why not have your veteran students help to instruct your new students in different facets of yearbooking? That's peer mentoring - how to make it work? Top adviser Mike Simons of Corning, NY went step by step through the process he follows to get the most from his student leaders...
Great yearbook staffs have solid student leaders who make the calls for the effort through the year, advised by their adviser. How to grow their leadership skills so they make wise decisions? Top adviser Mike Simons walks through how he handles this with his staff, great advice for any group.
For advisers with student staffs, how to choose those student leaders you can trust year after year to make your yearbook its best and take the stress off an adviser's shoulders? Top adviser Mike Simons from Corning-Painted Post HS in NY offers sage advice for any level of yearbook...
Artificial intelligence will continue to grow. Schools at all levels are debating how to use AI to improve education - but what about your yearbook effort? Gary Lundgren of NSPA gave us a very thorough answer on the pros and cons of AI usage. Give this a view and then consider his thoughts for your own yearbooking effort.
What are areas of many yearbooks that could be improved? As you examine your own effort this year, see what Gary Lundgren of NSPA has on his improvement list. HINT: all are attainable, will make a big difference and don't cost $$$...
What are elements of a really good yearbook, no matter your age level or experience? As part of our TYR podcast series we put that question to Gary Lundgren, a longtime yearbook veteran and Associate Director of the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA.) Watch what Gary has to say in this short clip, with some basics but also some ideas that are often overlooked. Note the word "personality" there. Does your yearbook have a personality?
Are yearbooks old fashioned and dying today? We put that question to Gary Lundgren of the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) and in 90 seconds he gave us the answer, a reason why we do this...
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