This is an updated version of my other Compositional Tools slideshow. I've moved some thing around and added some photos that will be more relevant to high school yearbook students.

1. Yearbook Sections & Compositional Tools How to plan & put together amazing photos

2. Yearbook sections How is it organized…

3. Student Life Student Life Anything students participate in outside of school SCHOOL APPROPRIATE ;-)

4. Academics & Clubs Academics can make for boring pictures, so find the teachers that have students: Up and moving Working together Creating projects Doing experiments Attend club meetings and put activities on the calendar!

7. Sports Action shots are important Don’t forget about school spirit and the fans!

9. People/Mugs This is the section with the school photos or “mug shots” Spice it up with profiles and student surveys/quotes.

10. Compositional tools/rules Creating the photo…

11. What are Compositional Tools/Rules? Rules or ideas you use to assemble your photographs This DOES NOT MEAN you pose photos Instead, learn to see these elements/tools through your lens and use them to your advantage!

12. Rule of Thirds Think of putting a tic-tac-toe board on your photos Place your subject on intersection points Visually interesting when subject isn’t centered

17. Framing Using other elements in the photo to frame your subject naturally This will help draw the viewers eye to your subject

21. Leading Lines Using natural lines to draw viewers eye to subject The lines should lead viewer right to the subject or main object in your photo

24. Lighting Look for special or unique lighting opportunities It will be difficult with your point-and-shoot cameras but give it a try

28. Birds Eye View Shoot from above Look down on your subject Still try to get their face and what they’re working on but not a must

32. Worms Eye View Get down on the ground and look up Don’t be afraid to get close to the action and your subjects

36. Dominant ForegroundContributing Background Main subject is in theforeground and that is where the viewers eye goes first Secondary subject/content in the background Adds to meaning of photo A little something extra

39. Pattern & Repetition Look for repeating patterns and use them to your advantage Filling the frame with repeating objects can be visually interesting

43. Breaking Pattern Also look for places where your subject breaks up the pattern Viewers eye will automatically go to the subject because it is different from the pattern