Winter Page Assignments & Page Numbers

Winter Sports:

Nordic Skiing (18-19)

·         Cece Boyle

Boys Hockey (20-21)

·         Linnea Treder

·         Karlee Schulke

·         Katelynn Peterson

Girls Hockey (22-23)

·         Tabitha Ato

·         Marissa Thompson

Boys Basketball (24-25)

·         Faith Epps-Harper

·         Madisyn Chang (pics)

Girls Basketball (26-27)

·         Kylee Boldt

·         Madisyn Chang (pics)

Boys Swim & Dive (28-29)

·         Olivia Brodie

·         Amanda Bade (pics)

·         Amanda Reed (pics)

Danceline (30-31)

·         Madison Bowes

·         Libby Brodie

·         Skylar Campbell (pics)

Gymnastics (32-33)

·         Rachel Gydesen

Wrestling (34-35)

·         Brooke Berlin

·         Mimi Holliday

·         Grace Peterson (pics)

 

Clubs:

Academic Clubs (62-63)

·         Rachel Andrisen

·         Morgan Veiman

·         Ashley Agwatu

SADD/Uprising (64-65)

·         Lizzy Wortman

·         Sara Pierson

·         Phoebe Ato (pics)

Drumline (66-67)

·         Sara Duke

Band & Choir (68-69)

·         Lindsey Lounsbury

·         Phoebe Ato

·         Ana Ellis

ASA & SOUL (70-71)

·         Kasiab Yang (pics)

NHS (76-77)

·         Rachel Roettger

BPA (80-81)

·         Julie Koehn

·         Bao Xiong (pics)

Publications

·         ?

·         ?

DECA (82-83)

·         Clare Umberger

Stud. Co. & HAC (86-87)

·         Melissa Lounsbury

·         Tabitha Ato

 

Student Life:

Semi Formal (114-115)

·         Leena Brown

·         Clare Umberger

·         Cece Boyle (pics)

·         Brooke Berlin (pics)

Talent Show (116-117)

·         Brooke Koehn

·         Lindsey Lounsbury

·         Katelynn Peterson (pics)

·         Cheyene Tessier (pics)

Incoming (118-119)

·         Sadie Carlsen

·         Bao Xiong (pics)

Sadies (120-121)

·         Carson Jennings

·         Skylar Campbell (pics)

Upload Pictures Onto Yearbook Avenue

Here is a quick video explaining how to upload pictures. The only thing that is different is the login information (click here if you forgot yours).

Graphic Design

When Designing a Page:

• Design page to match content
• Link pages with an 3 pica wide eyeline
• One topic per module
• Should take topics from your web brainstorming sheet
• Main story should be with the dominant module
• Keep consistent spacing throughout spread
• Between modules - 1 or 2 picas
• Within modules - tight spacing
• Eyeline - expanded spacing
• Use your spacing to direct the eye
• Plan space! Don't slap stuff in to fill space!
• Plan dominant element (story and picture) to contrast with smaller modules (vertical and horizontal pictures, big and small pictures, etc.)
• You can also use the My-Click-N-Gos in the design tab on Jostens as a guide when designing your page

Fonts:

• Headlines: Big and bold font!
• Body Copy: 12 pt Franklin Gothic Book
• Captions: 9 pt Franklin Gothic Cd

Color:

• Use TRADITIONAL color family as basis
• Use 1-2 colors on page
• Pull color out of dominant photo for main color

Helpful Links:

• Design Guide
• Modular Design Ideas

More in-depth how to:

• When you are on the page there will be a bar on the right side and you want to click on "designs" and then there will be a scroll down menu and you want to find "my click-n-gos". You can then drag in the different options to create your layout.
• To insert pictures, you click on the "images" tab and scroll through the options until you see your page subject, and then you can drag the picture you want into any of the blue boxes that say "drag image here" on them.

Meeting 12-4 and 12-11

• Yearbook Photography Lesson

• Jostens Photo Contest
• Entries are due March 1st
• Click here for more details

• How To: 
• Fix exposure (brightness)
• Correct white balance
• Use a simple online photo editor
• Manual settings on a DSLR

• Due Next Week:
• Minimum of 5 events that you will be covering for your page with date and time specified
• Page Design

• Check In: Senior Mosts and Underclassmen Mugs

Mugs Pages: Sidebar Ideas

Basic DSLR Camera Guide

Here is a quick guide on using the big camera (a Canon Rebel XTi) that the you have access to as a yearbook staff member to use for school related events.

         

Senior Superlatives

Here is a link to a page that has many ideas for senior most picture ideas! The best pictures are the ones when you think outside of the box on how to best capture the people in the photo! Start brainstorming, planning, organizing dates, and figuring out props!

 

Most Changed                                                          Most School Spirit

                 

Life of the Party                                                           Always Need a Ride

Online Photo Editor

Click here to go to the online adobe photo editor. This is a great tool for fixing the lighting or coloring on any pictures that you have taken if you do not have a photo editor on your computer!

Meeting 11-13

Winter pages have been assigned!

What next?
How to Brainstorm
Story/Page angle
Pictures
Page Design
Interview(s)
Headlines/Secondary Headlines
Infographic
Caption
Main Story
Peer Review
Tag Photos

Jostens Photo Contest

Enter and you could have your photo published and win up to $1,000 and more!

Upload photos any time between November 1, 2013-March 1, 2014. Submit no later than March 1.

Each student should register individually in the upper-left corner of this site. Advisers should not register and enter student photos.

To be eligible for the contest, each photo will need a release form signed by anyone who is personally and substantially identifiable in the photo (crowds and public events excepted). Click here to download the release form so you have it ready when you want to submit your entry.

CONTEST CATEGORIES

// ACADEMICS & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Show students learning, in or out of the classroom.

// GRADUATION
Capture the emotion, color and vibrancy of graduation day. Photos can be from the 2013 graduation as long as the photographer is enrolled in high school for the 2013-2014 school year.

// PHOTO ILLUSTRATION & MANIPULATION
Photos in this category can be posed or electronically enhanced to illustrate a topic or idea.

// PORTRAIT
Capture facial qualities, expression or mood and environment of your subject as the main focus.

// SPORTS: ATHLETES IN ACTION
Wherever they are, we're looking for athletes in action.

// SPORTS: SIDELINES & SCHOOL SPIRIT
Show moments that capture school pride in all its forms.

// STUDENT LIFE & TRADITIONS
Capture student life in a way that showcases school culture and tradition.

// MIDDLE SCHOOL & JUNIOR HIGH CATEGORY
Entries on any school-related topic must be taken by a middle school or junior high student of at least 13 years of age.

Last Year's Winners

Meeting 11-5

Assign Pages:

• Name:
• 1 page you want to work on
• 1 page you would be okay working on
• 1 page you do not want to work on

Mugs:

• Check-in

Meeting 10-30

-Mugs

Design Guide

Meeting 10-23

-YTO Login Information
Job Number: 04092
Username: firstinitiallastname ex: mjohnson
Password: mmddyy

-How to: Upload pictures

-Jobs
Pictures ALWAYS needed!

Conferences

Thursday 4-6pm

1. Brooke Koehn
2. Julie Koehn
3. Cheyene Tessier
4. Mimi Holliday

Thursday 6-8pm

1. Tabitha Ato
2. Phoebe Ato
3. Madison Bowes

Friday 7-10am

1. Sadie Carlsen
2. Skylar Campbell
3. Cece Boyle

Senior Most Information

Meeting 10-9

-Vote on senior mosts
-Mugs groups will be turning in questions so (review those)
-Staff pictures
-Volunteers to work at conferences on Thursday and Friday

Sign-up for shifts:

Thursday: 4-6pm - 2-3 people 6-8pm - 2-3 people

Friday: 7-10am - 2-3 people

Senior Mosts

1. Most Likely to be a Billionaire
2. Most Artistic
3. Most School Spirited
4. Best Facial Hair
5. Biggest Braniac
6. Next Dr. Phil and Oprah
7. Next President
8. Most Athletic
9. Best Bromance
10. Best Girlmance
11. Next Famous Singer
12. Barbie and Ken
13. Biggest Class Clown
14. Best Dressed
15. Most likely to be late to Graduation
16. Most likely to be on Reality TV
17. Next Actor/Actress
18. Best smile
19. Best Dance
20. Most likely to be a superhero
21. Most likely to be in the FBI
22. Most likely to be in the army
23. Most likely to be a Jedi
24. Next Betty Cocker

National Yearbook Week- October 6th-12th

Yearbook Avenue Guide

10-2 Meeting Agenda

Jobs:
-underclassmen mugs: brainstorm sidebar/infographic ideas
-senior mosts: brainstorm list
-sort senior information

Camera checkout

Tshirts

Staff pictures

New Jobs 9-25

In homeroom today these people signed up to work on these tasks:

Senior Mosts:

• Julie Koehn
• Mimi Holiday

Senior Quotes:

• Morgan Veiman
• Brooke Koehn
• Cheyene Tessier

11th Grade Mugs:

• Tabitha Ato
• Sadie Carlsen
• Skylar Campbell

10th Grade Mugs:

• Ashley Agwatu
• Ka Siab Yang
• Faith Epps-Harper

9th Grade Mugs:

• Amanda Bade
• Amanda Reed

9/25 Meeting Agenda

• Welcome
• What is yearbook?
• Goals for this year
• Communication
• Student body coverage
• General expectations
• Honesty and Integrity
• Deadlines are not negotiable.
• Complete the work you are signed up for
• Lettering Policy
• Camera Checkout Policy
• Must reserve the time you need the camera
• Only to be used for yearbook events
• Charge before returning
• Upload any photos YOU took (don't take off of camera though!)
• Who wants to go to sporting events this week?
• Each week we will need to know so that we can get tickets
• Business Ads & Baby Ads
• JOBS:
• Senior Mosts
• Senior Quotes
• Underclassmen Mug
• Facebook and Website
• Staff tshirts!

Staff Tshirt Sign-Up

Please click on the picture below to sign-up for your yearbook staff tshirt. The tshirts are free to all staff members who continue throughout the whole year!

Homecoming Week

Homecoming week is almost here! Today in homeroom we had the sign-up sheet out for anyone who would like to take pictures. (Link for that here if you missed it!) Please put a * by your name on the sign-up sheet if you need to borrow a camera. Homecoming only comes once a year so we want to make sure we have every aspect covered. Don't forget that by taking quality pictures at events like homecoming helps you work towards lettering (and a free yearbook)! Having photographers at every event helps us to include pictures like these in our book:

The Perfect Camera Settings for Action and Sports Photography

Action and sports photography is challenging but very exciting. The key to getting good pictures is to set your camera up properly before the event begins, so that when things kick off you can forget about your settings and focus on the action.

The following camera settings are an excellent place to start. They work well in all situations and will help you get sharp, detailed photos with plenty of atmosphere and interest.

Use a Fast Shutter Speed

Shutter speed is the single most important thing to get right in action photography. If yours isn't set fast enough then you'll be left with blurry, disappointing shots that no amount of Photoshop post-processing will be able to salvage.

A fast shutter speed is essential to freeze motion.

 

Start by putting your camera into Shutter Priority mode and choosing a shutter speed of 1/500 of a second. This is a good starting point and should be fast enough for most sports and action.
If possible, take a few test shots before the main event starts so that you can check how sharp they are. If that's not possible, periodically check your photos as you go. If you spot any blurring, switch to an even faster shutter speed. You may need to go as high as 1/1000 of a second for really fast sports like motor racing.

Open Your Aperture

To help you reach the high shutter speeds required, you'll need to open your aperture up nice and wide. If you have a very fast lens (such as the f/2.8 and f/4 lenses that professional sports photographers invest in), then you may be able to get away with coming down from the maximum aperture by a stop or so.

Use a wide aperture to capture enough light and blur the background.

 

However, if you're using a cheaper lens with a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or smaller, you'll need to open your lens up as wide as it will go to let in as much light as possible. This is particularly true when shooting indoors, as the lighting can be poor.
If you're using a zoom lens it's tempting to crop in as close as possible on your subject, but your lens's aperture is narrowest at this end of the zoom range. It's better to set your lens around the middle of its range as a good compromise between filling the frame and letting in enough light.
An added benefit of using a wide aperture is the shallow depth of field it produces. This blurs any background distractions and focuses your attention firmly on the players, producing an image with more impact and drama.

Increase Your ISO

Because you're using such a fast shutter speed, your camera might struggle to properly expose the scene even with the aperture fully open. If this is the case then the only thing you can do is increase your ISO speed.
You should use the lowest ISO setting you can get away with, but there will be situations where you'll have to push it higher than you'd like. This is frustrating but remember - it's better to have a noisy photo than a blurry one.

Use Burst Mode

By definition, action and sports move quickly, and it can be difficult to keep up. Use your camera's continuous shooting mode (often called burst mode) to take 4 or 6 shots at a time, giving you a much better chance of capturing a good image.

Use burst mode to capture the definitive moment.

 

Bear in mind that shooting in burst mode will fill your memory card much faster than taking individual shots, so make sure yours has plenty of capacity, or take a spare along. If you're running out of space, use half time or time-outs to delete some of your bad shots.

Shoot in JPEG

You might be surprised to read this piece of advice - after all, for most types of photography it's generally accepted than shooting in RAW will give you better quality images, and allow you to do more tweaking in your editing software.
However, when photographing sports and action events, speed is more important than anything else. Using JPEG mode lets you to capture more pictures at a time in burst mode, and fit more images onto your memory card.
Admittedly the image quality won't be quite as good as if you'd shot using RAW, but this is more than compensated for by the increased chances of getting that killer shot.

Perfect Your White Balance

When shooting outdoors, your camera's automatic white balance will usually do a pretty good job of adjusting to the light. However, many action sports take place indoors under artificial lighting, and this can confuse your camera, producing shots with a noticeable greenish-yellow tint.

When shooting indoors, adjust your white balance to avoid colour casts.

 

Rather than leaving things up to your camera, set your white balance to Fluorescent or Tungsten/Incandescent - take a few test shots before the event begins to check which one looks best. If you've got time, you could even set up a custom white balance to make sure your colors come out spot on.

Turn Your Flash Off

For most sports, you won't be able to get very close to the action - that's why the professional photographers need such long lenses. Being so far from your subject means that your flash will be practically useless, and will do nothing but drain your battery. Turn it off before you start shooting.
There are some rare circumstances where you can get close enough to the action for your flash to be of some use. However, the bright bursts can distract players so it's often better to leave your flash off to be on the safe side.

Tweak Your Focusing

Focusing on fast-moving subjects can be very tricky, so it's important to set your camera up to be as responsive and accurate as possible.

Adjust your focusing to maintain perfect clarity even on fast-moving subjects.

 

Start by switching from multi-point to single-point focusing, and use the focus point at the centre of the frame. Now, when you compose a shot, your camera will focus on whatever's in the centre rather than trying to keep everything acceptably sharp. This is faster and also lets you tell your camera exactly what you want to focus on, rather than letting it guess.
By default, your camera will probably use "one shot" focusing, where you half-press the shutter button to lock the focus. The problem with this is that your subject can move before you have chance to take the photo. Instead, use Continuous Focusing mode (called "AI Servo" on Canon cameras) - this continually refocuses to keep the subject sharply focused at all times.
Action photography can be a tricky subject, but these camera settings will increase your chances of snapping some fantastic shots. The principles behind them are easy to apply to any sport, allowing you to quickly adapt and get back to concentrating on taking great photos.

2014 Cover Design

Hey guys! So we just got back from camp yesterday and now have the theme for this year starting to be developed. This year our theme will be based on the phrase "Nothing Like It" and the cover is going to look roughly like this...

 

Isn't that cool? There is going to be a picture contained within the words which will also be raised/textured!

 

Hope you are all having a wonderful summer!