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PHOTOS in 5 Meghan Percival Adviser, McLean High School Yearbook

PHOTOS in 5 5 RULES 5 SHOTS 5 THINGS TO TRY

5 RULES Interest Action / Emotion Rule of Thirds Perspective Framing Pictures are better when you follow these 5 rules:

INTEREST Even if you are shooting a crowd, be sure to focus on someone or something.

INTEREST 2007 NSPA Photo of the Year Feature Photo - Third Place Shannon Soule / Featherduster, Westlake HS, Austin, Texas

2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Reaction - Second Place Adam Harrel / The Panther, O'Fallon Township HS, O'Fallon, Ill. INTEREST

2011 NSPA Photo of the Year - Sports Reaction - First Place Sally George, Crimson, duPont Manual HS, Louisville, Ky. INTEREST

2012 NSPA Photo of the Year – News - Finalist Grace Finley, Bryant HS, Bryant, Ark. INTEREST

ACTION Photographs need to tell a story

Action 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Action – First Place Caitlin Dailey / Indian, Shawnee Mission North HS, Overland Park, Kan.

Action 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Action – Second Place Paul Mathieson / El Paisano, Westlake HS, Austin, Texas

Action 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Action – Third Place Parker Pamplin / Hornet, Bryant HS, Bryant, Ark.

Action 2012 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Action - Honorable Mention Amber Garrett, Park Hill South HS, Riverside, Mo..

Action 2012 NSPA Photo of the Year – Finalist – Feature Picture Jake Crandall, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan..

Action 2012 NSPA Photo of the Year – Honorable Mention– Feature Picture Jonathan Van Horn, James C. Enochs HS, Modesto, Calif..

EMOTION The most interesting photos are those that capture people reacting – look for this.

2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Action - Honorable Mention Gareth Patterson The Prospective, Bryant HS, Bryant, Ark. Emotion

2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Reaction - Honorable Mention Alexis Abercrombie / Tonitrus, Rocklin HS, Rocklin, Calif.

Emotion 2012 NSPA Photo of the Year - Sports Reaction - Honorable Mention Mia Rubin, Vernon Hills HS, Vernon Hills, Ill.

Emotion 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year Feature Picture- Honorable Mention Casey Simmons / El Paisano, Westlake HS, Austin, Texas

Emotion 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Reaction – Third Place Jake Collins / Pilot, Redondo Union HS, Redondo Beach, Calif.

2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Feature Picture- Third Place Rachel English / The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan. Emotion

2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Feature Picture- Second Place Alexis Mesmer Thunderbird, Skyline School, Pratt, Kan.

2010 NSPA Feature Photo - Second Place Whit Pruitt / The Prospective, Bryant HS, Bryant, Ark. Emotion

2012 NSPA Sports Reaction Photo – Honorable Mention Celia O'Flaherty, St. Teresa’s Academy, Kansas City, Mo. Emotion

REACTION 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year Feature Photo, Fifth Place Toffer Mohr / The Prowler, Providence Sr. HS, Charlotte, N.C.

REACTION 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year News Photo, First Place Aaron Groene / The Talon, Free State HS, Lawrence, Kan.

RULE OF THIRDS Remember the tic-tac-toe board – the center of interest should be where the lines intersect.

Rule of Thirds Kodak.com images

Rule of Thirds Kodak.com images

2006 NSPA Photo of the Year Zach Hetrick / The Spartana, Homestead HS - Fort Wayne, Ind. Rule of Thirds

2006 NSPA Photo of the Year Clay Lomneth, The Register, Central HS, Omaha, Neb. Rule of Thirds

5 PERSPECTIVE Shoot your prepositions: Above Across Against Beneath Beside Between Down In Out Through Toward Under Up Within No Head-On Collisions Don’t stand right in front of someone when taking their picture – get up (bird’s view) or down (worm’s view), go to the left or the right.

change your level PERSPECTIVE Kodak.com images

PERSPECTIVE

2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Feature Photo - Honorable Mention Sarah Hashek / Governor, John B. Connally HS, Austin, Texas PERSPECTIVE

FRAMING

2012 NSPA Photo of the Year - News Photo - Honorable Mention Carina Lofgren, Wayzata HS, Plymouth, Minn.

FRAMING

Framing 2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Environmental Portrait- Second Place Gareth Patterson / The Prospective, Bryant HS, Bryant, Ark.

FRAMING

5 SHOTS Scene Group Person Action Detail

examples of SHOTS SCENE (field) GROUP (fans) DETAIL (equipment / hands) ACTION (athlete) 2010 NSPA Photo of the Year Sports Reaction - Second Place Adam Harrel / The Panther, O'Fallon Township HS, O'Fallon, Ill. PERSON (coach) 2008 NSPA Photo of the Year / Sports Reaction – Honorable Mention Emily Schrieber, Duncanville HS, Duncanville, Texas 2008 NSPA Photo of the Year / Sports Reaction – Honorable Mention, Katie Sauer, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minn NSPA Photo of the Year / Megan Koch Hauberk Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.

SCENE 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year News Photo, Fifth Place Tori Caudill / The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS, Harvest, Ala.

SCENE 2011 NSPA Photo of the Year News Photo, Fifth Place Tori Caudill / The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS, Harvest, Ala.

5 THINGS TO TRY Get close Pay attention to backgrounds Get vertical Be there before, during & after Practice, practice, practice

get close then get closer then get closer ZOOM Every photographer has a zoom – in fact you have two! Use them! Kodak.com images

Pay attention to BACKGROUNDS Kodak.com images Generally speaking, “clean” backgrounds look best. If necessary, change your position so that people don’t have poles growing out of their heads

GO VERTICAL Orient your camera vertically for a different look. Kodak.com images

BEFORE DURINGAFTER DURING get there early and stay late

GET THERE EARLY 2012 NSPA Photo of the Year – Environmental Portrait, Honorable Mention Chris Bull, Westlake HS, Austin, Texas

STAY LATE 2012 NSPA Photo of the Year – Sports Reaction, Finalist Shelby Tauber, McKinney HS, McKinney, Texas

Practice, practice, practice! The most skilled professional photographers, who have the best equipment in the world, take THOUSANDS of pictures to get one image that is considered good enough to print. BY THE NUMBERS 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics 10 Sports Illustrated Photographers 300,000+ images shot Staff kept 17,000 Editors took that down to 1046 'super selects' Director of photography selected135 images. That’s 0.045% of what they shot.

Let’s Review 5 RULES 5 SHOTS 5 THINGS TO TRY Interest / Emotion / Rule of Thirds / Perspective / Framing Zoom / Pay attention to backgrounds / Get vertical / Be there before, during & after / Practice, practice, practice Scene / Group / Person / Action / Detail