The document provides 10 photo tips for yearbook committees: 1) Plan and organize, 2) Incorporate design elements like ambient light and rule of thirds, 3) Curate your school's unique culture, 4) Tell unique student stories, 5) Balance formal and informal photos, 6) Be inclusive of all students, 7) Crowdsource photos from students, 8) Avoid tasteless or hurtful photos, 9) Properly credit any Creative Commons photos used, and 10) Consider how future generations will view the yearbook photos. The tips encourage having fun while capturing a year's memories.

1. The Way We Were:
10 Photo Tips for the Yearbook Committee
by Diane Cordell
“The writer and the photographer” by {M&J} http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessilovelilisz/5585024279/

2. 1. Plan and organize
“My Filing Cabinet” by Theen http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy/8078124630/

3. 2. Incorporate various design elements
“Train Ride Home” by dmcordell
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4323595557/
Ambient
Light
Rule of Thirds
“Senior Class” by dmcordell
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3590671942/
“Empty Lockers” by dmcordell Editing Effects
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/2286785625/

4. 3. Curate your culture
“welcome to my hot mess” by Hillary Stein http://www.flickr.com/photos/hillarystein/4552908849/

5. 4. Tell your unique stories
“Last day of school 2010” by massimo ankor http://www.flickr.com/photos/ankor2/4695148471/

6. 5. Balance
formal
and
informal
“Pink Shoes” by P Wood http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwood/2595759044/

7. “High School Fashion Photo Collage” by ljoshua http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljoshua/3095994001/
6. Be inclusive

8. 7. Crowdsource
“Muppet Ceneter” by Trostle http://www.flickr.com/photos/trostle/3110822641/

9. 8. Never be tasteless
or hurtful
“Gossiping” by Aaron Landry http://www.flickr.com/photos/s4xton/2359091471/

10. 9. I f you use Creative Commons photos,
be SURE to credit them
“CC in the box of letters” by kalexanderson http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/5083631539/

11. 10. Consider your future self
“looking at photo albums” by gtrwndr87 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmendoza/5297369075/

12. Good luck, and have fun!
“The class of 65 turns 65”
by dmcordell http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/7762412164/

13. Diane Cordell
@dmcordell
What I'm Thinking: http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/
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My Photos: http://www.flickr.com/dmcordell/
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