Tips For Shooting In The Gym

Shooting in high school gymnasiums are always tricky. But if you use a few steady rules, you can capture action and adjust the colors later.


Tip One: Change the ISO setting. The higher the ISO, the better your photo will be in a dark environment.


Tip Two: Use the Sport Setting. This will give you a faster shutter.


Tip Three: Turn the flash off. The standard flash only works up to 25 feet anyway. Using the flash is actually making your photos darker.


Tip Four: Brace yourself or use a monopod. Shaky hands make blurry photos.

Tip Five: Try using MANUAL FOCUS. Sometimes this is the best way to capture fast motion. You can focus on the lane and then capture a lay-up next time they are down that direction.

Tip Six: Shoot reactions after shots. Shoot the bench. Shoot the coaches. Shoot the cheer leaders. Shoot the time outs. Shoot before and after a big shot. These shots capture emotion. Action shots are great... but when paired with an emotional shot, stories can be told.

Tip Seven: The platform that the pep band trap set is on can be used in the second half of home ballgames. Its a great way to get a new angle.

Tip Eight: Upload shots EVERY DAY after the game and lable the folder when the game and date. This makes life way easier.

Tip Nine: Take a program from the game and keep it so we can write captions later.

Tip Ten: Write on the program what the final score is and any important details like winning shot and exciting moments.

Friday- Yearbook Challenge

Today... blow up balloons, hang streamers, make a dance space for tomorrow.

State Fair Stuff

Ceara Hudnut won a bunch of stuff at the Pow. County Fair

Maggie grandchamp market steer at Southern Iowa Fair.

MaKenzie La Rue won reserv grandchamp return bucket/bottle calf.

Blake L. won a ton of stuff.

Photography

A good yearbook is the combination or two equally important elements...

PHOTOGRAPHY

and

COPY

This week we will look at how to be a good photographer. Be prepared to watch a slideshow from Mr. Bollman on the overhead.

Mr. Bollman is a boss

Short Poll Questions

Tips:

Have your questions thought out before hand.

Bring a paper to write their answers on.

Always identify yourself as a member of yearbook staff.

"Hey, can I ask you a question for the yearbook?"

Don't interrupt classes. The best times to interview people are in Study Hall, T-Th homeroom days, at lunch, and during free times in class.

You represent the Warhawk so don't be rude or too loud.

Read answers back to students to make sure you got the details down.

Get twice as many answers as you think you need so you can select the most interesting.

Ask a wide range of students.

Type the answers in a google doc with their name and grade.

Class Introduction

Now that you have had a taste of Yearbook, let's chat...

Yearbook is a Graphic Communications (JOURNALISM) class that combines skills used in Art, Speech, English, Business and Computer Ed classes. Students should be prepared to do the following things in this class....

YOU WILL...

• Interview students and faculty members (even ones you don't know or may not always get along with)
• Take photos of major events that happen around the school
• Write stories, quick reads and articles about the above two activities
• Create layouts for above content using high tech computer software
• Cooperate with fellow staff members on projects and fundraisers including selling ads in the community and selling yearbooks

NOTE: Some students have strengths in certain areas. One student with a talent for cartoon drawing may be assigned a large amount of jobs hand drawing illustrations for the book. Another student with an interest in photography may take a high volume of photos, while another with good grammar and writing skills may elect to do more of the writing. But these are shared tasks and everyone will get involved in the work.


Let's all work together to make this addition of the Warhawk the very best ever!