Home picture instructions for the yearbook

Kemmetmueller Photography

Home picture instructions

for the yearbook

** The following information is for students that DID NOT have a picture taken this school year.  Please note that this is not for students needing to take retake pictures.   This is only for students that have not had their picture taken yet this school year.  If your child has not had their picture taken and you would like your child’s picture in the yearbook, please follow the steps below. For the Richfield Campus email the digital picture to Ms. Moreno at ymoreno@shpamn.org and for the Bloomington Campus email the digital picture to Ms. Lindvall at slindvall@shpamn.org. There will be a fee of $6 to have the picture added.  Checks can be made payable to Seven Hills Preparatory Academy.  Digital pictures need to be emailed by February 26th.

Digital photos are the most current and highest quality pictures one can take. Plus, no film is wasted, because if you don’t like a picture, you can just erase it. With the editing software that is on the market today, anyone can take a good picture. 

1. Get down on your subject’s level
   • Hold your camera at the subject’s eye level
   • Your subject doesn’t have to look directly into the camera
2. Use a plain background
   • Before taking a picture, check the area behind your subject
   • Look for “mergers”— avoid objects that may appear to be merging with the image of your subject when you take the picture
   • A plain background will emphasize your subject
3. Use a flash outdoors
   • Eliminate shadows on the face by using a flash outdoors
4. Move in close
   • Fill your picture with the subject to eliminate background distractions and to show off details
5. Take some vertical shots
   • Try both horizontal and vertical shots to see images in a different way
6. Lock the focus (on an automic-focus camera)
   • Center the subject
   • Press the shutter button down halfway
   • Reframe your picture (still holding down the shutter)
   • Finish by pressing the shutter button all the way
7. Move your subject from the middle
   • Imagine a tic-tac-toe grid, or use the grid button on your camera if you have one
   • Place the subject at an intersecting line
   • Lock your focus
   • Create eye movement throughout the picture
8. Know your flash range
   • Pictures taken beyond the maximum flash range will be too dark (usually beyond 10 ft.)
9. Watch the light
   • Natural light makes for great pictures
   • Avoid overhead sunlight, because it casts harsh shadows
   • Use early/late daylight
   • Put the sun behind you so there won’t be shadows or a silhouette
10. Be a picture director
    • Add props, rearrange your subjects, or try different angles