John Thomson was a nineteenth-century British photojournalist who used the wet-plate process to illustrate his explorations of eastern and Southeast Asia. His travels from 1862 to 1872 took him to the following places, among others: Ceylon, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Saigon, Siam, mainland China, and Taiwan. Thomson chose to use the wet-plate…

To investigate the reaction of the public to being photographed on the street, a study was devised whereby seven photojournalists approached people on the street, photographed them, and requested identification for a questionnaire follow up. Of 102 people approached, 87% cooperated fully with the photographers and 81% of that group returned the…

Lists and annotates more than 80 publications on such topics as journalism, the mass media, advertising, and photography. (GW)

Discusses five qualities of feature photographs and offers suggestions for special techniques and composition. (TO)

Presents guidelines for writing captions for photographs in student yearbooks. (RB)

Offers suggestions for selecting and developing a theme for the school yearbook that is timely, honest, and unifying. (TO)

Reports on planning and producing a prize winning yearbook. (RB)

Examines the use of pictorial advertisements in student yearbooks, showing several successful examples. (RB)

Discusses the students' efforts in yearbook planning and financing for Fulton High School's Falcon''. (RB)

A judge of yearbooks looks at some of the common errors in yearbook copy and design. (Author)

Reports on a survey of picture policies of Arkansas newspaper editors. (HOD)

Offers tips on assessing the proper way to communicate motion in photojournalism and ideas on using the techniques of stop action, blur motion, and panning, coordinated with light/shutter speed, film speed, subject speed, direction of motion, and distance to subject. (RL)

Offers tips from 3 professional photographers on shooting environmental portraits that tell a story about the person through the photograph. Offers a brief case study regarding a particular photo shoot, including an exercise. (SR)