Restaging Yearbook Photos to Make Up for Mistakes
November 30th, 2008
In some cases, you may find that the yearbook photographer has somehow missed a vital shot for the yearbook. While you can usually prevent this from happening by sending more than one photographer to important events, there are occasionally still problems.
Restaging a photo isn`t always acceptable, but you should be able to do it when it is something fairly simple, like snapping a shot of the principal signing a new contract or students warming up.
If at all possible, ask for a redo immediately so you don`t have to gather anything again later. If the first photo didn`t work, ask the person to repeat the action and then snap again. It`s very important to make sure that you don`t disrupt events, but in many cases the subject will be willing to do a repeat motion.
Restaging for yearbook photography is acceptable as long as you aren`t actually passing off a forgery. For example, if you shoot someone making a goal during practice and then use it as a replacement photo for a missed game shot . . . that probably wouldn`t be too ethical! Keep this in mind and make good choices.
