My high school newspaper adviser made an accurate observation.
"Based on what you see in most high school yearbooks, you'd think that the principal never does anything except stay in his office and talk on the phone," Mr. H. said. "That's because most yearbook photographers tell the principal they need a photo for the yearbook, and all too often, the principal says, 'Take a picture of me talking on the phone in my office.'"
He's right--or at least, he was when I was in high school. He told his magazine journalism class that high school yearbook photographers should go beyond that. He suggested taking photos of the principal speaking at an assembly, talking with students in the hallway, or interacting with faculty members. He said, correctly, that a yearbook shouldn't just have one photo of the principal with a caption reading, "Principal Jones on the telephone."
