1. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Covering People ~ Making the Most of your Portraits Sections

2. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Include Portraits ~ FEATURE Personalities Include the PERSON (student portraits) ~ Feature the PERSONALITY (quotes, quick reads, etc. ) Portraits show who the PERSON is and not much else, so it is important that ALL students are represented by more than just their school pic. Coverage throughout the rest of your book, in Student Life, Academics, Sports & Clubs pages features students in action and therefore captures the PERSONALITIES of those involved.

3. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Add interest and student involvement to your People Sections by designing for extra coverage: side bars ~ cut-outs ~ quote questions ~ people profiles ~ photo strips ~ content modules ~ feature stories ~ LOTS of personality pics FILL YOUR PEOPLE PAGES WITH MORE THAN ‘MUG SHOTS’! Portraits ~ Design for Maximum Coverage!

4. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Show & Tell: Don’t just show them, tell their stories! Quick read ideas for feature stories in your People section. Costs of being a senior Prom planning Class ring Getting a driver’s license Class activities Relationships and breakups Class rivalries Jobs Cars Unique accomplishments Favorites – movies, songs, books, foods See the “Survey and Quick Read Ideas” list on the website under Ideas ~ Coverage to get a head start brainstorming possible topics to include with your portraits.

5. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections 8 students’ personalities are featured with their favorite movie and a quote Include Portraits… FEATURE Personalities!

6. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections 20 students’ personalities are featured in this spread with their pictures and/or quotes and backpacks Include Portraits… FEATURE Personalities!

7. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Include Portraits… Feature Personalities!

8. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections The consistent color strips make this school’s portrait section cohesive even though many differently shaped content modules are used to increase coverage. Portraits ~ Design Ideas Color strips, Content Mods, & Cut-Outs

9. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Color strips, Content Mods, & Cut-Outs

10. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Color strips, Content Mods, & Cut-Outs

11. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Color strips, Content Mods, & Cut-Outs

12. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Include Portraits, EMPHASIZE CONTENT Consider skipping a traditional People Section and instead making portraits the “photo strips” for your content spreads.

13. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections If you are having trouble covering a certain student, make their portrait more memorable with quotes built right into the portrait layout. Photo strips with cut-outs and folio faces also add coverage to this portrait section. Portraits ~ Design for Content

14. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Design for Content: Increase the relevance of portrait pages for students in different grades with well thought out features. Content that relates to the entire student body (like the cell phone/internet mini-spread at the bottom of these portrait pages) ensures that more than just the grade pictured in this spread’s portraits will be interested in these pages.

15. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Get Graphic! Enhance People Sections with Information Graphics!

16. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Be Creative! This school did away with the ‘mug shot’ all together and produced their own portraits, shooting candid shots of students with the people and things they like most. What creative ideas can you try out in your People Section?

17. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Fill in the blank sections allow students to personalize their yearbooks. Portraits ~ Design Ideas Be Creative!

18. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections With a little planning, People Sections go from dull to delightful! Portraits ~ Design Ideas Be Creative!

19. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Seniors Send them off in style! 4 for the price of 1: This senior section exceeds the 3X rule in one fell swoop. Each student has their traditional senior pic, professional portrait, handwriting, and list of favorites. Since superlatives are worked into the portrait pages, they save space that would otherwise be used for dedicated superlatives spreads.

20. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Make the most of Division Pages! Divisions can be stylized, cool, push your visual theme AND show 20+ students!

21. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Make the most of Division Pages! Tons of pics and tons of personality!

22. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Division Pages If you do not have room in your book for double page divisions, make the most of the space you have with interesting photos, people profiles, and content mods.

23. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Make the most of Division Pages!

24. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Make the most of Division Pages!

25. Coverage ~ People & Portrait Sections Portraits ~ Design Ideas Include Portraits, EMPHASIZE CONTENT… … and watch your People Section come alive!