Senior Parent Yearbook Instructions
The following forms are meant to be a guide to help you create a lasting memory for your senior
student(s) in the 2015-2016 yearbook. You have many ways to do this:
Ads:
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We accept ads “camera ready” (put together by the parent)
Alternatively, you can submit the original pictures with a drawing of how you would like
it set up
○ We will reduce or enlarge pictures for you - you do NOT need to do this on your
own
○ If possible, we request original copies of photographs. Ad quality will be much
better
Ads will be accepted until Wednesday, Nov 25th. . NO EXCEPTIONS CAN BE MADE
See included form for more details concerning Ads
Senior Yearbook Pictures:
● ONLY seniors with headshots photographed by Prestige by Friday, October 23 will
be in the class composite (different than yearbook)
● IF you choose to have your senior pictures done elsewhere, PLEASE either
○ Visit Prestige for your yearbook photos, or
○ Make sure YOU supply the yearbook photo to the class from the company that
you used (will not be used in class composite)
● See Included Sheet for more details and GUIDELINES
Yearbook Orders:
● Early Bird Rate ($65): Pay by June 30, 2015
● See included sheet for more deadlines and prices
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Noel McHardy
Yearbook Advisor
wbfyearbook@wbsd.org
248-865-6720
Mailing address:
West Bloomfield High School
Attn: Noel McHardy-yearbook
4925 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Senior Yearbook Pictures
This information concerns senior yearbook portraits. This information does not relate to your choices
of personal or family senior portraits. This is only related to the photos for the yearbook.
IF YOU GO TO ANOTHER STUDIO,
PLEASE GIVE THEM THIS
INFORMATION:
SENIOR PICTURES MUST BE:
1. Full color, glossy prints.
2. PLEASE, NO soft focus.
3. PLEASE, NO busy, patterned,
neon or overly bright
backgrounds.
4. PLEASE, NO friends, pets,
stuffed animals or props in the
picture.
5. PLEASE wear appropriate
clothing.
6. PLEASE, NO hands under the
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL
chin.
7.
The smaller your head is in
STUDENTS BE PICTURED IN AN EQUAL
the picture the smaller it will
WAY.
be in the yearbook because
pictures are reduced by ⅓. A
The biggest challenge is the early color
head size of at least 1” is
deadline required by our publishing company.
recommended.
It is vital that every senior be photographed
8. The finished picture size must
before Labor Day so that choices/retakes can
be 2 ¼” by 3”.
be delivered no later than October 23.
9. We prefer no modeling,
acting, or specialty pictures.
KEEP YOUR SENIOR
WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR PHOTOS AT
YEARBOOK PORTRAIT AS
PRESTIGE, THE PHOTOS WILL BE
CLASSIC AND FORMAL AS
DELIVERED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR
POSSIBLE; IT WILL MAKE
YOU. IF YOU CHOOSE TO SHOOT AT
YOU LOOK YOUR BEST.
ANOTHER STUDIO, IT IS YOUR
(Save the casual shots for
RESPONSIBILITY TO DELIVER THE
family and friends.)
PRESTIGE PORTRAITS HAS
PICTURES BY THE DUE DATE.
STUDIOS IN NOVI, ROYAL OAKS
AND AUBURN HILLS.
West Bloomfield High School has chosen
Prestige Portraits/Lifetouch Studios to be our
official senior photographer. This company is
prepared to take pictures that fit the yearbook
requirements. For a minimal sitting charge,
you get a full set of proofs, a retouched photo
for the yearbook, and a class composite.
ONLY STUDENTS PHOTOGRAPHED BY
PRESTIGE WILL APPEAR IN THE CLASS
COMPOSITE. Students may be photographed
by other studios, but the pictures must meet
the specifications of the yearbook.
prestigeportraits/mi.com