School Pic Training

Welcome to the Empire Photography team! We are excited to have you on board and to get you ready for your first photoshoot. This worksheet is designed to go along with the training video. The questions also follow along in order with the video so no need to skip around the page. Make sure to finish this before your first shoot. Thanks! And can’t wait to get you started!

School Pic Training Worksheet

For Empire photographers to submit the training worksheet after watching the training video.

Name(Required)

First Last

Date(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Email(Required)

1. What three critical groups of people should Empire employees always be kind and courteous towards:(Required)

2. Who should you contact if you are very sick and cannot make your shoot?(Required)

3. What photographer clothing is allowed at shoots?(Required)

4. What food is not allowed at underclass shoots?(Required)

5. Please check the non-shoot lead responsibilities below:

Arriving on time and communicating with Lead Photographer if have any questions

Knowing all details regarding how to execute the event

Helping load and unload the gear in and out of the vehicles

Checking in with the main contact at the school

Maintaining all the photography gear and specifically the gear that you are assigned for the day

Photographing students

Helping to direct traffic during event/answer customer questions

Filling out Job Sheet and relaying how the event went to Marie (every time!)

Confirming the “IN” time and arrival plan with each crew member at least 1 day prior to the day of the event

6. How do you know which gear to take to your shoot?(Required)

7. How do you know where to put things away?(Required)

8. What do you do if you are not 100% positive where something goes?(Required)

9. What do you use if you can’t remember how to set up your station?(Required)

10. How do you know what time to meet at Empire for your shoot?(Required)

11. What do you do once you arrive at Empire?(Required)

12. How early should you be arriving to your shoot to set up?(Required)

13. What 2 things should you check about your IDs to make sure they are ready to go before beginning the shoot?(Required)

14. What 3 things should you check about your IDs after each student takes their photo?(Required)

15. Where do you find info about a school’s ID modifiers?(Required)

16. What are some things you can do to make a student smile?(Required)

17. What 2 types of guides do our software and/or cameras have:(Required)

18. Where should the head-sizing guides line up on student’s head?(Required)

19. Should the whole head including the height of their hair be inside the oval guide or just the face?(Required)

Whole head and hair

Just face

20. Should any part of the hair be cut off from the image other than the length?(Required)

Yes

No

21. Where should the camera be positioned in relation to the subject’s head?(Required)

Slightly below head height

Same height as their face

Above head height

22. What attire is not allowed in photos?(Required)

23. If a student seems hesitant to remove the not-allowed attire, what should you do?(Required)

24. Please list 3 clothing/posing/jewelry adjustments to look out for:(Required)

25. What should you do if a kid has a messy face or nose?(Required)

26. What is more important, perfect empire posing or a cute smile?(Required)

Perfect Posing

Cute Smile

27. What are 3 things to watch out for with hair?(Required)

28. What are 6 technical issues to watch for?(Required)

29. How do you remove glasses glare from photos?(Required)

CAPTCHA