As a past yearbook editor for my high school I know firsthand how published articles have generated controversy and in some extreme cases, led to court litigation.

In the 2010 Shawnee Mission West High School yearbook in Kansas, a two-page spread depicts students’ opinions and experiences with marijuana and K2 (a synthetic marijuana substitute that was not illegal when the article was written but is now illegal in the state of Kansas.)

K2 “…hits you a lot cleaner and faster,” said a student dubbed “John Marley” in the article.

Since the article does not describe any negative effects of using the illegal products, school officials have received complaints about the article, especially considering that the one of the photographs is a blurred picture of a teen smoking. Read the rest of this entry »

Most of us would rather leave our yearbook photos buried in a dusty box in our basements. But if you’re a celebrity, you don’t enjoy that luxury. Thanks to the folks over at MTV, we’re peeking inside the yearbooks of some big celebs to see what they looked like then.

The most surprising transformations are probably those of class of 2000’s Adam Lambert, of American Idol fame, and class of 1993’s Fergie, of the Black Eyed Peas.

Watch now and see for yourself how Tyra Banks, Kate Gosselin, Megan Fox, Kanye West and others looked for their senior pictures.

This Saturday I will be getting my senior pictures! And as I thought of this, it prompted many ideas to surface in my head and made me wonder if everyone knows how great senior pictures are, but also how important they tend to be. A reason for their importance is simply this may be the only time someone ever gets pictures like this taken. Senior pictures should be a big deal!

One of the key things though when getting pictures taken is to be sure to be yourself in the pictures. Especially when it comes to outfits, where you take your pictures, and the poses in the pictures. You want to make sure everything in the pictures is an accurate portrayal of who you are. Read the rest of this entry »