It's a New Year - Planning and Training

Preparing for a successful year is a top priority. This is especially true if you’re one of the many sports, wedding, portrait, and other...

Executive Director's Message: Happy New Year!

I could not be more excited about what 2023 will bring to this industry! We have so many positive things happening across the country,...

Executive Director's Letter

David Crandall, Greensboro, North Carolina, Executive Director - School Photographers of America (SPOA).

Leadership: All voices are welcome

On a recent episode of the Dead Pixels Society podcast, SPOA chairman Claudia Dencer of Leonard’s Photography, discussed how leadership...

Executive Director's Letter: Happy Fall!

It's been exciting to hear and to see owners and staff smiling that money is flowing again; the industry is back! The last 45 days have...

Yearbook photo manipulations back in the news

Every year, it seems yearbook editorial staffs and advisors make the news with decisions involving school photography. This year was no...

A win for schools, students, as well as the school photography and yearbook industry

Leaders from the school photography and yearbook industry voted on new guidelines and standards. The focus was on copyright protection...

March madness and new successes

From school districts you thought were opening and now have pushed out again, to secondary schools and yearbook advisors in a mad rush to ge

Preschool Market Outlook

The encouraging news was that although overall volume was lower, the sales averages for students photographed were similar or better

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