The Colophon - Balfour Yearbooks Blog

Don’t get all emotional, the Great Shot Photo Contest is finally back. Actually, do get all emotional. It’s one of our categories!

We loved offering two categories in the fall so we’re doing it

Halfway through March, you're submitting final pages or hitting your stride for summer and fall deliveries. Either way, you need a well-deserved break. Sometimes, the easiest way to make it through

Proofreading is a second chance to examine text for typographical errors. But it’s easy to skim past mistakes in grammar or spellling – ahem, spelling.

Columbia Scholastic Press recently announced its 2017 Gold Circle Awards for college yearbooks. Gold Circle Awards, presented by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, recognize superior work by

Picture book. Memory book. Record book. Historical book. While we often focus on the photo and memory functions of the yearbook, it’s important to remember it is the only permanent record of the

Providing details about a book’s publication, colophons have been included in books and manuscripts as early as the 6th century. Today, a colophon provides a description of printing notes relevant to

The game-winning shot at the buzzer. The player crossing home plate for the go ahead run. The dash for the finish line to make the podium. Being in the right place at the right time can make or

The Associated Collegiate Press named four Balfour publications Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists, Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Baylor University, North Carolina State University, Texas Tech University and The

“A place for everything, everything in its place.” This old adage is fitting when it comes to camera closets. To provide stress relief, have a system for organizing and checking out equipment.

Three Balfour advisers, Katie Comeford, John Horvath and Tim Ryckman, were named 2017 Rising Stars by the Journalism Education Association, Thursday, Jan. 26.

The Journalism Education Association recognized Leland Mallett, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas as a yearbook Special Recognition Adviser in their Yearbook Adviser of the Year program on Monday,