The Eagle Way
Christmas Photo Contest!
Here are the rules:
- To Enter - Email your Christmas-themed photo to senior_editor@stethelreda.org
- Eligible - only St. Ethelreda students grade 6, 7, & 8 can participate
- Judging - our criteria will be originality, creativity, a Christmas theme, and usage of Ashley's Top 10 rules as your guide. The judges will be The Eagle Way staff and our celebrity judge, Sister Caroline.
- Due - Monday December 19, 2011
- Prize - One winner will be selected. The winner's photo will be posted here at The Eagle Way (fame), and he/she will receive a deluxe prize package (fortune).
- Bonus prize - The homeroom class of the winner will receive $50 of school supplies!
- Notes - When you email your photo, please include your name, grade, and a description of why you liked your photo. Also, please comment on which of Ashley's Top 10 rules you used in taking your photo. Any student may submit up to 3 photos. Please email them in separately. All photos must be new and the original work of the student.
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Ashley's Top 10 Photo Tips
Ashley Macknica is a friend of The Eagle Way and a professional photographer in New York City.Her website is: www.ashleymacknica.com
Here are Ashley's top 10 helpful tips for taking great photographs:
- See it in your head - look at a situation and start to see where the best photo could be
- Move around - a step to the left, climbing on a chair, or lying on the ground can make for a better shot
- Stop to compose - it is easier to take a non-crooked photo the first time than to fix it later
- Be bossy - human subjects may need to be told what to do
- Notice the background - and change it if you don't like it
- Turn off the flash - see what happens when you shoot in a room with fluorescent lights, a lamp, or just natural window light
- Take the wheel - try turning off the "Auto" setting; cameras have lots of different modes which give you more control
- Get insider access - ask for a seat up front or some extra time to take photos
- Save your "outtakes" - wait until later to delete them, sometimes you will find good shots you might have deleted
- Take your camera - take it with you everywhere and shoot as much as possible
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