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Dear 4-H Members and Families,
We are proud to have a new community partner in Fort Worth Camera who will be supporting our county photography contest. This year, we will have professional photographers and educators serve as judges and there will be a 4-H photography exhibition. Select entries will be professionally printed, mounted, and displayed in the Montgomery Street store’s gallery space. 4-H members will have the opportunity to meet the judges at a reception on Friday, February 23rd. All entries will be displayed as a slideshow during the reception.
Please use this form to register. Registration must be complete by Monday, February 5th at 5 p.m. Each member will need to complete the form separately. Before starting the form make sure you completely read this email and your pictures meet the following requirements.
Photos will be submitted in digital format and must be a minimum of 300 dpi quality resolution, have a 5:4 (8″x10″) ratio in either landscape or portrait format, and no larger than 5120 KB (5 MB). Photos may be submitted by uploading through the entry form or emailed to ana.murillo@ag.tamu.edu. Photo files need to be titled in the following format “LastName_FirstName_Category”. Please use the underscores as separators.
There is an entry fee for the photo contest this year. For each member, the cost is $2 for each of the first 5 entries and $1 for each entry after that. The total charge for a member that enters every category is $20. These fees will be used to support this event. Compared to the $4 to $5 cost of printing 8”x10” photos that was imposed last year, a member that enters every category will save $40 to $55. Payments can be made at the Extension office in person, if you would like a receipt, or mailed. Cash or check will be accepted but must be at the Extension office no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, February 5th. If you are mailing in payment for multiple youth, be sure that it is clear who the payment applies to.
We are accepting entries from Clover Kids this year. They will be judged separately and will not be charged an entry fee. Clover kids are limited to 3 entries.
This county event will serve as the qualifier for the state photography contest. The state contest is only open to senior 4-H members. Entrants for the state contest will be given preference based on their score in the county contest.
It is recommended that all members read the 17-18 Texas 4-H Photo Rules. We will follow these rules except in regards to Participation Grades, County Entries, Entry Fee rate (we will use our own rate above), Entry Method, Event Name, Entry Period, Awards and Recognition, and Roundup Display and Participation. Please pay particular attention to the category descriptions and make sure your each entry qualifies for the category that it will be judged in.
Please make sure you are signed up in 4-H Connect for the photography project. We will be sending out information for the upcoming Fort Worth 4-H Photography Project that will be coming in the spring. This will be an opportunity for youth to learn from a professional photographer at the Montgomery Street store’s classroom facility.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you.
Kent DeCardenas