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    Photo of the Year Contest: An Opportunity for YOUR Kids to Show Their World

    By jqwaller | November 14, 2008

    logo.gif The 7th Annual Photo of the Year amateur photography contest is underway.  Photo of the Year is a benefit for the MESD Outdoor School Program, which has been providing natural science education to sixth grade students in Portland for the past 42 years.  Visit our website for all details and to enter the contest.Participants in Photo of the Year are supporting photography, education, and an appreciation for the natural environment all at the same time.  While the contest is open to all demographics around the world, we have made special effort to allow young photographers and classrooms of students to participate as well through our Youth Category. 

    Have a Photo Contest in Your Classroom or After School program. 

    Photographs can enhance your classroom in many ways. Photos expose places, faces and things that your students may never have seen or imagined. They can bring color and beauty into a grey day; they can help express and share ideas—especially for visual learners. They hold the past and capture the present. They are fun to take and fun to look at. And, when entered into the Photo of the Year contest, they are a way to support an Oregon school program.

    Whether you choose to submit photos or not, a class photo contest is a great way to encourage students to think critically about photography. As both photographers and judges, students have a chance to learn about the elements of a photograph, and to establish their own criteria for what makes a “good” photo.

    To start the contest, invite students to bring in photographs they have taken and display them around the room. Then, the group can collectively choose the five best photos and submit them in digital format to the Photo of the Year Contest along with the $15 donation fee.

    In doing so, your class becomes eligible to win “Photo of the Year” and a $500 grand prize.  And the entire time everyone involved is supporting the MESD Outdoor School Program.

     For ideas and information about how to take great photos, check out this blog entry - Get to Know the World Through Someone Else’s Eyes

    Topics: Inspiration, Quality Time, Things to do |

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