Another photography contest, and adults may enter! :-)

The Texas Association of Extension 4-H Agents (TAE4-HA), a professional Extension organization for County Extension Agents, Specialists, and Extension Administrators for the purpose of professionalism, collaboration, and youth development. The members from District IV delegation are hosting a photography contest for youth and adults to provide scholarship funds for district level 4-H leadership events, such as Fall Focus, District Lockin and Leadership Lab.

ALL photos must be received by the District IV Photography Committee Chair by 5 p.m. on May 15, 2014.

Late entries will not be accepted.

Addressed to:

ATTN: D4TAE4-HA Photography Contest

C/O Dr. Tamra McGaughy

10056 Marsh Ln, Suite B-101

Dallas Texas, 75229

Contest participation will cost $10.00 for the first photo and $1.00 for each additional photo per individual. Payment can be check or money orders only and should be mailed with photo submissions. Payment should be made out to D4AE4-HA Photography Contest. Photos will not be consider as an entry until payment is received.

See the following for more details. All questions regarding this contest can be sent to Dr. Tamra McGaughy, District IV Photography Committee Chair at tdmcgaughy@ag.tamu.edu or 214-904-3061.

Purpose 

The Texas Association of Extension 4-H Agents (TAE4-HA), a professional Extension organization for County Extension Agents, Specialists, and Extension Administrators for the purpose of professionalism, collaboration, and youth development. The members from District IV delegation voted to host a photography contest to provide scholarship funds for district level 4-H leadership events, such as Fall Focus, District Lockin and Leadership Lab. 

Contest Dates and Submissions 

ALL photos must be received by the District IV Photography Committee Chair by 5 p.m. on May 15, 2014. 

Late entries will not be accepted. Addressed to: ATTN: D4AE4-HA Photography Contest, C/O Dr. Tamra McGaughy, 10056 Marsh Ln, Suite B-101, Dallas Texas, 75229. 

Contest Categories 

This contest will compliment the Texas 4-H Photography Contest categories. Contestants may submit one photo per category. Category descriptions can be found at: http://texas4-.tamu.edu/photography_contest under the State 4-H Contest heading. 

 ANIMALS - DOMESTIC 

 ANIMALS - WILDLIFE 

 CATCH-ALL 

 DETAILS & MACRO 

 DIGITAL DARKROOM 

 DOMINANT COLOR 

 ELEMENTS OF DESIGN 

 FOOD 

 MARINE/AQUATIC 

 NATURE & LANDSCAPE 

 NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY 

  PEOPLE 

 PLANT/FLORA 

 THEME: What is Your WHY? 

Age Divisions 

Participation will be divided into four divisions Age must be calculated as of January 1, 2014. 4-H membership is not required for participation in this contest, but participants must reside in Texas. 

 Juniors: Youth ages 8 to 10 

 Intermediates: Youth ages 11 to 13 

 Seniors: Youth ages 14 to 18 

 Adults: Any person 19 and older, amateur photographers only 

Contest Cost 

Contest participation will cost $10.00 for the first photo and $1.00 for each additional photo per individual. 

Payment can be check or money orders only and should be mailed with photo submissions. Payment should be made out to D4AE4-HA Photography Contest. Photos will not be consider as an entry until payment is received. 

Contest Prizes 

Awards will be given for the best photo in each age division per category and the best overall all photo per age division (total 60 prizes). All winning photos will be on display during the 2014 State TAE4-HA Conference in San Angelo and will be kept for further viewing at the discretion of the committee. All other photos will be returned to the local county Extension office. Division Winners will receive $100, Category Winners (per age division) will receive 50% of the category proceeds or $10, which ever is greater. 

Contest Results 

All winners will be notified no later than July 1, 2014. 

Photography Contest Guidelines 

 Submit photos consistent with the content guidelines for each division. All photos must have been taken during the previous year. Category descriptions can be found at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/photography_contest under the State 4-H Contest heading. 

 Photos will only be considered for contest prizes if they meet the blue quality standard. Red quality and white quality photos will not be eligible for top prizes. See the above link for judging criteria standards. 

 Each contestant may enter one photo per category. 

 Youth are allowed to enter a photo previously submitted in a county, district, or state level contest during the 2013– 2014 4-H year. 

 Adult may also enter this contest. (Amateur photographers only). Photos must have been taken in the last 18 months. 

 Each photo must be the original work of the person submitting the photo. 

 Photos must not be edited, altered, or digitally enhanced. Slight computer-enhanced photos are allowed – such as cropping, trimming, and red eye reduction – but photos altered by using computer graphics or color changing,. Extreme Photo-shopping will be disqualified, unless permitted in the select category description. 

 Entrants are not permitted to place borders or frames around their images. Do not place watermarks, signatures, dates, or copyright notice on their images. 

 Photos may be submitted as color, black and white, or sepia tone. 

 All photos must be permanently mounted on a non-frame board that may be of 5mm foam board or mat board no larger than 8 ” X 10″ but no smaller than 5“ X 7”. Masonite, photo folders, corrugated cardboard or thin poster board is not acceptable. Double faced tape, glue or rubber cement is not allowed for mounting purposes. An adhesive spray or special adhesive board is best. Mat Framing (of any kind) is not allowed and will result in disqualification. 

 All photos must be submitted with a photo label on the back giving the following information: contestant name, age (as of January 1, 2014), county of residence, and category entered. 

 No Photo Stories will be accepted. Individual photos only, please. 

 All photos must be received by May 15, 2014. 

 Please contact Dr. Tamra McGaughy at tdmcgaughy@ag.tamu.edu or 214-904-3061, with any questions.

Best in Show for Jr. and Sr.

I do apologize for this being late, but wanted to make sure it was  posted.  There was a "glitch" and some photos were judged a little late.  However, we have the scores now, and we are very pleased to announce that Best in Show for the Jr. division is Kendall Filer for her entry in " Details/Macro".  Kendall is with Cloverleaf 4-H Club.

David Wingard won Best in Show for the Senior division with his entry in "Nature/Landscape".

We are very proud of all of the participants.  Keep taking lots of pictures, and don't stop having fun and learning.  

District Photography Deadline

Accordeing to the District 5 website, the deadline to enter the District photography contest is MONDAY, February 17th.  So, get those entries together this weekend and get them in.  :-)

Remember, this event is open to Jr.-Sr. participants. You MUST register with 4honline.com .  To enter it is $8 and $0.50 for each photo.

Workshop Canceled

Due to possible impending "yucky", cold weather the workshop scheduled for tomorrow night is canceled.  I have contacted Willie and asked him to mail everyone's judges forms to you.  Remember, the deadline to enter district is Feb. 15th.

We will have one more photography workshop before the district deadline.  We will meet at the Extension Office in Rusk Tuesday, February 11th at 6:30.  That is the same night as the County Council, but I don't think that will be a conflict for many of you.  

We will go over the judges comments with you, give you your ribbons and then you can decide if you want to send any of your photos on to district.

The deadline to enter the district contest is Feb. 15th and you must register at 4honline.com

Remember, only JRs - SRs compete at District.  Come on and join us.  You all did a wonderful job.  Remember, as long as you learned something and had FUN then it was a fantastic project.  :-)

County Photography results are in.  I am trying to schedule one more workshop before the District deadline, which is set for February 15th.  

Remember, even if you did not compete at the county level you can still participate at the district level.  :-)

Animal Wildlife	Addison Filer	RED
Aquatic	David Windgard	RED
Catch All	Trey Shipman	RED
Catch All	Connor Thornton	RED
Catch All	Jackson Thornton	RED
Catch All	David Windgard	RED
Darkroom	Trey Shipman	BLUE
Element of Design	Addison Filer	RED
Element of Design	Connor Thornton	RED
Element of Design	Jackson Thornton	RED
Details & Macro	Jackson Thornton	BLUE
Details & Macro	David Windgard	RED
Nature & Landscape	Kendall Filer	RED
Nature & Landscape	Trey Shipman	BLUE
Nature & Landscape	David Windgard	RED
Plants & Flora	Kendall Filer	WHITE
Plants & Flora	Connor Thornton	RED
Plants & Flora	Jackson Thornton	RED
People	Connor Thornton	RED
People	Trey Shipman	RED

Congratulations to Trey Shipman for receiving "Best in Show" for his Nature/Landscape photo.

County Contest Reminder

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas.  :-)

This is just a reminder that the County Photography Contest will be held January 13th - 17th.  Entries need to be turned in to Willie no later than 5:00 January 8th.   Please follow the entry guidelines as stated in the 2014 State Guidelines.  

Email all entries to Willie at wrarnwine@ag.tamu.edu

Remember, this is not a qualifying event.  You can still participate at District and State ( for those 14 and over) even if you do not participate at County.  However, participation at County can be very beneficial with the judges feedback in determining if you want your photo to move on to District, or use a different photo.

For the Seniors who wish to compete at the State level; we can only send ONE photo per category for the whole county.  So first option will be given to those who compete at County/District.  Entry deadline for State is April 15th.

There is no charge to compete at County, so feel free to enter a photo for all 15 categories.  :-)  And remember the most important part is to HAVE FUN while you're learning.  :-)