FP Festival Photo Contest

FESTIVAL PHOTO CONTEST INFORMATION

Contest Photos from the Fall 2007 Festival Now Available for Viewing

There were 1371 photos submitted to the Fall 2007 Folk Festival Photo Contest by 11 people. 175 of them have been passed to the judging panel who will decide which ones are the top photos. Click

to see these 175 photos.

The winners of the Fall Festival 2007 Photo Contest have been declared. Take a look at the winners by clicking here.

Spring 2008 Contest Announcement

Like to take photos? Then please bring your camera to the Spring Festival and take the best photos you can, and you could earn a 25% scholarship to an upcoming Festival. After the Festival, submitted photos will be considered and judged by the Publicity Committee, and the top 3 will be recognized by being posted to a special page on the FP website. The person taking the #1 picture will receive the 25% scholarship.

Please note that, unlike at last festival, only photos showing festival activities can be entered, so shots of the beautiful scenery will not be eligible.

So come to Festival prepared to capture the joy, excitement, charm, and wonderful feeling of our Festival in your magic box.

Submitting Photos for the Spring 2008 Contest

To enter the photo contest, please observe the following rules:

Photos are to be submitted to the Publicity Committee by midnight, May 31, 2008,
Submitted photos must show festival activities, so shots just showing scenery will not be eligible for winning (although we would love to see them),
There is no limit to the number of photos that can be submitted,
Submitted photos must have been taken at the FP 2008 Spring Festival,
The preferred medium for submitting photos is digital (e.g., JPEG) packaged in any common data-exchange format (CD, email attachment, zip file, etc.) but paper photos can also be submitted,
By submitting photos to this contest, permission is granted by the photographer to the Folk Project for their use in Festival and Folk Project publicity, including printed materials and on the FP website.

Please note that photo labs can often be asked to deliver developed photographs as digital files on a CD. For more information about the contest, or to send photos electronically, please send email to the Publicity Committee at . Send paper photos and CDs to FP Photo Contest
c/o George Otto
582 Long Hill Road
Gillette, NJ 07933

Good luck!

Tips Before You Come to Festival

Here are some tips about things you should bring to Festival to help in your picture taking. This list is mostly oriented toward digital cameras, but some of these items also apply to film cameras.

Extra memory: flash memory is the film of the digital camera; the more you have, the more pictures you can take.
Extra batteries: it is all too easy to drain a battery in the middle of a shoot; having extra batteries allows you to continue shooting.
Battery charger: you will need a way to recharge your batteries after they have been used.
Tripod, monopod, or beanbag: it helps to have something stable to put your camera on, particularly when taking photos in low light conditions.
Camera users guide: there are lots of options on today's digital cameras, and it is always useful to be able to refresh your memory about your own camera's controls and abilities.
Laptop (optional): it helps to see your photos on a big screen after a shoot, and if you download your pictures into your computer, your flash memory is freed up to take more pictures.
Camera download cable: if you bring your laptop, don't forget the cable for downloading the pictures into it.
Laptop power cable: don't forget, your laptop needs power too.

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