Invitational Photogrpahy Judging Contest at Texas 4-H Roundup in June

The Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program is excited to announce a new opportunity for 4-H members and youth involved, or interested, in the photography project.  Starting in 2014, Texas 4-H will host an Invitational Photography Judging Contest at Texas 4-H Roundup.  This contest, similar to livestock, consumer decision making, or horse judging will challenge the 4-H members to ability to evaluate and select the correct order for four photographs in a class.  In addition to the placing of photographs, contest participants will also participate in problems classes testing their knowledge about cameras, camera settings, photography effects, and more.

This contest was developed with the help of some outstanding volunteers from Bell County and our inaugural contest was held his passed summer at the Texas 4-H Photography Workshop in Temple.  From the reaction of the 4-H members and adults who participated, we are excited the photography judging contest as it will be a great new opportunity for our 4-H members.

The 2014 contest will be held as an invitational contest on Tuesday, June 10, 2013 during Texas 4-H Roundup.  Counties can enter as many teams and individuals as they wish and participants must be either intermediate or senior age 4-H members. 

In an effort to educate our 4-H members, volunteers, parents, and county Extension Agents on the photography judging contest, a website has been created which contains multiple type of resources to help instruct on the contest.  The website is http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/photographyjudging.