Photo contest webinar 2013

AGENDA

• Important Dates

• Submitting Photos

• Voting Process

• Photo Tips from Angela Wu

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submissions have begun!

• Photos muse be submitted no later than 11:59 pm EDT on June 28

• Voting takes places noon EDT on July 15 and ends at noon EDT on July 31.

SUBMITTING YOUR PHOTOS

• Your organization may submit up to 3 photos from your GlobalGiving project page(s)

• Your organization may submit photos from multiple projects

• Your photos must relate to your project(s)

UPLOADING PHOTO(S)

• Here is how to upload a photo to your project page

Photo Courtesy of Awamaki

FINDING YOUR PHOTO’S URL

Here’s how you do that

Photo Courtesy ofAgros International

CATEGORIES

• Your photo’s category is automatically chosen using your project’s primary theme

Photo Courtesy of the Oregon Zoo Foundation

CATEGORIES

• 5 Categories – Give Knowledge (education)– Give Relief (health, disaster recovery) – Give Support (microfinance, humanitarian assistance,

children)– Give Hope (economic development, women & girls,

human rights, democracy & government, sport)– Give Green (environment, animals, climate change,

technology)

VOTING PROCESS

• An independent judge (Bud Force) will select the finalists

• Finalists’ photos will be uploaded on GlobalGiving’s website for voting on July 15

• Voters will vote on globalgiving.org using their e-mail address and verification

VOTING PROCESS• Each vote must be confirmed via email. Once a vote

has been made the voter will receive an email from GlobalGiving to confirm.

• Only upon confirmation will a vote be counted.

• An individual may vote for as many photos as they wish, but only one vote per photo will count as a unique vote

http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/poll/photo contest-2012/

PRIZES

• The photo with the most unique votes will win a $1,000 bonus to support their work and will be featured on the GlobalGiving homepage for a full day

• The runner-up in each of the 5 categories will each be featured for a full day on the GlobalGiving homepage and will be highlighted in GlobalGiving’s social media outreach

PHOTO TIPS

I SEE THE LIGHT

• Natural sunlight– Early morning or

late afternoon/golden hour

– Windows

• Shoot with the light behind you

COMPOSITION FOR THE WIN

Regardless of what type of camera you’re using, this is what matters most and will set you apart!

FOCUS

BLUR THE BACKGROUND

RULE OF THIRDS

RULE OF THIRDS

LEADING LINES

DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS

DO WHAT YOU WANT

A FEW FINAL WORDS• Befriend your subject; tell a compelling story• Take multiple shots at multiple angles and

then delete the ones you don’t like• Rules are made to be broken!!!• Post-process to crop and edit aspects such as

temperature, exposure, contrast– Photoshop, Lightroom, Picasa, iPhoto

Questions?