Enter the 2026 Dr. Kim Ingold 4-H Photography Contest Now!! – Cherokee County Middle

Cherokee County 4-H lets prepare to point out off your images expertise by coming into the Dr. Kim Ingold 4-H Photography Contest.  If you have an interest in coming into the competition and will not be a member of 4-H please contact Shannon Coleman, 4-H agent for Cherokee County to discover ways to turn out to be a 4-H member.

Dr. Kim Ingold developed her love of images as a Stanly County 4-H member. Throughout her 4-H profession, she was concerned in county, district, and state occasions, which developed her images expertise. Kim was inducted into the NC 4-H Honor Club (our service group with over 3,000 members with excellent data of accomplishment and repair involvement and devoted to creating the very best higher). Kim was a valued Honor Club member and believed in its mission of giving again to her group. When Kim aged out of 4-H, she grew to become a treasured 4-H volunteer, attending most state stage 4-H occasions to seize our recollections via her images. She was obsessed with educating youth in any manner she may. Kim was at all times there with digicam in hand and extra importantly there with a smile, a sort phrase, and a hug. In 2019 we misplaced Kim in a tragic automotive accident and can ceaselessly be missed in our North Carolina 4-H household.

2022 Winner: Nature’s Beauty, Junior Division

2022 4th Place: “Ocean Front Stroll” by Karleigh Meads, Currituck County

The goal of the competition is to focus on North Carolina 4-H’ers’ photographic achievements. The profitable photographs are displayed on the 4-H Photography Contest web site. The contest permits 4-H’ers to be inventive and EXPLORE the 4-H Photography Curriculum. Contestants take the time and analysis how one can take the very best image. They will follow, follow, and follow some extra by taking 100’s of images to seize that 1 wonderful shot. The contest may even join 4-H’ers with an expert photographer to get their recommendations on how one can take that 1 wonderful shot. And after all the 4-H contestant could have FUN exploring their ardour for images, identical to Dr. Ingold!!

North Carolina 4-H reserves the rights to make use of any of the pictures obtained for instructional functions. NEW SUBJECT CATEGORY FOR 2023: SPECIAL EFFECTS NEW PARTICIPATION CATEGORY FOR 2023: Adult Division (19+ years as of 1/1) All entries are due no later than August 17, 2023 at 5 p.m. EST, have to be submitted on-line, and might solely be entered by your 4-H Agent/PA.

• Create images which have particular results both by snapping {a photograph} of a convex or concave reflection distorting the picture or positioning the topic to look as if a tree department is rising out of their ear.
• 4-H’ers can create a Multiple Exposure of a single topic repeating itself a number of instances in a single body.
• Practice taking a photograph the place all the things is blurred besides a focus by attaching the digicam to a transferring object.
• Take {a photograph} of your pal holding up a constructing with the palm of their hand or digitally improve one in every of your images on the pc by including colours, lights, or distortions to the unique image to create the particular results.
• Have FUN with this class!
• “4-H In Action” Subject Category ONLY
• 1st, 2nd, third, 4th, fifth, and Honorable Mention “bragging rights”
• Winning images will likely be displayed on the State 4-H Office for the competition 12 months, then despatched to the participant’s county 4-H Office.
• All contributors have to be registered in 4-HOnline.

Dr. Kim Ingold 4-H Photo Contest Rules & Registration Information

Dr. Kim Ingold 4-H Photo Contest Judging Criteria Information

Dr. Kim Ingold 4-H Photo Contest Frequently Asked Questions

Tips on How to Take the Best Photograph

• Clean your digicam lens.
• Lock the main focus in your topic.
• Hold your digicam nonetheless with each fingers or a tripod.
• Rule of thirds.

2022 Winner: Nature’s Beauty, Junior Division

Looking Up from a swirling rock formation, seeing the blue sky.

1st Place: “Navajo Amber” by Logan Grover, Pender County

For extra details about 4-H Clubs or 4-H contest just like the Dr. Kim Ingold 4-H Photo Contest in Cherokee County, contact Shannon Coleman, at [email protected] or name, 828-837-2210 ext. 4.

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