STUDENTS: Study Abroad Contest

Photo & Essay Requirements:

Each entry must comply with the following photo and essay requirements:

PHOTO REQUIREMENTS

Format:

• Digital: Must be 8 megabytes or smaller, JPEG or JPG format, and at least 1,600 pixels width (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels length (if a vertical image). Upload or attach directly from your photo files, do not copy/paste from your social media post (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, etc.). Cropping and minor exposure (e.g., brightness or darkness) corrections are acceptable.

Content & Composition:

• Each photograph must be accompanied by a brief description of where and when the photograph was taken.
• Students must select one of the following themes below for each photograph entered. The same theme may be used for more than one entry.
  • Importance of Place: focus on common or uncommon settings, people, or events and their value to the quality of life in that area
  • Cultural Insight: focus on unique aspects of a locale and its inhabitants
  • Learning from the World: focus on the impact of this travel experience that has strengthened or changed your views on a subject
  • Past Meets the Present: focus on historical features or locations that are timeless in their simplicity or detail
  • Personal Connection: focus on how an event or place relates to your Lone Star College-CyFair experience
• Photographs that include sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art will be accepted; however, when photographing the work of others, it must be as an object in its environment and not a full-frame close-up of another person's art.
• The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the contest entrant. By entering the contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant.
• The photograph must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of Lone Star College System, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content.

Learn Award-Winning Photography Techniques - Make Your Photos Outstanding:

• Travel Photography Tips
  Suggestions include researching your destination in advance and noting your first reactions to new locations.
• How to Become a Better Street Photographer
  Tips include taking advantage of different lighting situations and using the rule of thirds to create memorable photos.

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS

The essay accompanying the photo must:

1. Describe the circumstances in which the photograph was taken.
2. Explain what the student felt was important, memorable, or unique about the subject and perspective of the photo.
3. Recount the mood/surrounding/environment the moment the image was captured. 
4. Express what the student hopes other viewers of the photograph will feel, think, or take away from the image.