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Hints and tips

Before you start some Hits and Tips for your Photo Pin Board images!

Try and capture photos which are to full of expression, enthusiasm and members having fun.

Here’s some suggestions of how:

Get creative - take a range of shots both landscape and portrait to capture the best image. 

Be active - photographs look better when the people in it are having fun and moving around.  

It’s behind you… - A nice background can add depth and interest but a bad one can detract from a great picture!

Facing forwards? -   The girl in the photo doesn’t have to be facing the camera directly, if they are looking down concentrating or laughing with a friend, then it could still look nice as a facing camera shot.

Remember!
If you are taking your own pictures make sure your camera is set to take pictures in the highest resolution/quality that it can. Many cameras allow you to adjust quality settings to fine, normal or low. Remember: the better quality the image, the larger the file will be.

The requirement for photos submitted to The Centenary Pin Board:

  • Keep the shot of the head and shoulders only.
  • The photos need to be of girls, taken by girls (members age 4 – 26).
  • The member can be in or out of their guiding uniform.
  • Keep the original file size to at least 1MB to ensure a high enough quality image to be used.

General information on The Centenary Pin Board Flickr Group:

  • This is administered and moderated by Girlguiding UK.
  • The Centenary Pin Board only accepts photos not videos.
  • The Centenary Pin board only accepts photos which are only visible to the member. They appear with a red mark next to the photo. As shown below.

    Privacy settings

 

Privacy

When uploading each photo you are asked to set the privacy level, by selecting Private (only you see them). Please do this for all photos of members of Girlguiding UK under 16. You will know that you have completed this accurately as a red symbol appears next to the photo.

Please note that when you post a private photo onto a group they become visible on the group and to members of the public. The photos then rely on the security of the group.

Photos which are not private will not be added to the group pool as this contravenes Girlguiding UK’s rules for this site. We will email you and ask you to change the setting or remove the photos form Flickr.

Girlguiding UK leaders taking part in this project have a responsibly for all the photos they upload on to the Flickr site to ensure that:

  • They have permission from parents/carers of members under 16 to upload the photos to Flickr and that Girlguiding UK can use the photos.
  • The privacy settings are set so that photos of members of Girlguiding UK, cannot be widely available to users of Flickr.  

Because we need leaders to verify that they have permission for these photos we are unable to allow members under 18 to upload photos to the group.