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'''5.''' [http://www.careeroverview.com/photography-careers.html Careers in Photography]<br> | '''5.''' [http://www.careeroverview.com/photography-careers.html Careers in Photography]<br> | ||
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| Photography requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #4a and 4b. |
| Photography merit badge | ||
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| Status: | Elective | |
| Created: | 1911 | |
| Discontinued: | no | |
| BSA Advancement ID: | 083 | |
| Requirements revision: | 2006 | |
| Latest pamphlet revision: | 2005 | |
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| “ | Beyond capturing family memories, photography offers a chance to be creative. Many photographers use photography to express their creativity, using lighting, composition, depth, color, and content to make their photographs into more than snapshots. Good photographs tell us about a person, a news event, a product, a place, a scientific breakthrough, an endangered animal, or a time in history. | ” |
The Photography merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
Photography requirements | 
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| A FREE workbook for Photography is available here! with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need! Or click here to print just the Photography requirements. | meritbadge.org has PDF and DOC versions of Boy Scout merit badge workbooks, Webelos workbooks, and Cub Scout workbooks. |
- Per the BSA: "You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject." Pamphlets (books) are at local Scout Shops and online at ScoutStuff.org.
- "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
Requirement resources
1. Lesson Videos: Beginning Photography - How to Use a Digital Camera - Taking Better Pictures - How a Camera Works - Intermediate Photography - Rule of Thirds
1a.How to Use Light & Flash - Taking Better Photos: Framing and Lighting
1b. Great examples of shutter speed and aperture - Shutter speed - Exposure - Exposure & Shutter Speed - Aperture - Depth of field - Depth of focus
1c. Basic Photography: Rule of Thirds - Wikipedia:Rule of thirds - Leading Lines - Framing - Depth
1d. Angle of View - Angle of view
1e. Stopping Action
2. The diagrams you need are included in the Photography Worksheet.
3. How Digital Cameras Work - Film vs. Digital - Digital versus film photography
4. The Citizenship in the Community #8 public presentation...of your community
could be given as a Communications #3 five-minute speech
using the techniques from Photography #4b to produce a picture story
and Art #1 to tell a story with...pictures
which could be developed into the Computers #6e short presentation.
5. Careers in Photography
Related awards
Art-related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Architecture - Art - Basketry - Bugling - Cinematography - Cooking - Graphic Arts - Indian Lore - Leatherwork - Metalwork - Model Design and Building - Music - Photography - Pottery - Sculpture - Theater- Wood Carving - Woodwork
- Venturing: Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award - Outdoor Living History (Ranger Award elective)
- Webelos Activity Badges: Artist - Craftsman - Showman
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Art - Music
Hobby-related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Art - Chess - Coin Collecting - Collections - Computers - Dog Care - Fishing - Gardening - Genealogy - Golf - Horsemanship - Pets - Photography - Radio - Railroading - Reading - Stamp Collecting
- Venturing: Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award; Ranger Award electives: Cave Exploration - Cycling - Equestrian - Fishing
- Webelos Activity Badges: Artist - Traveler
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Art - Chess - Collecting - Computers
See also
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