Photos can enhance your club bulletins and promotional materials and should be sent to newspapers along with a news release. Display photos of your club's activities and people you've helped at a community event. When taking photos, remember:

·        Use a digital camera when possible. Digital photos are easy to send, save and store. Submit digital photos as attached files. Do not cut and paste them into an e-mail.

·        Use only clearly focused photographs.

·        Shoot candid rather than posed photos. While posed and group shots may be used in club bulletins, candid shots are much more interesting. Many publications will not use posed photos.

·        If you must pose people, make the photos look as natural as possible by having them do something. Carefully frame the photos so some people aren't cut off.

·        Get as close to the action as possible.

·        Limit the number of people and don't include too much background.

·        Shoot a lot of photos and select the best shots.

·        Call your local newspapers to see if and how they accept electronic photos.

·        Submit your photos to International Headquarters using the Submit a Photo form.

To obtain permission to publish photos taken by your club, download the Photo/Video Authorization Form or Child Photo/Video Authorization Form.