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Contest, Photography

2009 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest

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M80, a Social Media Marketing & Online Publicity company contacted me on behalf of Energizer to tell you about the 2009 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest. If I had heard of it on my own I certainly would have been telling you all about it anyway. From what I’ve read so far this sounds like an amazing contest.

How would you like to have your photography judged by world class photographer Jim Richardson of National Geographic magazine? Sounds like a chance to get your work in front of some very discerning eyes. Not only that, but your photograph could win you a National Geographic Expeditions trip for two to the Galapagos Islands and your photo published in National Geographic magazine. Talk about exposure for your art.

The categories are Animals / Wildlife, Nature, People / Cultures, Travel, Weather, and Inspiration / Keep Going®. The contest runs from April 15 – June 30, 2009. Then Judging occurs from on or about July 1, 2009 to on or about July 31, 2009. After that voting takes place from on or about August 14, 2009 to on or about September 15, 2009. I am going to enter one of my photos into this contest but I can’t decide which ones are good enough for submission. So I need a little help and as incentive I’m offering some prizes from National Geographic and Energizer Lithium Batteries.

Giveaway Details

The Prize – A 1-year subscription to National Geographic Magazine and a sampling of some Energizer Lithium Batteries.

* MAIN RULE -Go to the 2009 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest website and take a look at the photos then go to my Flickr Photostream and one of my photos that would be worthy of submission to the competition. Leave the URL of the photo in you initial comment. (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
* 1 Extra Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed or by email (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment
* 1 Extra Entry – Stumble My Main Page and leave your Stumble name (I will be checking) in a separate comment
* 1 Extra Entry – Follow me on Twitter and let me know your Twitter name in a separate comment
* 1 Extra Entry for Tweeting about this giveaway.
“RT Win 1-Yr subscription to National Geographic and some Energizer Ultimate Lithium Batteries from @Benspark . http://tinyurl.com/q4qssg”
* 2 Extra Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog and to the 2009 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest website.
* 5 Extra Entries – Enter the 2009 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest yourself. Leave a link to the photo that you choose to upload. Enter all 6 categories get 30 entries.

This giveaway will run through midnight on May 31,2009 with winner being announced the morning of June 1, 2009. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

Photo-A-Day

What will be your legacy?

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What will be your legacy?
Photo-A-Day #1396

Tonight I went with my mom to the Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony at my High School. We are both graduates of the school. I won the young alumni service award in 2001 and mom won a distinguished alumni award a few years prior. Each year I am invited back to attend the event. I have not had a chance to get back since that year, however this year I had an important reason to go. I had 4 signed copies of Ed Gerety’s book Combinations to give to the school.

When I was in High School I was involved in many clubs and organizations, one was Student Council. I was the class treasurer and I enjoyed my role very much. It has kept me busy well beyond the high school college years too. I’ve been involved in our reunions and keeping touch with many of my classmates. The things I learned as a student leader helped me immensely as I grew up. So I wanted to give something back.

This week I reread Combinations and wrote about how each of the combinations could relate to us as bloggers. We had Gratitude, Attitude, Respect, Kindness and Believe. Each of those values were pieces of the puzzle to help unlock the combination to become a better student leader and a better blogger.

Now after putting those combinations together and seeing all of the people who received Distinguished Alumni Awards tonight I saw how each of these people exhibited great combinations of those values. I saw how an entire family has come together to use their time treasure and talents to leave a legacy at my High School. I also saw how another alumnus has used his life to expose injustices in the world. Each person I saw did something with their lives to be of service to others. They each did some amazing things and gave much of themselves in service and that is what a true leader does, they give of themselves.

Now, as far as the books, I first tried to give them to the President of the high school, he directed me to Sr. Pat who still works with the Student Leaders but now she has some additional help from the next generation. The president’s daughter also works with the student leaders.

Well, Sr. Pat and Katherine were so excited about the books and we talked about doing a workshop for the student leaders and I can be involved and help too. That made me really excited because I have wanted to get back into working with student leaders and being able to give back to my high school is very important. I am looking forward to becoming more involved in the local community as well and this will be a great start.