Friends of the Monona Library Annual Scavenger Hunt Submission Guidelines The item list will be posted on the first day of the Scavenger Hunt which is September 9th at 9:00 am. Woohoo! Finally! The list is subject to abrupt changes so remember to check the FoMLASH Twitter (​
@FoMlash​
) and/or Facebook accounts​
every day during the hunt. Look out for item #14, it’s prone to wild fluctuations. You will need a few things to be able to submit your items: A smartphone that can take pictures and videos Internet access. A Google account with Google Photo enabled All submissions will be made online so most of your team members will need a basic understanding of computer technology. Once the teams are formed, each team will be assigned a Google Photo Album. Each team member will receive an invitation via Google to the Team Album that they will need to accept as well as a list of task items. Make sure that your Team Album is accessible only by your team members and [email protected]​
. Just a little friendly advice: You should totally bookmark your Team Album so that it is easy for you to find. After your team completes an item, your photo and/or video submission should be uploaded into your Team Album. ** It is vitally important that, when prompted, you choose “​
High Quality​
” when submitting photos or videos, otherwise your submission may be deleted and never seen by the judges. On your desktop or laptop computer: 1. Go to​
​
photos.google.com​
. 2. Open your Team Album. 3. To upload files and folders, drag them into your Team Folder ​
or ​
click on the upload button 4. Select the photo or video you wish to add. 5. When prompted, choose “High Quality”, otherwise your submission may be deleted and never seen by the judges. 6. Follow the prompts to add your submission to the Team Folder. On your mobile device: 1. Open the Google Photo app. 2. Make sure your photos are set to “High Quality”, otherwise your submission may be deleted and never seen by the judges. 3. Tap on your Albums and choose your team album. 4. Tap on the Add Photo icon. 5. Add it to your Team Album. 6. Follow the prompts to add your submission to the team folder. Either before or after uploading an item, be sure to name it using the corresponding Scavenger Hunt item number. Items should be submitted either as an image or as a video. The preferred format for each item is indicated on the list. We’re actually pretty nice people and we’ll forgive you for submitting the wrong format if that submission is awesome. You should not share your submissions anywhere else in the whole entire world during FoMLASH. If we see a floating submission out in the world somewhere, that item will not receive points and your team may be disqualified. Big Important Thing → You can edit for quality, add text or lighten a picture or video to make it clearer and more hilarious and to shorten your videos to 15 seconds or less. But if you fake an item using photoshop you risk team disqualification and judge grumpification. Video submissions can be ​
NO LONGER than 15 seconds. ​
In fact, they can be shorter. Also, feel free to make all of your submissions delightful and heartwarming. Pro Tip #1 – Quantity alone won’t win this contest. Make sure you take in­focus pictures and videos. Make them beautiful, artistic and excellent. We award extra points for extra awesome item submissions. The more beautiful and extraordinary your submission, the more bonus points we will assign to it. You can get up to 10 bonus points for excellence! Pro Tip #2 – Have fun. If you’re having fun, making or doing an item, odds are the result will be great. (Some FoMLASH items will be challenging and difficult, and that’s part of the fun too.) Pro Tip #3 – Composition counts. Pay attention to the backgrounds of your images and videos. Beautiful images will probably get awarded bonus points. Super Important Pro Tip – ​
Make the judges laugh​
. Our Judges like laughing and will be granting points to people with a good sense of humor. Helpful advice that you don’t have to use but really probably should: You have a little time before the list comes out. Use this time to brush up on your skillz. If you are unfamiliar with editing photos and videos, you have time to practice. Here are some resources to get you started: Most smartphones will let you edit movies and pictures, as will Google Photos. PicMonkey​
is a very good, free photo editing website. Use it to add text, make a photo collage, crop your pictures, or auto adjust your lighting. Picmonkey is just one option, there are other websites you can use as well. On Windows machines, ​
Movie Maker​
is excellent video editing software On Macs, you can use ​
iMovie Oh! You can also check out ​
books and resources ​
to help you learn how to take and edit beautiful pictures and videos from the ​
library​
!