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Step 1
Be in or join 4-H. If you are between third grade and a year out of high school, you are eligible to join. Contact your county 4-H office for more information.
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Step 2
Sign up for the project. Contact your county 4-H office or project leader to sign up for your individual project level based on your age and current skills.
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Step 3
Make a project plan to develop your ideas. Choose to volunteer to take photos at a family reunion, frame photos you have taken to give as gifts, photograph a special event or historical sites in your county or a similar project for an exhibit or scrapbook.
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Step 4
Take photos, using the skills you learn from 4-H required classes or workshops and your own research. Use resources to help you—ask a local photographer or art teacher specific questions or go to the library to find books on photography, scrapbooking or framing.
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Step 5
Participate in photography activities such as 4-H demonstrations, fair exhibits and photo contests.
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Step 6
Talk to your project leader about other activities, courses or tasks you must complete for this project. Your leader may require you to keep a journal and update your progress along the way.







