Category Archives for Photos

Interviews with Photographers

Lately, I’ve made an effort to produce more video content for my library’s YouTube presence. Here are some video interviews with some of the top finishers from the recent teen photography contest. I shot each of these five videos in … Continue reading

12. May 2010 by Rich
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2010 Teen Photography Contest

For the past three years, mpow has sponsored a photography contest for teens. We had 42 entries the first year, 32 last year, and a whopping 67 entries this year! I was amazed at the talent on display by our … Continue reading

16. April 2010 by Rich
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Fostering and Rewarding Creativity

I love hearing stories of libraries fostering and rewarding creativity within their communities. One easy way to do that is to have contests for photography, video, and other media. Last year, mpow’s teen librarian and I planned a photography contest … Continue reading

14. April 2009 by Rich
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Inauguration 2009 at the Library

MPOW broadcast the inauguration live on 5 plasma screens throughout the building. Lots of people stopped what they were doing to watch. It was moving to see our community sharing this historical moment together at the library. Check it out…

20. January 2009 by Rich
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Animoto photo slideshows

Usually when I want to create a photo slideshow of a Flickr set, I use a Flickr slideshow generator or something like Pictobrowser. LibrarianinBlack reminded me of Animoto, which is a cool online tool that allows you to make slideshows … Continue reading

31. July 2008 by Rich
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