UOA Photo Contest

  We will award great prizes from many of our sponsors to the winner of each months photo contest. Send us your best outdoor photo to kschirado@teamuoa.com and you may be the next winner.

Join us for our first ever Ultimate Outdoor Adventures photo contest

For our third photo contest, your pictures must be sent in by march 20, to be eligable.  Prizes for our third drawing are as follows:  (2) UOA pickup seat bow holders, Nikon Sportstar Binoculars, NAP QuikFletch Twister Vane System, NAP Quicktune Drop-Away SmartRest, Blacks Creek Hat and GPS pouch, Truball Sniper Release, UOA Gear and DVD.   

Rules:

1) In order for your photo's to be eligible for the photo contest it will have to contain a product used by the team at Ultimate Outdoor Adventures TV. A sponsored product must be clearly visable in the photo...it may be our sponsors camo, bow, broadhead, optics, truck, boots, back pack etc...(find which products are eligible at teamuoa.com on either our "Sponsors" or "Product Sponsors" pages). Prizes to be given away will be announces on our website.

2) All photos must be submitted by the fifteenth of each month during our airing season...October 2009 - March 2010 to be eligible to win.

3) All photo's will need to be of you and your trophy (hunting/fishing - size of your trophy has no outcome on the photo) posed in an appropriate manner.

4) You may submit as many photo's as you like. The more you submit, the better your chances of winning will be.

5) All photo's will be judged by the staff at Ultimate Outdoor Adventures TV.

6) Ultimate Outdoor Adventures TV Pro-Staff and Field-Staff members will not be eligible. "SORRY"

7) Winners will be announced on the last show of each month during our airing season...(October 2009 - March 2010). Prizes must be picked up at the home office of Ulitmate Outdoor Adventures TV.

8) Include a short paragraph of 100-200 words about your outdoor adventure, your name, email address and make sure to mention the sporsored product highlighted in your photo. All winning photos will be added to our Photo Gallery.

RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

HELPFUL HINTS TO BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography has become an important way to ensure that you will remember a particular game animal/fish or memorable trip. However, many outdoorsmen find it very difficult to take quality photos that do justice to the trophy. Some snapshots are too light, others too dark; some are fuzzy and out of focus, others are too cluttered.

A friend posed with a beautiful trophy can make for a terrific shot-or a terrible one. The next time you snap a photo of a friend holding a big walleye or a child with his or her first pheasant, pay attention to the following details. The result will be a much better photo.

- Take the photo moments immediately after the game has been harvested in the field or after the fish is landed by the water. Don't hurt a fish chances by keeping it out of water for too long. If possible, shoot the picture while holding the fish in the water.

- Choose the background carefully and keep it natural. Sky, landscape, water or undeveloped shoreline makes a good, simple backdrop-not the back of a pickup or the front yard.

- Have your friend push back his/her hat and take off his sunglasses to remove shadows hiding his/her face.

- Don't let your model's hands obscure the game/fish-especially its head. On big game animals be sure to push the tongue back in the mouth and wipe off any blood that may be present.

- Take photos of normal outdoor activities to give realism and authenticity to your shots.

Shoot Early or Late in the Day

- Natural light is most attractive in the early morning or late afternoon, when the angle of sunlight is low. Photos taken at these times will have rich, warm colors and uniform tone, while photos taken at midday have deep shadows and harsh, contrasting tones. Midday light can "burn out" details-such as the natural silvery hue of many fish. If you must shoot in bright light, turn the animal/fish slightly to minimize reflection and get the best coloration and detail.

Look for Angles -

In general, you're better off shooting from below or at the same level as your subject. A low camera position allows you to use the sky as a background, which is ideal because the sky is uncluttered. Panfish and bass look the best held vertically using one hand, but long trophy fish often look very impressive when held horizontally using two hands.

Use Fill Flash -

When shooting in bright sunlight with a backlit subject, use "fill flash" to add light to shadowy areas. This technique is possible only if you own a manual camera, or an automatic camera with an override setting that provides fill flash.