A photo competition with a smart twist

MILLBROOK — The Millbrook Free Library will hold a phonography competition — a photography competition in which all the photos must be taken with a smartcamera phone. The Millbrook library is inviting young and old alike to take a picture with their camera phones, and then if it is so desired, the photographer may manipulate the image with one of their phone’s applications.“Optional, but it’s fun to use one or more apps to transform your shot,” said Lorrain Hartin, library development coordinator. “Artify it, grungify it, posterize it, turn it into a comic strip, make it black-and-white or sepia.”After the photo is edited, or not, it should be printed no larger than 8.5 inches by 11 inches and delivered to the Millbrook Free Library by Wednesday, April 4.From April 5 to 14 the photos will be on display in the library. Anyone can stop by and vote for their favorite first, second and third photographs. On Friday, April 14, from 5 to 7 p.m., there will be the Great Phonography Competition and Raffle, at which the final votes will be tallied and the People’s Choice winners announced. Photos will also be raffled off at $10 per ticket, and all photos have the potential to be raffled off. Winning ticket holders will get to choose a photo to take home. This event is a library fundraiser; for any further information email Hartin at mfllibraryfund@optimum.net.

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