To be in with a chance of winning strips for your U14 sports team, you have to submit a creative team photo to Arnold Clark. You have complete creative freedom here, and winners will be original, funny, creative, inspiring, fun, or all of the above!
Handy hints and tips to help you get a great team photo:
- Think outside the box; the winning photos will be the ones that stand out, so get creative!
- Use effects when taking your photo to make it look quirky and fun. Why not try time lapse or panorama?
- Do some of your team members have special skills? Show them off! Action shots work really well, too. (But remember; don’t try anything risky, we don’t want anyone to get hurt!)
What effects can I use?
You can use any effects you like! Here are just a few ideas that could help you get a fantastic team photo…
Panorama: Most point and shoot cameras (and smartphones) have a panorama setting. To get a great panorama shot, you should hold down the shutter button while you take the photo, and try to keep your camera on a level, so that the final picture looks like one continuous shot. Often keeping still works best with panoramic shots, but feel free to have your team moving too, to see if you can get some cool blurred effects.
Time-lapse: Use a tripod for stability if you have one. GoPros are great for taking time-lapse photos, but you don’t need specialist equipment. You just need to ensure that you have accurate and reliable shutter triggering. One-second intervals should be plenty for a moving team shot!
Composition: Think about how your team are positioned in the shot; is there something clever you can do to make a really interesting photo? Perhaps you could try and make the shot look symmetrical or play with the perspective by shooting from above, or below?
The boring stuff:
- You must submit your entry by 27th April.
- Your photo must be sent to gear.up@arnoldclark.co.uk or Arnold Clark Head Office, Arnold Clark Gear Up For Sport, FREEPOST GW7675, Glasgow, G41 2BR.
- You must include your team name, contact details and region on the back of your photo. You can double-check your region on our region map.
Maximising your chances
If our competition judges choose your team to be one of our finalists, your team photo will then be displayed on our website, and it’s up to YOU to spread the word and get people voting for you to win!
We have a marketing pack full of posters, banners and leaflets to encourage people to vote for your team. This will be sent out to you if your team is chosen as a finalist.
In order to get as many votes as possible, why not use social media to promote your team photo? Post a link to our Gear Up For Sport page and ask people to vote for you. If you’re using Twitter, use the hashtag #GearUpForSport to get the maximum reach for your posts.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram to keep up-to-date with Gear Up For Sport throughout the competition.