3 Tips to Photographing Christmas Lights

Capturing holiday lights on your camera can be a challenge. Get some tips. Photograph your lights. You could win $100,000.

We put up holiday lights to see how pretty they look when it gets dark. You want to capture those lights on your camera, but getting those lights to look right in your pictures can be more of a challenge than you bargained for. Professional photographers have lot of experience and cameras with all sorts of settings that most of us wouldn’t know what to do with. Here are three tips for the amateur photographers out there:  Use these tips to take a photograph of your holiday lights. Post the picture to Cartersville Patch’s Deck the Halls contest page and you could win $100,000 for your school district. Want to get more technical than that? Here are some other resources for taking holiday photographs.  

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Photo Hunt: What I Did This Summer

Summer is drawing to a close. Did you take any photos of your summer vacation?

We're looking for photos and videos of Cartersville Patch readers' summer vacations. Did you get to take a vacation this year? Whether it was a trip to the beach or a staycation, we'd love to see it. Just click "Upload Photos and Videos" to show us what you did this summer and check out some of the photos readers have already upload to our community photo gallery.

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Etowah River Picked for State Map

A photograph of the river that runs through Cartersville will grace the back cover of Georgia's official state map.

A photograph depicting the beauty of the Etowah River's stillness at dawn will appear on the back cover of Georgia’s official state map, the State Transportation Board said in a news release. The "stunning" image was captured during the early morning in Bartow County by Dee Corson. Jeff Lewis, a local resident and Georgia Department of Transportation board member representing the 11th Congressional District, presented it. "I am very pleased that a photo from my district was picked for the back cover placement on the upcoming state map," Lewis said in a statement. "I know we have some of the most stunning natural scenes around Georgia, and this shot of the Etowah River exemplifies the beauty in the area." The Etowah River is a 164-mile-long…

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The 'Cats' Meow

In the Viewfinder: A Closer Look

A Woodland High School student looks at life with a new perspective.

Tell us in the comments what you think about the photography of this Woodland High School student and see more local students' work in 'Cats' Meow and Eyes of the Purple Hurricanes.

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The 'Cats' Meow

In Photos: The Beauty Behind Simplicity

A Woodland High School student shares her photography.

Tell us in the comments what you think about the photography of this Woodland High School student and see more local students' work in 'Cats' Meow and Eyes of the Purple Hurricanes.

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