Preparing Imagery for Any Day In The Navy

Thank you for your interest in submitting your photos for “Any Day in the Navy.”

The photos must be recieved by 15 July 2004. The photos submitted must be shot between 1 July 2003 to 1 July 2004 to be considered.

Here are a few basic photo guidelines to follow based on what we look for in photos:

• Good composition
• Proper exposure
• Sharp focus
• A clear subject to which our eye is drawn
• Visual variety or different sizes of subjects in the images. Some could be close-ups of faces. Other photos should be medium shots showing one or two people interacting. We also need some wide shots with entire groups, ships or places.
• Diversity – Seek out all that happens in the Navy. The rarest photos are of the submarine community, smaller surface ships, shore duty assignments and the Chaplain Corps.

Look for the common Navy occurrence and shoot it well - in a way no one has seen it. From real world live-fire in the field to your YN1 pushing paper in the ship’s office, we want it all.
We are looking for only your best images. So save the everyday snapshots for your friends and send the good photographs to us.

Thank you,
PH1 Shane T. McCoy, Photo Editor
All Hands magazine

Instructions:

Download imagery from the camera

In Photoshop or any photo editing software, acquire imagery from the camera to the computer and save the imagery to a folder.

In the pop-up window called "JPEG Options" enter the following:

• Quality: Level 10
• Format Options: Baseline ("Standard")
Important: Do not perform any color corrections. Do not change the file size, the image size, or resolution. Also, do not crop your images. To ensure a unique file name, assign a VIRIN to each image.
To Create a VIRIN:
A VIRIN catalogues an image (e.g., 991023-M-1234S-001.jpg) which means
• 991023 -- Date the imagery was shot (not the date it is sent to the JCCC)
• M -- Photographer's branch of service (N=Navy, M=Marine Corps)
• 1234 -- Last four numbers of a photographer's Social Security Number
• S -- First letter of photographer's last name
• 001 -- Exposure number for that day
• .jpg -- Identifies the file as a JPEG image
Captions:
Free captioning software (MediaGrid) is available on Joint Combat Camera’s Web site: http://dodimagery.afis.osd.mil/dvi/Top/standards/Download_Software.html
Choose either the Mac or PC version. A pop-up box for a username and password will appear, but do not use your own username and password. Instead use:
Username: contact JCCC
Password: contact JCCC

Caption Content

The caption block should contain two items only, the caption and credit line.
Captions Must be Embedded in the Photos (file information). If caption information is in an e-mail or separate document, it may become separated from the photo, making the photo unusable.

-- Clearly identify the activity being documented, but try not to state the obvious.
-- Explain what is happening, where, and include a date (in the civilian AP style!!).
-- Include the name, rank, title and hometown of person(s) featured in a photo.
-- Add one or two sentences which provide a brief background.
-- Provide solid information, but be brief.
-- Acronyms are fine, but identify them first.
-- Don't write in all caps.
-- Don't cut and paste text into Photoshop's File Info boxes or MediaGrid. Word processors introduce odd characters that appear when the caption is presented by a web browser. Instead, use MediaGrid's "store" and "load" options
-- Writing style follows The Associated Press: Stylebook and Libel Manual. See Appendix A and B
Credit Line
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Tonetti) (Released)
Accompany (Released) in the "Caption" block of MediaGrid when you have the name and unit of the release authority in the "Public Release Instructions" block.

Do not include the photographer's unit in the credit line. It goes in the "PH Home Unit" block:
(e.g., JO1 Richard Buchanan, from Las Vegas, news director in the public affairs office aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), writes a press release about Lincoln's departure for the Persian Gulf on June 5, 2000. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is en route to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. (U.S. Navy photo by PH3 Chris Pastol) (Released))
MediaGrid Info Blocks

• Fill out as many of the blocks as are appropriate.

• In the "Email/Phone" block, include a number or address we can use to provide feedback to the photographer or editor. Include “.com” e-mail addresses if they are easier to access than a “.mil” address.

• In the "Operation/Exercise" block, include the name without the word Operation or Exercise, since that word already appears on the template.

Sending images to All Hands

We will not accept printed images this year due to the irradiation of mail in the Washington, D.C., area before reaching us. All submissions must be e-mailed.

All imagery must be released by your command PAO before being sent to All Hands. Please show your images to your PAO and include the PAO’s name and position under the “special instructions” block in (File Info).
E-mail images and any questions to anyday@mediacen.navy.mil