Photomarathon 10-mins-v1

Open tools – School trip photomarathons Trevor Collins 1 , Richard Joiner 2 , Alice White 2 and John Lea 1 1 The Open University; 2 University of Bath

Photomarathons
Timed 12 hour photography competition
Take 12 photos on 12 topics
Start: Empty memory card
End: Submit memory card containing one photo per topic in given order
Photos judged and prizes awarded
http://www.photomarathon.co.uk

School trip photomarathons
Timed 1 hour photography competition
Take 3 photos on 3 topics
Start: Empty camera
End: Return camera containing one photo per topic in given order
Photos judged and prizes awarded

Open tools
Web server (XAMPP)
Apache & PHP
Scripts
Image scaling (PHP)
Gallery Lightbox-2 (JavaScript)

Pros and cons of open development
Advantages
Quick to install (xampp web interface)
Easy to use (auto starts as service)
Reliable: re-use ‘tried and tested’ code (image scaling and gallery)
Drag and drop files between servers
Disadvantages
Requires some technical understanding to install (web server and scripts)

Summary – open tools
School trip photomarathon competition
Web server + image scaling + gallery
Open tools
Quick ~ components available online
Reliable ~ tried-and-tested code
Web: http://photomarathon.open.ac.uk
Email: Trevor Collins [email_address]

Photomarathon 10-mins-v1

by Museums Computer Group on Dec 02, 2010

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