FIRST PREVIEW PRESENTATION SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH.

JUNE’S BUSTIN’ OUT ALL OVER WITH WONDERFUL NEWS & THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER WILL BRING MORE GREAT INFO AS THE COLD DAYS ARE WARMED WITH GREAT NEWS OF HOT TASKS  & AWARDS & PRIZES - CHECK THE SITE REGULARLY.

 You are welcome to attend this introductory session and hear what is planned for the first WORKSHOP PROGRAM to be run in the July school holidays. There will be loads of fun for the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras during the workshops with a heaps of knowledge and skills to be gained as they climb the FOCUS FORCE mountain of knowledge, opening a cavern of wonderful projects and assignments. Come and get the latest plans, and don’t be disappointed by them missing out on the opportunity of seeing their photographic SUPER SHOTS on show at the likes of the Melbourne Garden Exhibition in 2012, and the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney this year. FOCUS FORCE would love to see you as one of the lucky ones to be there.

ALSO A SPECIAL FOTO EXCURSION to the city of Melbourne could be in the offering with a special guest being invited to pose for the new FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras on the block.

FIND A RAINBOW PROJECT THE FIRST CHANCE TO BUILD ON YOUR REWARD POINTS.

Benjamin Daniels is the first to go looking for “a pot of golden” REWARD POINTS at the end of the rainbow with this potential SUPER SHOT taken while on holidays on what looks to be a stormy beach. The submission has earned him 100 RP for June, and the possible 100 SUPER POINTS if chosen as a Monthly winner. You can submit yours each month starting now.  This is the first one of a number of “theme projects” to be ongoing as part of the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras program. Entry submissions are 50 cents for 1, $1 for 3.

WE’RE SHOWING OFF MORE SUPER SHOTS ON FACEBOOK!

Now, on FACEBOOK you can show your appreciation of the photographs chosen as SUPER SHOTS by actually registering a LIKE for them. Check out focus force kids with cameras facebook to see a feature image for each week. And, of course tell family and friends. this is another way of putting the achievements of FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras up for recognition. Howz that!

 

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MENZIES CREEK PS. TO COMMENCE A PROUD PROJECT TO REMEMBER MIKAYLA.

WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER MIKAYLA WITH A FINAL COMMITMENT TO HER MEMORY.

 The three images displayed include the OVERALL BEST (Above left) “ROCKLEY” AWARD winner 2011. Below the main feature chosen as the favourite in the POP PIKz POLL by Megan Brown. Bottom image shows the MIKAYLA AWARD WINNER of the “Rose and the Bubble” taken by Riona Cowell. A most appropriate choice when the Herald Sun photographer won an award for his photo of Mikayla with bubbles.

The class of 6B at MENZIES CREEK PS. is about to embark on a task to commemorate the memory of their past student Mikayla Francis who lost her short battle against cancer in 2010. Using the award winning FOCUS FORCE ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTOS AWARD winners from the ’SCULPTURED FLOWERS’ project they will go about making the special tribute over the coming months.The two images will be mounted in a frame with other information. The project is being funded by the sale of the FOCUS FORCE KIDzPIKz greeting cards showing the selected images. You can help by purchasing a SIX PACK including 2 copies of the 3 images. Those who voted in the 2011 POP PIKz POLL will be sent order forms.The students will work under the direction of their class teacher Justin Benne with the aid of of whom, and whatever help they should draw on. THE FRAMED COLLECTION, like the photo project will be something for them to remember as well. Especially to mark their final year of primary school.

YOU CAN SUPPORT AND PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF MIKAYLA FRANCIS ( 2004 – 2010) BY PURCHASING A PACK OF KIDzPIKz  ROCKLEY GREETING CARDS. The six pack which includes 2 copies of the above images – and a BONUS KIDzPIKz for $6. Plus $1 postage.                                                                                             SINGLE CARDS $1.50. Plus 50 cents postage. OFFER CLOSES JUNE 30.Email;focusforkids@gmail.com for order form

A “BRAVE” RESULT FOR JARLI.

Jarli Blackmore has made a mark for himself by achieving a number of  SUPER SHOTS as a FOCUS FORCE JUNIOR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, but also collected the MOST REWARD POINTS for the event. His reward will be a double movie to th emovies in the July school holidays – possbly to see the holiday attraction – “THE BRAVE”. Congratulations to him, and the next best news for him is that the will put into a special competition with Benjamin Daniels at the end of the year along with others who achieved the same recognition each month.

Above we see Benjamin Daniels with a smile on his face as he shows off some of his prize booty from projects over the last six months including a DOUBLE PASS to the MELBOURNE AQUARIUM and his cheque for achievements in the ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO AWARDS, 2012. The next achievers to be announced at the end of June  – plus the start to exciting projects and a list of monthly prizes.

 

GET INTO THE ACTION & REGISTER NOW FOR THE FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras ACTION IN 2012!

FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras

ASPIRING TO INSPIRE!

It’s May and the plans for the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras workshops and projects are well and truly in the pipeline; being formulated for a year of great experiences and excitement. First of all, the workshops will kick off in the coming weeks with the starters lining up in early June and July. Participants in all of these will be eligible for the bonus of being in the running for the fantastic prizes being planned and sought. Now is the time to join the action and register… taking photos has never been so rewarding for the FOCUS FORCE KIds With Cameras.   This will include the MONTHLY REWARD POINTS TOP TALLY! Wow!  So, get to it!

WEEKEND & SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS are now open for registration in a number of places throughout Melbourne and you will need to keep your eye on the website to get all the latest and newest.  The workshops will be spread out over one and two days with the second being the eye-opening foto excursion.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROJECTS WILL FOCUS  ON LOTS OF FUN! In July when the Kids With Cameras are let loose out of the classroom, and parents are looking for something to involve them in. FOCUS FORCE will have the answers with special projects and assignments in a number of areas. Please note that these will only be applicable to FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras who have completed the program.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        FIRST EVER FOCUS FORCE ORIENTATION PRESENTATION for parents and intersted children. We want everyone to know what they’re getting into, and what fun they will be having. All at the same time learning the basics of taking better photos, and as groups sharing new found experiences.This is scheduled to happen on the weekend of May 26 or 27. Parents of children who have registered previous interest will be receiving information by email, or mail in the next week.

JUNIOR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS will be selected from all workshop participants, current, past and future to act in their official role. Wearing the JOP OFFICIAL BADGE gives the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras a real buzz.

A WEALTH OF IMPRESSIVE REWARDS & RECOGNITIONS will be offered for all current FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras and those to join the ranks in the coming months of 2012. These include the HIGHEST REWARDS TALLY HOLDER* for each month with a grand project assignment in early 2013. Then those who achieve the TOP SCORES IN PROJECT S FOR SUPER SHOTS will be set the challenge in the first ever FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras SHOOT OUT!  Both will have exciting prizes announced in the coming moths.*Details published next week May 2o. Check who’s going to the movies in the July school holidays!

KNOW SOME OTHER KIDS WITH CAMERAS WHO WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THE FOCUS FORCE! Pass this information onto them and help the numbers swell. The more they grow for each area; the more chance the project will head your way, and your kids with cameras will be included in the FOCUS FORCE 10TH ANNIVERSARY FLOWER FOTO EXHIBITION & AWARDS at next years Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.

FOCUS FORCE IS HEADING OUT IN SEARCH OF WHOLE BUNCH OF KIDS WITH CAMERAS TO GETAHER A STUNNING BOUQUET OF SUPER SHOTS FOR THE ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO EXHIBITION & AWARDS 2013.

AND NOT ONLY FLOWER FOTOS, but cars, scenery, and all other things photogenic to add to the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras gallery of SUPER SHOTS. And the journey will take us beyond the state lines of Victoria to Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, ACT and possibly South Australia. The reason you are receiving this is because of your EXPRESSION OF INTEREST at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Shows. In the next week FF will be forwarding more information about the forthcoming projects, workshops, and events being planned. Once we have EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST confirmed then the schedule will be locked in and those wanting to have children participate registered. THIS COMES AS A WARNING OF WHAT IS ABOUT TO BREAK, and encourage you to take a look at the site today, just to whet the apetite! You’ll be glad you did! Look us up on focusfor.wordpress.com

ROCKLEY AWARDS – TEN PLEASE!

That’s what FOCUS FORCE is looking for each month from April until February next year! From each months submissions 10 will be chosen as finalists to be put on display at ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO EXHBITION & AWARDS at the ’13 Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show. In monhths where the number falls short, the balance will go into following months so that in the final selection – 100 IMAGES will be in the running for display and the awards. So go for it! Be part of the challenges that will be offred from time to time, and give us your BEST for SUPER SHOT SELECTION!

THE FIRST TO BE SELECTED FOR THE FOCUS FORCE 10th ANNIVERSARY FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO EXHIBITONS & AWARDS ARE;   See the other images posted on May 1 ( post below)

R13-1   Benjamin Daniels

2.          Benjamin Daniels

4.         Jarli Blackmore

6.        Jarli Blackmore

7.       Jarli Blackmore

8.         Benjamin Daniels.

WITH THE FIRST ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO’S FOR 2013- THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED!

 AND SO HAS THE PRIZE MONEY!*

 The two FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras who attended the garden show this year have set the tone for the future entrants for the 10th ANNIVERSARY FOCUS FORCE ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO EXHIBITION to celebrate the milestone event at the ’13 Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show. For those who have already witnessed prior collections and voted in the POP PIKZ POLL you can expect nothing but the highest in standards for the event. And, to add more fire to the incentive FOCUS FORCE is upping the ante for the task by doubling the prize money to now to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. Surely, this will have the cameras clicking with enthusiasm!

WATCH THIS SPACE! The judging is yet to be completed for these images to be raised to the status of SUPER SHOTS. You can also voice your opinion and choice by adding a post of praise to the site.  NOTE THESE ARE NOMINATED SUPER SHOT. Final selections announced May 7th. 

PROGRAM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SENIOR STUDENTS WITH LOTS OF INCENTIVES!     And this year for the first time the program will be actively promoted and include the works of students up to 16 in the SENIOR SECTION. While most of them will be newcomers, once they have completed the program satisfactorily, they will be able to continue, and in some cases offered the role of mentors and helpers on future workshops, and even more excitedly upcoming assignments.  

Below, is a colorourful image that will no doubt slip easily into the CLOSE UP CATEGORY. R13.1

Below. Another two that will also be without any argument sitting pretty in the same category. R13.2 R13.3

These show the challenge amongst tall poppies and bamboo. Their categories yet to be decided. What do you think? R13.4 – 5.

And BELOW more close ups to challenge for the category mantle. You can see it’s not going to be easy! R13.6 – 7

The image you see below is the first to be entered into the category of FLOWERS WITH A PROP. This is a real test for imagination, and will see the FF Kids With Cameras not only using supplied props, as this one on the Bloomin  whatever display at the Garden show, or by using their props as well. A real test for inspiration. R13.8

ROCKLEY FLOWER FOTO EXHBITION SUBMISSIONS and PRIZE MONEY is only awarded to participants of the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras program. You can register now for participation in the 2012 – 13 workshops. Locations and times for the program are currently being finalized through until January/February 2013. Contact FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras now for detalis and registration forms.

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH SOUNDS HER HORN WITH SUCCESS FOR SUPER SHOT SALUTES!

Now the hype of the `12 Garden Show is in a lull, as we wait for the judges decision as to the choice of first SUPER SHOTS from Benjamin Daniels and Jarli Blackmore for the FOCUS FORCE ROCKLEY EXHIBITION & AWARDS  at next years show. So while you wait … here’s another collection to excite you while you wait. The works of Benjamin Daniels from his visit to the majastic Queen Elizabeth’s decks – and also some from the shore. You will be gobsmacked as they  take your breath away in the way he has captured some of the images like the one above. So take a deep breath – and wallow in the pleasure the images will give you.  Celebrity Judge’s Jessica Watson Choice shows the Queen as she sits serenely at her berth with the the pylon remains of Princess Pier in the foreground at Melbourne’s port. 

FIRST SUPER SHOT FINALISTS FOR 2013 ROCKLEY EXHIBITION TO BE PUBISHED ON TUESDAY MAY 1ST – with other exciting news!                                       

Three views of the ship as she visits the port of Melbourne in February this year, one year from when the first FLASHES OF FRIENDSHIP to the Queen Elizabeth were made from the beaches of Point Lonsdale in 2010. What a journey it has been!                                

A tugboat secures the ropes holding the ship in position by the pier. Note the seagulls hovering above the stern. Right; The still waters of Port Philip make a tranquil setting reflecting a perfect blue sky on a hot summers day as the giant liner approaches the pier plying through the still water and about to turn and be manoeuvered  into position by the tug. Below. Aboard the QE, time is a luxury that every guest can afford. Here a spiralling staircase with an ornate clock as it’s centrepiece.   

                                 

   Everything about the Queen is luxurious and stylish. The epitome of entertainment and food delicacies from around the world for her guests is the pivotal experience for them as they travel the world. Here you you see a sample of her lavish surrounds.  The round tables of one of the ships many restaurants provide an interesting concept for one of Benjamin’s shots. The ballroom with its beautiful curtained stage brings the ultimate of entertainment on the high seas.                                                                                                       

 JESSICA WATSON HAS CONQUERED THE SEA….NOW SHE SHOWS HER NEW  TALENT AS A PHOTOGRAPHY JUDGE! YOU BE THE JUDGE!    Did you guess our first CELBRITY JUDGE? The clues were all there, including her ever popular “pink”. The young Australian Of The Year who had the camera to her eye whenever she could as she traversed the globe’s oceans in her quest to be the youngest to circumnavigate the world did the FOUS FORCE Kids With Cameras the honour, and chose Benjamin’s image adding the words: “The QE is so huge, but she looks so tranquil in this photo”. Currently, strutting her stuff  as a contestant in “Dancing With The Stars”  she is adding another string to her bow. Give her your support as she did the FF Kids With Cameras and cast a vote to help her climb the leader board.  Check out her performances on; http://au.tv.yahoo.com/dancing-with-the-stars/    

How to Vote

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 Be heard! Make your vote count! Dancing with the Stars allows you to vote for your favourite Celebrity performance via 190 telephone numbers and SMS (text messaging) each week.  Call 1902 55 77 13 for Jessica Watson

OR SMS the first name of the Celebrity to 191 777 MNET entry cost $0.55. Mobile calls to 1902 extra. SMS Helpline 1300 851 419  Final voting closes: 17/06/2012 at 18:30 AEST 

   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                

FIRE IN THE SKY!

 CANBERRA SKIES saw hot air balloons competing with the clouds for space and a bit of the action. Benjamin Daniels was there amongst the action also with his camera, and got close and personal capturing these images. It brings a new view of things happening around the country and around our world. It adds a new highlight that will come to your screens from May on, with a project competition that will have a monthly prize for the most REWARD POINTS for each series of submissions. And, of course the ones raised to SUPER SHOTS gain the ever fabulous SUPER POINTS. FOCUS FORCE is working on two major prizes for the end of year to be presented in January.

 DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR – GET INTO THE ACTION TOO!

An entry fee will be charged per photo, with mutiples being discounted.

VIEWERS VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER WILL BE REWARDED WITH 25 REWARD POINTS. They’ll love your support, and you’ll be giving them a satisfying pat on the back! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS POST A COMMENT OF PRAISE on the site, and the photographer will be credited with the RP. Note; ONLY ONE POST PER IMAGE. C’mon we know you’ll be backing the FF Kids With Cameras and be  fair.

FOCUS FORCE REACHING FOR 2012 HITS!

THIS WEEKEND WE WILL “HIT”2012!

IT’S TAKEN AWHILE BUT AT LAST focusfor.wordpress.com can soon boast 2000 plus 12 hits! Hitting the atmosphere in April 2009, the first year was dismal with less than 20 hits. ’10 wasn’t much better – but then in 2011 the site went mega (well in our minds anyhow). With a new lease of life came the July influx of 500+ in the month alone. It also still claims the most hits for 1 day with 55. The rest year remained climbing with over a thousand for the year. But here it is April 2012, and the total climbing to 600 for the beginning of the year.

The majority of hits coming from Oz, there are many  from all over the world. The state’s and England feature prominently while there are many from the Asian continents. All looking at the SUPER SHOTS from the Australian FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras.

All this may not seem much in the eyes of the regular surfer, but FOCUS FORCE has remained extremely conservative in its use of the web. Foremost, and without any exceptions, the interests and protection of the children involved and the overall creditability of the FOCUS FORCE Kids With Cameras remains the utmost priority.

FOCUS FORCE realizes that it could “grow” the readers and hits by making itself known through the many engines and methods including Facebook. To this date these have been used with limited access. This done to protect the site, as much as we can, and the FF Kids With Cameras.

 The website is all about Kids With Cameras achievements and successes. It offers them the opportunity to show off their results in a safe and secure environment. Everything is done to protect their identity and and the use of the site for them. Parents and guardians are contacted before the names are used on the site, and only published after their approval.

Comments and posts are scrutinized and censored before before put on the site. Anything derogaory or of concern does not go past “go”.

WE FINISH THIS BY SAYING that focusfor.wordpress.com is all about the kids with cameras. It is here for their excitement and entertainment. As said, it is also there to make them proud of themselves. It will grow in the future, as will it’s content, as well as the children’s input.

You are also welcome to post a comment at any time on the site.

WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HELP IT GROW BY BECOMING A REGULAR FOLLOWER and coming aboard as a regular reader.