Photography Instructions

Are you a parent who took photos of their kid’s team or a volunteer photographer taking professional event photos?

Either way, we would love to see your photos to utilize on our social media pages. If you took photos at an event, please follow these instructions:

Set-Up (for volunteer photographers):

  • Sign up as a volunteer photographer for each event on firstinspires.org.
  • At the event, check in as a volunteer. For full-day tournaments, most events run all day.

Photo Concepts: 

We utilize photographs and video material for our social media pages and want to capture diversity within our shots and students represented. Please try to ensure representation across all dimensions is photographed and shown in various environments.

  • Close-up shots of robots competing in the tournament area
  • Kids controlling their robots
  • Candid photos of kids smiling, in shock, or in anticipation during events
  • Kids who have just won a round
  • Full group pictures of teams
  • Candid photos of volunteers checking teams in
  • Candid photos of judges speaking with teams
  • Candid photos of referees talking to teams competing
  • Close-up shots of awards
  • Close-up shots of speakers and emcees
  • Candid photos of kids presenting innovation projects
  • Posed photos of teams with their innovation projects
  • Short videos up to 90 seconds

Upload Instructions:

We utilize flickr to share photos and videos of our Playing at Learning events.

  • Create an account on flickr.com 
  • Click the cloud upload button and upload photos from the event where it says “Choose photos and videos to upload.” 
  • Tag the photos with the location, event, event season, and your name as a photographer (Ex: 2023/2024 NorCal FLL Championship – Pleasant Grove, CA, Kate Wexell)
  • Confirm with the tournament director which official event name they wish for you to utilize in tagging
  • Navigate to the Playing at Learning page.
  • Click on “groups” and select the program and year for your events
  • Next to photo pool hit “Add photo” to upload event photos from your photo stream.
  • Send an email to the responsible staff for your program to inform our team that your photos are uploaded