Austin Parks Photo Project

The Austin Parks Foundation is working to improve our parks database for park searches online. We're also going to use this database in the creation of a free park related mobile application!

We need your help!

We need volunteers to go to parks and take photos of it's beauty and unique features. It's a fun project that is quite literally a walk in the park!

How to Collect and Send Park Photos:

What You Need:

1. Digital Camera, 2. Email

What we're looking for:

• unique features and/or views of the park
• close up of particularly beautiful aspect (flowering tree, attractive rock work, stream, etc.)
• the park in action: users walking, running, swimming, playing in the playground

Photo Protocols:

The number of pictures depends on the size of the park. For pocket parks, as few as two good pictures will suffice. In general, aim for 3 or 4 pictures of 3 or 4 features - anywhere from 2 - 10 pictures per park depending on the size of park.

Send us high resolution photos and we'll downsize them for the web.

Send the photos via email to eric@austinparks.org with the park name in the subject line and you're done. It's that easy!