Requirement
6. Software: describe what it does, then do one thing
Required Often forgotten
THE DESCRIPTION IN THE STEM IS COMPULSORY and is not one of the three options. Costs no new photographs, since it uses a photo you have already taken, but that photo is then excluded from requirement 7 as well.
Notes and warnings
Note. THE FIRST SENTENCE IS A JOB, NOT A HEADING. Before the three lettered options you are asked to describe how software allows you to enhance a photograph after it is taken, and that description is compulsory. It is easy to miss because the eye goes straight to the lettered list, which is the same shape of trap as requirement 5 of the Home Repairs badge. Note also that this requirement costs you no new photographs, since it asks only for a photo you have already taken, but whichever photo you use is then excluded from requirement 7 along with everything else.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Photography Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-07-22), Requirement 6 · The requirement opens by asking you to describe how software allows you to enhance a photograph, before its three lettered options.