Requirement
5. Photograph three subjects: choose three of six
Required Often forgotten
THREE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, on top of requirement 4's four. Two options need other people to agree, one needs an animal to cooperate, and the nature shot needs nobody. These images are also excluded from requirement 7.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THREE MORE SPENT IMAGES, AND TWO OF THESE OPTIONS DEPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE. Like requirement 4, everything photographed here is excluded from the requirement 7 photo story. On the choosing: a close-up of a person and two to three people interacting both need somebody to agree and to be somewhere at a particular time, and the animal shot needs an animal that cooperates. The nature shot needs nobody and nothing arranged, which makes it the dependable choice when your other two are waiting on other people. A troop activity is the easiest single place to collect an action shot and people interacting on the same day.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Photography Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-07-22), Requirement 5 · The requirement asks for three of the six subjects to be photographed.