Judges Comments

Another light category with mostly photo essays from daily events rather than long term, which seems to be a disappearing thing with smaller staffs and more work. First place stood out with its variety of images of the retiring veterinarian, but needed tighter editing, too many images were similar. Also, order is important for us in the story, the similar images were grouped together and should have been broken up so your eye flows through the story. Try to break up wide and tight next time. Second place had some nice moments, but a lot of similar images and could have also benefited from a tighter edit. Third place was fun, but again, a lot of photos were similar. We would have liked to have seen a few more wider scene-setting shots in the edit.