CoralSpawning was a great example of using the power of photojournalism to inform and educate our readers, helping to connect humans with the critical eco system upon which we all depend. Excellent narrative arc. The photographer utilized cutline information to enrich the excellent images and help us understand the importance of the story. Fiddlers Convention was a great opportunity and edged out competition due to good cutline information that overcame a few weak images in the collection. Crater First Game was awarded but needed stronger lead photo and more strong images overall - meaning, compose to control where you want your viewer to look, as opposed to standing too far back and getting overall and general view photos. Also, use more varied cutlines to tell the story in keeping with this category's "narrative arc" requirement. Alternate FountainYoga had some storytelling images. The cutlines needed more variation to improve the narrative arc of this PSES entry.
Judges:
Thomas Turney/The State Journal Register, Peggy Bair/The Leavenworth Times
Judges Comments
CoralSpawning was a great example of using the power of photojournalism to inform and educate our readers, helping to connect humans with the critical eco system upon which we all depend. Excellent narrative arc. The photographer utilized cutline information to enrich the excellent images and help us understand the importance of the story. Fiddlers Convention was a great opportunity and edged out competition due to good cutline information that overcame a few weak images in the collection. Crater First Game was awarded but needed stronger lead photo and more strong images overall - meaning, compose to control where you want your viewer to look, as opposed to standing too far back and getting overall and general view photos. Also, use more varied cutlines to tell the story in keeping with this category's "narrative arc" requirement. Alternate FountainYoga had some storytelling images. The cutlines needed more variation to improve the narrative arc of this PSES entry.