Once again, a weak category. First place was a strong entry with many good moments and gave us a sense of his struggle. Nice to see that the photographer shot the subject on multiple occasions. The lead photo needed a much more complete caption, but we still thought the story was the clear 1st place winner. The second had some strong moments, but needed a much tighter edit - 15 photos was far too many. Edit it down to 7 or 8 and it might have competed for 1st place.
Judges:
Shmuel Thaler/ Santa Cruz Sentinel, Kevin Painchaud/ Lookout Local, Nic Coury/ freelance
Judges Comments
Once again, a weak category. First place was a strong entry with many good moments and gave us a sense of his struggle. Nice to see that the photographer shot the subject on multiple occasions. The lead photo needed a much more complete caption, but we still thought the story was the clear 1st place winner. The second had some strong moments, but needed a much tighter edit - 15 photos was far too many. Edit it down to 7 or 8 and it might have competed for 1st place.