Homeless evictions: What caught our eyes was how well the subject stands out from the busy background, not always easy to make work. His body language combined with the background gives the view a mood which matches the story.
New Salvation Army: The subject is framed nicely in the doorway, and attention goes direct to her. Nice geometric shapes adds to the clean composition.
Zombie wells: An overall good collection of photos. We liked the variety of images.
Market: So many strong images in this group. The color, the people and expressions, the creative framing and reflections. The amount of sharpening and contrast applied to people in several of the images were a distraction. Perhaps it’s to compensate for the images running in print? On the screen it looks like too much.
Judges:
Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal, Doug Zimmerman/SF Gate, Ethan Swope/Freelance
Judges Comments
Homeless evictions: What caught our eyes was how well the subject stands out from the busy background, not always easy to make work. His body language combined with the background gives the view a mood which matches the story. New Salvation Army: The subject is framed nicely in the doorway, and attention goes direct to her. Nice geometric shapes adds to the clean composition. Zombie wells: An overall good collection of photos. We liked the variety of images. Market: So many strong images in this group. The color, the people and expressions, the creative framing and reflections. The amount of sharpening and contrast applied to people in several of the images were a distraction. Perhaps it’s to compensate for the images running in print? On the screen it looks like too much.