What the judges have to say

Melissa Golden

Her story was about Senior citizens
Photojournalism

Problems:
Not many of the pictures stood out.
They have seen the story before.
There was really only one good portrait.

What they liked:
She captured a good portrait.
She got action with the softball photo.

My impression:
I liked the photo story more then the random pictures at the beginning. The photo story had nicer photographs and she attempted to used better techniques like lighting in those photos. In the beginning photos she failed to use many techniques.

Josh Birnbahm

His story was about the wheel chair basketball
Mostly sports


Problems:
Used bad angles.
The shots had potential but he didn't wait for the moments.
All were secondary pictures, nothing was strong.

Things they liked:
He caught the moment with the soccer picture.
He used good lighting in a few pictures that had good faces in them.


My impression:
I liked that alot of his photos had emotion in them and he caught some of the people at a good time to show how they were really feeling. But, some of his photos just weren't that great. I didn't like them at all. Some were boring and lame.

Nick Adams

Photojournalism

Problems:
The photos don't say anything, you have to read the long caption to understand it.
He cut of too much of the heads in multiple pictures.
They are really tired of kids in the photos.

What they liked:
The photos were mostly good graphically even though some weren't photojournalism.
The way he used silhouettes.

My impression:
I liked a lot of the techniques he used like the silhouettes. One of his pictures would be really boring while the next would be really busy.

Alyssa Schukar

Photojournalism

Problems:
The photos weren't up close and personal.
There weren't enough strong singles.
The whole story was dark except for a select few.

What they liked:
Good graphics.
She used good a good background with the pastel colors.

My impression:
Her story was pretty dark and I didn't enjoy that. She only two pictures that I really liked and the rest were just kind of boring.

The Winning Story

Strengths:
He was right up there with the athletes in the photos. He captured photos where everyone was doing something

Weaknesses:
There were not many weaknesses. One thing they did say though was that two of the pictures were very similar, just done with another sport.

Deciding the winner:
The judges simply picked out the portfolios that had bad pictures in them. The winner had no bad pictures in it.

I agree with the judges on the picture of the sumo wrestler on the escalator because I like the photo too. I think that the photographer caught a good moment with the ladies reaction