News Action Photography
Time limit and deadline will be announced at contest. Shots may not be staged. Each contestant may submit ONE photo. Photographers must abide by all guidelines, rules, restrictions pertaining to contest participation.
Criteria: Capturing essence of the event, human-interest element, original point of view, emphasis of point of interest, suitability for publication and cutline information.
Examples and Tips:
Below, you will see the top three winners from the 2009 contest. I did not judge these, but having judged photo contests before, here's my guess at what happened:
The scene (news conference) is not that visually dynamic.
The judges probably got lots of well composed, well exposed shots of the speaker doing interesting gestures.
These three probably stood out because they tell more of a story. All three of them have clear and interesting foreground, middle ground, and background elements.
Lesson - When everyone is shooting the same story, find a unique angle on the story, and tell it visually. Sometimes capturing a great moment is not enough.
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