Portfolios
a.
Name of Photographer: Travis Haughton
b.
General focus of portfolio: Journalism
c.
List 3 problems that the judges noted: Some
pictures needed captions, the angle for some pictures were wrong, the angle is
too tight for a lot of them; get a wider frame
d.
List 2 things the judges like: The angle of the
basketball picture was good but too small, different levels going on in the
picture
e.
What is your overall impression of the
photographer: I think he has a different way of taking pictures that is nice,
but he needs some more practice in lighting and the angles at which he takes
his pictures.
f.
Name of Photographer: Josh Birnbaum
g.
General focus of portfolio: Sports
h.
List 3 problems that the judges noted: Get
better angles & better timing, wait for the moment or edit the moment, pace
your pictures throughout your portfolio
i.
List 2 things the judges like: The content makes
the picture amusing, the photographer gets in with the action
j.
What is your overall impression of the
photographer: I think he has some really great ideas and some amazing detail
shots throughout his portfolio, but he could work on his technique and the way
he works with the subjects.
k.
Name of Photographer: Justin Mott
l.
General focus of portfolio: Sports
m.
List 3 problems that the judges noted: Expand
past some of the same things you have taken pictures of, where’s the subject ?
, make point of picture more obvious
n.
List 2 things the judges like: The color and
light and angle are all very good, definitely waited for the right moment.
o.
What is your over all impression of the
photographer: The pictures were amazing. I loved this photographer, but there
were a few terrible pictures that did not belong in the portfolio. The story at the end made me want to fall
asleep.
Winning Portfolio (Dustin Snipes/Sports)
a. What
did judges note as strengths : color & composition, streamline of swimmers
makes content interesting, photographer gets into the subjects of the picture,
POV of the pictures are very good, chaos of the picture somehow looks good,
blur of the picture adds to the detail of the subject, even with a little set
up, the creativity is very good, photographer really got up close and personal
with the subjects to make sure they got a really good pictures.
b. What
do you see as strengths: This photographer is very good. He knows what he’s
doing with composition, angle and editing along with the initial lighting of
the photos. I loved his portfolio, and he had to have had a lot of creativity
and a lot of vision to get this quality of pictures.
Contest recap vid
Describe process for choosing
winner:
Decides who has the worst pictures,
narrows down and takes out all of the portfolios with weak compositions,
“reward diversity”, look at editing of pictures as well as composition of each,
decide winner.
PART 2
I agree with the judges on the
Action Category picture of the runners. The photographer should have cropped
it.
I disagree with their judgment of
the football shot in the No Pro / No College category. They thought that the
ball got lost in the running players and that the photographer should have
cropped the picture more to make the focus on the ball and the hands of the players,
but I think that the ball brings the focus to the top of the picture by itself
without having to crop out half of some of the players’ bodies. I think the
composition was good.
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