Photo Essay or Digital Slideshow

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1st- Spencer Isberg (Delta College)

Judge comments:

1st shot – I love how you got right in the huddle here and made me as the viewer make feel I was there. The water bottle placement is kinda funny, but if you had a variation without that it might put her in better light? However love the expressions and moment captured. You got all your background lines straight and paid attention to how you frame your subjects with the background. The people on the edges in this
case draw me in, as they frame the photo in sense. Not including the white frame and other photo frame.
2nd Shot – this is an awesome action shot, you froze it at just the right point! Love the low angle you got near the floor to accentuate their height. Love the expression player #2. The coach in the left anchors your composition well. The bright slats in the upper third kind of anchor the top of the composition too. Not sure what you shoot with, but if you have the means I would challenge you to shoot with more open
apertures to get more selective depth of field to help the eye go where you want it in the frame.
3rd Shot – Nice practice shot. Getting this shot during a free throw during a game with players on either side is always good to. Your leading lines and where you got the ball is right on. Less action in the background would have been better – but – I get it. It is what is sometimes.
4th shot – Very cool and creative double exposure with the mixture of the yellow.
5th Shot – Another cool double exposure and use of spot color. I like the intense eyes of the player with the dark shirt on.

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2nd- Julie Newell (Lansing Community College)

Judge comments:

Nice solid layout. Love the continuity in color grade of all the shots. The compositions are done and you captured the action at the right time. Good job in selecting the key shots. I do like how you chose the magenta background, that seems to work with tones of the images, but also works well to tie it all together. As far as the pictures go, showing more emotion on the faces would make them more interesting. But

perhaps they didn’t do that? Overall nice job!

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3rd- Kathryn DePauw  (Northwestern Michigan College)

Judge comments:

Love the symmetry you were going for. You covered all the bases well showing cool details, the overall event, and like the Ford V8 Coupe grill. I can only add to keep looking for more creative angles.