Premier Awards - Best Spot News Photo Coverage ( Circulation up to 1499,Circulation 1500 to 3999,Circulation 4000 to 6499,Circulation 6500 to 9999)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
Aylmer Express (Aylmer, ON)
Entry Title:
Top right photo of fire
Entry Credit:
Rob Perry
Judge Comment:
Excellent capture
of action and intensity.
Great job on cropping
tight.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
The Carillon (Steinbach, MB)
Entry Title:
Teen critical after Giroux-area crash
Entry Credit:
Jordan Ross
Judge Comment:
Great composition
and timing.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Rocky Mountain Outlook (Canmore/Kananaskis/BanffAB
Entry Title:
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Best Spot News Photo Coverage – Jungmin Ham 2
Entry Credit:
Jungmin Ham
Judge Comment:
Great close up. Nice work getting so close. Great composition.
Competition Comment:
Spot news photography is typically one of the toughest parts of journalism. It is unpredictable, it can be emotional, and there’s the pressure of capturing heightened action, among other things. In most of these entries, the photographer needs to either get closer or use a longer lens to bring the scene closer. Tighter cropping can help a bit as well. When there are people in the foreground, or otherwise in the scene, your images will usually have more emotion and impact: a lone firefighter versus the billowing flames for example. People figuring prominently usually add a lot of perspective and dimensionality, as in the top three images here.
