Premier Awards - Best Spot News Photo Coverage ( Circulation 10000 to 12499,Circulation 12500 to 17499,Circulation 17500 and over,Digital - Population 100K plus)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
The Chilliwack Progress (Chilliwack, BC)
Entry Title:
Icy situation
Entry Credit:
Jenna Hauck
Judge Comment:
Kudos to Chilliwack Progress (BC) photographer Jenna Hauck, who came up with a unique weather spots new photograph following three days of intense winter weather. She scored 46/50 shooting thru an ice-encrusted window with a pedestrian and vehicle on the other side. Chilliwack residents endured a snow storm that was followed by freezing rain, which made travel by foot/wheel treacherous.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
Prince George Citizen (Prince George, BC)
Entry Title:
A soggy summer night
Entry Credit:
Chuck Nisbett
Judge Comment:
Bravo to the Citizen photographer who went out at dusk in downtown Prince George (BC) following 25 millimetres of rainfall to capture a motorist and cyclist navigating an intersection in thigh-deep water, using available light. The image scored 45/50 to earn runner-up bragging rights.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Observer (Elmira-Woolwich, ON)
Entry Title:
A Woolwich firefighter pulls off his respirator mask
Entry Credit:
Julian Gavaghan
Judge Comment:
Elmire-Woolwich Observer (Ontario) photographer Julian Gavaghan scored 43/50 to earn third-place honours thanks to his barn fire aftermath, where an exhausted firefighter retreats from his hose duties while removing his respirator. Firefighters managed to rescue 10 livestock, while several others were killed during the spring farm fire.
Competition Comment:
There were plenty of images of fire photos among the 14 submissions to the best spot news photo category, with Julian Gavaghan's capture of an exhausted firefighter at a barn fire garnering third-place honours (43/50) for the Elmire-Woolwich Observer (Ontario). What made this fire standout — there's activity involving a firefighter, but not an establishing shot like the others where police and firefighters are just standing around, or the composition is lacking. Remember to shoot 360 degrees around a fire scene, fill the frame, and look for something that's not the norm at a fire scene. Like first-place winner Jenna Hauck with the Chilliwack Progress (BC), who used her imagination to provide the editor with a front page weather image. Instead of snow plows at work or people using a snowblower, she focused her lens looking thru an ice-encrusted window with a pedestrian on the other side to score 46/50. A day of freezing rain provided Hauck with an opportunity to focus on the three-day winter storm and come up with her winner. Runner-up a point back with a 45/50 score, the Prince George Citizen's (BC) went out at dusk during a major rainfall, and focused on an intersection using available light to capture a vehicle and cyclist navigating thigh-deep water. The capture demonstrated the flooding was severe in the downtown core, yet did not stop some from navigating the water with wheels rather than a kayak/canoe. Overall, look for "active" artwork when out covering spot news events. Avoid staying focused with what's in front of your camera, instead look for something your editor might play "big" on front page. A number of submissions might have scored higher, but being played inside "small" lost marks.
— Jules Xavier, Shilo Stag editor (ret'd) Manitoba
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