SPOT NEWS-
1st-Heidi Heilbrunn-Really good use of ambient light to dress up a routine fire picture.
2nd-Rebecca Ducker-Florence Morning News-Great composition, onlookers add scale and position nicely with the damage which is clearly shown
3rd-None

News
1st-Grace Beahm-Post and Courier-Busy image but place and event are clear-firefighter’s funeral. Nice twist on funeral coverage without showing casket. Not a do it all image, but a nice change up.

2nd- Gerry Melendez-The State-–. Great light, perfectly balanced image. Great spacing of elements give a sense of lonliness and the sky enhances the whole image. Any tighter would’ve ruined the moment.

3rd- Angie Kersher-Florence Morning News-nice light and sense of action moment as cowboy comes through the door. Pretty boring opportunity but photog used the light and timing to make a nice image

Feature
1st-Grace Beahm Post and Courier-Just a nice images of a hanging bell. Most of us have shot this type of image and it’s a good example of a nicely framed shot cropped well.

2nd-Gerry Melendez-The State-Good technique using ambient background. Motion blur can be annoying, but his effort goes beyond and adds strong background elements to the main subject portrayal.

3rd-Ken Ruinard Anderson Independent-Mail- Nice change up on a pretty common sight. Must’ve been a valuable t-shirt.

Sports
1st-Nathan Gray Anderson Independent-Mail- Great moment done really well

2nd-Gerry Melendez The State-great peak action with the unusual element of the helmet popping off. Say a big thank you to the photo gods.

3rd-Jeff Blake The State-great peak action

Multiple-
1st-Gerry Melendez-The State-nice campaign trail story

2nd-Angie Kershner-Florence Morning News-Good  mix of images for black Friday story. Photog showed all angles and mixed tight, wide and reaction shots

3rd-Rebecca Ducker-Florence Morning News-nice image story from a school pie making event. Good  mixture