Picture of the Year Winners 2010
South Carolina News Photographer’s Association Pictures of the Year Winners
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Photographer of the Year: C. Aluka Berry, The State
Runner Up: Gerry Melendez, The State
Third Runner Up: Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail
Spot News
First: “Blocked,” Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail
Second: “Mustang,” Sefton Ipock, The Anderson Independent Mail
Third: “Shooting,” Nathan Gray, The Anderson Independent Mail
General News
First: “Greene Campaigns,” Anne McQuary, Freelance
Second: “Soldier Funeral,” Rebecca Ducker, The (Florence) Morning News
Third: White Dove,” Gerry Melendez, The State
HM: “Trails of child abuse,” Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail
HM: “Viewing,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Feature
First: “Morning Smoke,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
Second: “A Kiss,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Third: “Innocence,” Gerry Melendez, The State
HM: “Fishing Pond,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
Sports Action
First: “Fear,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Second: “Tandem Surfing,” Grace Beahm, The Charleston Post and Courier
Third: “Shoeless Tackle,” Patrick Wright
Sports Feature
First: “Jedi Master,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Second: “Helping Hand, “ Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail
Third: “Gamecocks Win,” Travis Bell, Travis Bell Photography
HM: “Belly Disruption,” Gerry Melendez, The State
HM: “Praying for a Championship,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Portrait
First: “Eerie,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Second: “Hate,” Rebecca Ducker, The (Florence) Morning News
Third: “Going Home,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
HM: “Off To Work,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
Pictorial
First: “Citadel Wedding,” Travis Bell, Travis Bell Photography
Second: “Ride Home,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
Third: “Festival Tepee” – C. Aluka Berry, The State
HM: “Fallen Peaches,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
HM: “Peace on the River,” Sefton Ipock, The Anderson Independent Mail
Illustration
First: “Palmetto Palate,” Kim Kim Foster, The State
Second: “Easter Sunday,” Kim Kim Foster, The State
Third: “Cinnamon Rolls,” Anne McQuary, Freelance
Picture Package
First: “Dixie Youth Baseball,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Second: “West Nile,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Third: “Service Dog Camp,” Anne McQuary, Freelance
HM: “Lake Baptism,” Sefton Ipock, The Anderson Independent Mail
News Picture Story/Essay - first photo displayed only
First: “Honor Flight,” Nathan Gray, The Anderson Independent Mail
Second: “Honor Flight,” Heidi Heilbrunn, The Greenville News
Third: “Marine Dogs,” Anne McQuary, Freelance
Feature Story/Essay – first photo displayed only
First: “A Harvest Hoped For,” C. Aluka Berry, The State
Second: “Dr. Bob W. Todd,” Sam O’Keefe, The Greenwood Index Journal
Third: “D.I.V.A.” Kim Kim Foster, The State
Sports Story/Essay - first photo displayed only
First: “Masters,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Second: “Champs,” Gerry Melendez, The State
Third: “Rodeo,” Nathan Gray, The Anderson Independent Mail
Multimedia – Click on story name to view
First: “Beauty From Ashes,” Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail
Second: “Sign Language Church,” Ken Ruinard, The Anderson Independent Mail
Student Photographer of the Year
First: “Tough Reach,” Aaron Middeke, USC-Columbia
Second: “A Snowy Stroll,” Sarah Langdon, USC-Columbia
Third: “Gold Coast Surf,” Aaron Middeke, USC-Columbia
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR A GREAT CONTEST!
Panel of Judges Announced
I am excited to announce our outstanding panel of judges for the South Carolina News Photographer’s Association Pictures of the Year Competition. Corey Perrine, Augusta Chronicle photojournalist, Mike Stewart, Associated Press photo editor, and James Gregg, San Diego Union-Tribune multimedia journalist, will be attending our annual competition and meeting. Their bios are published below.
Please note: Competition entries are due by midnight TONIGHT.
Corey Perrine is an award-winning photojournalist for the Augusta Chronicle in east central Ga. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (Dec. 2003) and has also worked for newspapers in Utah, Kansas City and New Hampshire.
Mike Stewart is the South Regional Photo Editor based in Atlanta.
Stewart joined the AP in 2005 at the State Photo Center in Washington, D.C. , then was promoted to Headquarters Supervisor at the New York headquarters in 2007. In his roles he helped lead efforts to enhance U.S. newspaper photo contributions to the AP nationally.
Stewart began his career as Staff Photographer at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock in 1989, and became Director of Photography at the Columbia Daily Tribune in 1994. He was later named Director of Photography at The Albuquerque Journal , and in 2002 he joined Polaris Images in New York as Senior Photo Editor.
Stewart holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Cameron University.
and immigration issues to impacts of state budget cuts to high school sports and community news.
Keep ‘em coming.
Okay, South Carolina News Photographers…..
You have ONE WEEK until the deadline to submit your Pictures of the Year entries. The deadline is Monday, January 31, 2011.
We have great judges and great prizes (thanks to our sponsors). I will post more detailed information soon.
Meanwhile, keep checking the website for more information AND contest rules. And if you are wondering, “How do I submit my photos?” Well, you are in luck. That is on the website, too!
See you in February!
Start sending your entries.
It’s official! The SCNPA Pictures of the Year Competition will be held Sunday, February 20, 2011 at the Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, S.C. There will be a dinner the night before for members and judges.
Please look over the contest information and rules on the website and start sending your entries now. The deadline is Monday, January 31.
The FTP information is as follows (Thanks, Rich!):
hostname: ftp.rgpix.com
username: scpoy
password: scpoyupload
OR, you can send your entries using snail mail to:
Heidi Heilbrunn
Photo Department
The Greenville News
305 S. Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Preparing for POY 2011
Hey everyone and welcome to all the new-comers,
Rebecca Ducker, SCNPA VP, and I have been on the phone planning our 2011 SCNPA Pictures of the Year competition. We are looking forward to seeing everyone the weekend of Feb. 19-20. We will have a dinner/meet-and-greet planned for Saturday night and the competition and meeting will take place Sunday the 20th. As we have more details and secure our fantastic list of judges, we will send out an update.
Make sure your dues are paid up and start pulling those contest pix now.
-Heidi
2009 SCPOY entry forms
Thanks for your interest in the 2009 South Carolina News Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Contest. You will find all the forms needed for the contest on this page. The contest is open to all SCNPA members in good standing. There is no fee to enter the contest, as long as you have paid your membership fee. You do not have to attend the seminar to enter. All photographs must have been taken (except for picture story entries) between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2009.
download this form and mail it in or FTP it along with your entries to Rich Glickstein:
Rich Glickstein/Photo Department
The State
1401 Shop Road
Columbia, SC, 29201
FTP information
hostname: ftp.rgpix.com
username: scpoy
password: scpoyupload
You will find all the detailed contest information in this form
Cost of entry is $35 which includes a membership to SCNPA.
If you have any questions about the contest you can email SCNPA president Gerry Melendez at gerrymelendez@gmail.com.
2009 Judges Bios
Stacy Pearsall
Stacy Pearsall began her career as an Air Force combat photographer at 17. She traveled to over 41 countries, and attended S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. After three tours in Iraq, Pearsall shared her experiences as a female combat photojournalist on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Her work has appeared in print and television media, including Time magazine, BBC, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Soldier of Fortune and more. Pearsall’s photographs have also been featured in the Oscar-nominated PBS production, Operation Homecoming, and GQ magazine’s “This is Our War.” Pearsall was one of only two women to win NPPA’s MPOY competition, and the only woman to have earned it twice. Her images have been exhibited across America from Hollywood to New York. She is now retired from military service and currently freelances. She is the owner/director of the Charleston Center for Photography in South Carolina
Christopher Record
Christopher Record is a versatile corporate, portrait, editorial and wedding photographer whose award-winning background in photojournalism influences all of his work.
With a diverse base of clients including advertising agency Eric Mower and Associates, Farm Bureau Insurance Racing, Crosland, TradeKing, Tier One Partners, Mad GENIUS Inc., the United States Golf Association, the Professional Golfers Association, , Pass & Seymour Legrand, HGTV, the North Carolina Dance Theatre and Habitat for Humanity, Record prides himself on finding the best visual solutions for every assignment.
Record’s resume is lined with awards from the top photojournalism groups including the National Press Photographers Association, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the Southern Short Course, the Society of Newspaper Design, the North Carolina Press Photographers Association and the North Carolina Press Association. He has been a North Carolina Photographer of the Year, was twice runner-up NC POY and was also runner-up Southern Photographer of the Year.
Record was the lead photographer on a team project selected as a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. The Charlotte Observer project, “Sold a Nightmare,” was a finalist for the Gold Medal for Public Service. The series focused on the area’s high rate of housing foreclosures and questionable sales practices by one of the nation’s largest homebuilders.
Record has spent the past 20 years photographing presidents, celebrities and athletes and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The London Times, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today and numerous other publications and books.
Record covered the Carolina Panthers from their inception to the Super Bowl in Houston. He has also covered numerous NCAA Final Four basketball tournaments, ACC basketball tournaments and many professional golf tournaments including the men’s and women’s U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, The Players Championship and The Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte.
His career has included stints at three newspapers with roles ranging from reporter, photographer, picture editor to director of photography. Record most recently spent 14 years as a staff photographer at The Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, N.C.
He left newspapers in 2007 to concentrate on his freelance photography business.
Record accepts corporate, portrait and editorial assignments and he also does a select number of documentary weddings each year.
Michael Holahan
Michael Holahan is a staff photographer at The Augusta Chronicle. He was recently
honored in the NPPA Best of Photojournalism as an honorable mention photojournalist
of the year for smaller markets. His images have also been recognized by The Southern
Short Course, The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar and The Gordon Parks Photo contest.
Born: Los Angeles, CA
Childhood: Lived in the Chicago area
Teen years: Lived in Naples, Florida. Graduated from Naples High School
College: University of Florida. Earned a BA in Political Science and BS in Journalism
Internships: The Gainesville (FL) Sun; The Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL; Patuxant Publishing, Columbia, MD; The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph.
Staff: The Sacramento Bee – Zoned Editions; The Augusta Chronicle (1997-present)
Family: wife, Amanda and son, Elliott, 2.
Recent awards (2008-09) from: Pictures of the Year International (POYi); NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism; The Southern Short Course; The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar; The Gordon Parks Photography Contest; Georgia AP; Georgia Press Association; Placed second in NPPA’s 2008 clip contest Region 6.