January 2009 Clip Contest Winners and Standings
Here are the January results. Alan Hawes and Gerry Melendez were the big winners for the month.
Thanks to Brian Cassella, Daniel Wallace, and editor Jack Rowland at St. Petersburg Times in Florida for judging.
Start getting your February clips together to send into me soon.
Would like to have them by the 10th! Sooner you get them to me, sooner I get them out and judged with results.
SPOT NEWS:
1st: Alan Hawes-Post and Courier — Best emotion, with tight composition and contextual framing.
2nd: Nathan Gray Anderson Independent-Mail — Interesting moment with dog emerging from truck.
3rd: Ken Ruinard Anderson Independent-Mail — Interesting moment
GENERAL NEWS:
1st: Rebecca Ducker-Florence Morning News — Great find, a different moment with real expression. Creative composition.
2nd: Alan Hawes-Post and Courier — Great moment and emotion.
3rd: Alan Hawes-Post and Courier — Strong emotion, but photo would be much stronger cropped into a vertical to remove white corner.
FEATURE:
1st: Gerry Melendez-The State — Creative, clean composition
2nd: Rebecca Ducker-Florence Morning News — Great moment, suffered from clutter in the composition.
3rd: Gerry Melendez-The State — Nice background find.
SPORTS:
1st: Gerry Melendez-The State– Great moment with variety of expressions from young wrestlers.
2nd: Jeff Blake-The State — Nice catch, getting great emotion out of a coach on the sidelines.
3rd: Alan Hawes-Post and Courier — Clean action moment, different for basketball.
MULTIPLE:
1st: Grace Beahm-Post and Courier — Contained the best compositions and editing of the entries. Several nice photos and varied viewpoints.
2nd: Grace Beahm-Post and Courier — Last 3 photos are strongest, suffered from mixture with other frames. Several displays of strong emotion.
3rd: Angie Kershner-Florence Morning News — Variety of compositions from a straightforward event.
2009 Standings
1. Alan Hawes-Post and Courier 152 points
2. Gerry Melendez-The State 132 points
3. Rebecca Ducker-Morning News 92 points
4. Grace Beahm-Post and Courier 92 points
5. Nathan Gray-Independent-Mail 42 points
6. Jeff Blake-The State 42 points
7. Ken Ruinard-Independent-Mail 32 points
8. Angie Kershner-Morning News 32 points
9. Sefton Ipock-Independent-Mail 2 points
10. Heidi Heilbrunn-Greenville News 2 points
11. Melissa Haneline-Post and Courier 2 points
12. Jonathan Dyer- Island Packet 2 points
C. Aluka Berry named 2008 SCNPA POY
State photographer Chris Aluka Berry was named the 2008 South Carolina News Photographers Association’s Photographer of the Year during The 60th annual Southern Short Course in News Photography seminar held in Charlotte, NC. Gerry Melendez of the State was runner-up and Alan Hawes, Charleston Post and Courier, took third place.
Ken Ruinard of the Anderson Independent-Mail was the SCNPA clip contest Photographer of the Year. Sefton Ipock, Anderson Independent-Mail was runner-up. Gerry Melendez, The State was third.
Berry also received Best in Show for his feature story on Wateree Correctional Institution inmate, Joshua Reynolds, titled “Second Chances.”
The State took Staff of the Year.
I also forgot to post the illustration winners. There where only two honorable mention awards in the category. Tim Dominick, The State for his “Connected” illustration and Rebecca J. Ducker, Florence Morning News for her ”religion in sports.”
Congratulations to all the winners! The judges had great things to say about the work. I hope to post the judges comments soon.
Gerry
2008 SCNPA Pictures of the Year results
Thanks for everyone who made the trip to Charlotte for the SCNPA annual meeting. Thanks to judges Nicole Fruge, Preston Gannaway, James Gregg, Swane B. Hall, Tommy Metthe, H. Rick Bamman and Denise McGill as well as sponsors Nikon, ThinkTank, LowePro, Joby, Camera Bits, and Bogen. A big thanks goes out to Marc Kawanishi and the Southern Short Course crew who went above and beyond to accommodate us.
2008 South Carolina Pictures of the Year results
Spot News
1st Gerry Melendez, The State “Tornado Victim”
2nd Ken Ruinard, Anderson Independent-Mail “Fire Dog”
3rd Chris Aluka Berry, The State “Girl Fight”
HM Ken Ruinard, Anderson Independent-Mail “What goes Up”
General News
1st Chris Aluka Berry , The State “Prisoner’s Love”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Clay”
3rd Chris Aluka Berry , The State “Long Ride to Live”
HM Angela E. Kershner, Florence Morning News“Momma’s Goodbye”
HM Alan Hawes, Charleston Post And Courier “Reunion Reflection”
Feature
1st Chris Aluka Berry , The State “Baptism”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Teacher of the Year”
3rd Nathan Gray, Anderson Independent-Mail “Whole lot of Shakin’ Goin On”
HM Alan Hawes, Charleston Post And Courier “Basic Training”
Pictorial
1st Grace Beahm, Charleston Post And Courier “To the finish line”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Derby Blur”
3rd Heidi Heilbrunn, The Greenville News “Umbrellas”
HM Ken Ruinard, Anderson Independent-Mail “Shadow of his Brother”
HM Tracy Glantz , The State “Spider’s Web”
Sports Feature
1st Jeff Blake , The State “Quarterback Dunk”
2nd Jeff Blake , The State “Peacekeeper”
3rd Jeff Blake , The State “Little Fish Big Fish”
HM Gerry Melendez , The State “Shadowboxer”
HM Grace Beahm, Charleston Post And Courier “Good Play”
Sports Action
1st Jeff Blake , The State “Cocky Interference”
2nd Grace Beahm, Charleston Post And Courier “Facemask”
3rd Jeff Blake , The State “Headless Fumble”
HM Alan Hawes, Charleston Post And Courier “Basketball Collision”
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Portrait
1st Gerry Melendez , The State “All-Area Swimmer”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Boxer”
3rd Chris Aluka Berry , The State “Forgetting the Past”
HM Gerry Melendez , The State “Fireballer”
HM Angela E. Kershner, Florence Morning News “Science South”
Picture Package
1st Rebecca J. Ducker, Florence Morning News “Pageant Girls”
2nd Nathan Gray, Anderson Independent-Mail “Shoeshine”
3rd Tim Dominick , The State “Principal for a Day”
News – Story or Essay
1st Alan Hawes, Charleston Post And Courier “Basic Training”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Honor Flight”
3rd Chris Aluka Berry , The State “Pop’s Ticket”
HM Ken Ruinard,, Anderson Independent-Mail “New Hope after Church Fire”
Feature – Story or Essay
1st Chris Aluka Berry , The State “Second Chance”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Skate Groove”
3rd Ken Ruinard, Anderson Independent-Mail “Joy in work”
HM Rebecca J. Ducker, Florence Morning News “Alligator”
Sports – Story or Essay
1st Gerry Melendez , The State “Derby Girls”
2nd Gerry Melendez , The State “Masters – Outside the Ropes”
3rd Jeff Blake , The State “Little Fish, Big Fish”
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Multimedia
1st Chris Aluka Berry, The State – “Second Chance”
2nd Kim Kim Foster-Tobin , The State – “Spring Fashion”
3rd Heidi Heilbrunn, The Greenville News – “Church Fire”
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Portfolio
Photographer of the Year –
Runner-up POY –
Clip Contest POY -
Best in Show – Chris Aluka Berry, The State “Second Chance”
Best Multimedia —Chris Aluka Berry, The State “Second Chance”
Staff of the Year – The State