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    Evan BuhlerEvan Buhler
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    Judges

    Jintak Han – photo editor at The Washington Post, Washington DC
    Helen Richardson, The Denver Post, Denver, CO
    Ulysses Muñoz, The Baltimore Banner, Baltimore, MD

    Photographers- 17
    Feature- 30
    News- 19
    Sports- 35
    Spot News- not enough entries, held over to next month
    Portrait- 27
    Multi-Photo- 12 entries/112 photos

    Comments: We really enjoyed being able to judge the monthly clip contest. Thank you for the opportunity.We wanted to offer some of the thoughts we had while judging the entries.

    There were a lot of confusing captions, no dates, poor grammar and sentence structure. While we realize that some of this may be from the fact that English may not be the primary language we encourage photographers to be diligent about their own reporting. Don’t expect someone else to get information for your captions.

    We would encourage photographers to have formats in their captions like Getty or AP Style. If this is embedded into the IPTC stationary photographers can just fill in the blanks. Captions should give the who, what, where, when and why of the photograph. It should never be left for a copy editor, reporter, or editor to fill in the blanks. Photographers should do this.

    Something that gives the viewer more interest in the photo and why the photo was important. As well the photographer personalizes the photo by asking his subject questions and taking a quote or two. We like to think that ones photo will long out live them and be in archives somewhere. It should be able to stand on its own. If a person 10 years from now finds the photo, the caption should tell them everything they need to know about what’s going on in it.

    Make sure each photo has an individualized caption. So often photographers just cut and paste. This is fine for the main body of the caption but the first sentence or two should be specific to what is going on in the photo. This is especially important when it comes to photo stories.
    In general, we found that many of the photos would have been elevated had the composition been better. We encourage photographers to work harder on composing their photos IN CAMERA. Take out distracting elements in the photo, have cleaner backgrounds, get closer, improve lighting techniques.

    Have patience when photographing. Wait for better moments. Have a point of reference in photos such as people or animals. Some of the photos were just of buildings or landscapes that had no focal point. If a person, animal, or bird had been added to a photo it gives that photo more context and it becomes more relatable.

    Photographers should think strongly about which photos they should submit into specific categories. We realize this is hard to do but we found that some of the photos were in the wrong categories. A photo in the right category may win in one category but may not even place if put in another category.

    Photographers should be mindful of editing as well. In some of the photo stories there were photos that were very similar to one another. If photos had been edit more tightly it would have made for a better compilation of photos. In the photo story category we found that many were actually not photo stories but merely a compilation of a lot of photos from one assignment. Also, photos were placed in random order. Photo stories should at minimum tell a story. As well they should have a beginning, middle and an ending.

    With the entry for the photo stories there should be a slide that says what the story is about. None of the submissions had any synopsis of what the stories were about. The captions were used to uncover what the story was and often didn’t tell what the story was actually about. Some of the story entries were not considered by the judges because there, in fact, was no story but merely a bunch of photos from a daily assignment put together. This is not a photo story.

    We realize that fewer and fewer people enter contests anymore. We understand that fully. We encourage photographers to enter the contests. It helps photographers grow and learn. Photographers can garner a lot from seeing what others are doing and you may just win.

    FEATURE

    1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

    Father Nikolaos Sideras throws a cross into English Bay as members of the Greek Orthodox community prepare to swim into the water to retrieve it during the Epiphany cross dive in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.

    2. Kevin Light/ Freelance

    Two friends spear fish at Tahunanui Beach in New Zealand on January 8th 2023.

    3. Bernard Brault/Freelance

    A group of skiers is seen from above waiting for a ride on the quadruple chairlift in Val St-Come, Quebec.

    NEWS

    1. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

    Thousands of police officers line the procession route to the Sadlon Arena for the funeral service of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Provincial Constable Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala who was shot responding to a vehicle in the ditch call. . Funeral was held at Sadlon Arena in Barrie. January 4, 2023.

    2. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

    Former Ontario lieutenant-governor David Onley lies in state at the grand staircase at Queens Park where people can pay tribute to him and sign a book of condolences. in Toronto. January 28, 2023. Visitation at Queens Park runs until 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Onley’s, who was appointed lieutenant-governor in 2007 and served for seven years, funeral will be held on Monday at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church at 11 a.m., with limited seating available for the public beginning at 9 a.m.

    3. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

    Women listen as thousands of people gather for a rally to mark the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Air Disasters, on the three year anniversary since the Iran military shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, January 8, 2023. The flight was bound for Canada via Ukraine and shot down shortly after its takeoff from Tehran in January 2020, killing 176 people including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.

    H.M. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

    A traveller waits near a baggage carousel in Terminal One. Baggage continues sit in the domestic arrivals area at Toronto Pearson Airport’s Terminal One as airlines try to deliver the luggage to passengers in Toronto. January 3, 2023.

    SPORTS

    1. Kevin Light/ Freelance

    A motor-cross athlete flys through the air during a motor sports spectacular show at the Save-on-Foods Memorial arena on January 20th, 2023.

    2. Bernard Brault/Freelance

    KIM CLAVEL from Montréal, Québec, Canada on the right was defeated by YESICA NERY PLATA from Mexico City, Mexico. Plata became the world champion in her category.

    3. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

    Birk Irving, of the United States, competes during the men’s World Cup freestyle ski halfpipe event in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.

    H.M. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

    The Charlotte Hornets watch as Toronto Raptors center Christian Koloko (35) dunks as the Toronto Raptors beat the Charlotte Hornets 124-114 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. January 12, 2023.

    H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

    Vancouver Canucks’ Lane Pederson, left, gets into a scuffle with Edmonton Oilers’ Klim Kostin, centre, and Dylan Holloway during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 21, 2023.

    PORTRAIT

    1. Kevin Light/ Freelance

    Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony Sean O’Loughlin poses for a portrait in Victoria, British Columbia on January 27th, 2023.

    2. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir

    February marks Black History Month. For this occasion, the premiere of a documentary, Le mythe de la femme noire, by director Ayana O’Shun and her sister Bianca, (right) one of the protagonists of the film.The Myth of the Black Woman” is a feature-length documentary that investigates the image of black women in society, from the hypersexual to the amiable Nanny, passing by the insolent “Bitch”. According to specialists, the black community is the minority most affected by images created centuries ago.Black women, acclaimed leaders in their field, recount the challenges that these representations of them cause in their lives. Their gripping stories are backed by never-before-seen and compelling archival footage spanning centuries past to the present day.

    3. Kevin Light/ Freelance

    President and Chief Executive Officer of the Land Titles and Survey Authority of British Columbia Al-Karim Kara poses for a portrait in Victoria, British Columbia Canada on January 18th, 2023.

    3. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir

    In his fifth show, “Nomo sapiens”, comedian and biologist Boucar Diouf does not hesitate to draw on his scientific knowledge to make people laugh, but also to make them.think.A show that makes fun of stupidity in human beings.

    SPOT NEWS

    Comments: Not enough entries, category held over to next month.

    MULTI-PHOTO

    1. Bernard Brault/Freelance

    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.


    The sun is setting during a cold winter day behind the church in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023.


    Since 1938, the ice fishing of the tom-cod is a popular activity . More than 350 cabins are installed on the Ste-Anne river in Ste-Anne de la Perade, Quebec on Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Everybody is fishing an heated cabin and there are no restrictions on the number of fishes you can catch during the day.

    2. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

    The Saskatoon StarPhoenix newsroom has sat empty since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns begun. Journalists believed they would be back to their newsroom eventually, but with Postmedia’s announcement to sell off the building, staff will now have to re-enter and try to find a home for archives going back to 1902. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Wednesday, January 27, 2023.


    Photos of reporters over the years hang on a wall near the side entrance to The StarPhoenix newsroom. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Wednesday, January 27, 2023.


    On top of Cam Fuller’s desk, which has remained unoccupied since he died in 2018, is his ball and antique leather ball-glove. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 19, 2023.


    Hundreds of scrapbooks, with topic or writer inked on the front, carry chronological clippings glued into place by librarians. With the building’s pending sale, and no interest from the community to archive, the work of past librarians will end up in the recycling. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 19, 2023.


    Kevin Mitchell looks through bound copies of The StarPhoenix dating back to 1902 in what staff call “the morgue” in the dingy basement of The StarPhoenix building. He is hoping Sask archives will preserve this history before the building sells. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 19, 2023.


    A mural in the once StarPhoenix cafeteria is painted on a wall below windows that were shot through in the 1990s by someone who was upset over a story that was covered in the newspaper. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 19, 2023.


    There is a smell of mildew, ink, and paper in the stairwell leading up to The StarPhoenix newsroom. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 19, 2023.


    The clock battery died at 9:49 with the last issue to hang on the wall being the day before the COVID-19 lockdowns began. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 19, 2023.


    City editor Dave Deibert packs up his belongings from over 27 years of working in The StarPhoenix newsroom. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on January 23, 2023.

    3. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

    Father Nikolaos Sideras, centre, carries a cross as he leads members of the Greek Orthodox community to the water at Kitsilano Beach for the Epiphany cross dive in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. The cross is thrown into the water and whoever retrieves it and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Father Nikolaos Sideras pours holy water into English Bay as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. A cross is thrown into the water and whoever retrieves it and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Father Nikolaos Sideras throws a cross into English Bay as Elijah Panagiotopoulos, left, and Paul Tzotzolis, both 11, prepare to swim into the water to retrieve it during the Epiphany cross dive in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Paul Tzotzolis, front, and Elijah Panagiotopoulos, who emerged victorious, both 11, vie for the cross after they swam into English Bay to retrieve it as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Elijah Panagiotopoulos, centre, emerges with the cross after beating out Paul Tzotzolis, right, both 11, after they swam into English Bay to retrieve it as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Father Nikolaos Sideras throws a cross into English Bay as members of the Greek Orthodox community prepare to swim into the water to retrieve it during the Epiphany cross dive in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Mike Fraser swims back with the cross after going into English Bay to retrieve it as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Mike Fraser, centre, emerges with the cross after he swam into English Bay to retrieve it as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Father Nikolaos Sideras touches a cross to Mike Fraser’s head after he swam into English Bay to retrieve it as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.


    Mike Fraser kisses a crossheld by Father Nikolaos Sideras after he swam into English Bay to retrieve it as members of the Greek Orthodox community gather for the Epiphany cross dive, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Whoever retrieves the cross and returns it to the priest is said to have greater luck in the year ahead. Epiphany is a major holiday in much of Orthodox Christianity celebrating the birth and baptism of Jesus.

    2023 STANDINGS…MONTH…TOTAL

    1. Kevin Light/ Freelance…170…170
    2. Bernard Brault/Freelance…120…120
    2. Darryl Dyck/Freelance…120…120
    4. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star…110…110
    5. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir…50…50
    6. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…40…40
    7. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press…30…30

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