March Clip Results 2021

Judges

Marissa Weiher — Freelance Photojournalist in Madison, Wisconsin.
Mikala Compton — Photojournalist for New Brunfels Herald-Zeitung in Texas
Susan Endres — Photojournalist/reporter for Baraboo News Republic and Portage Daily News in Wisconsin.

Photographers-16
Feature-38
News-18
Sports-24
Spot News-8
Portrait-30
Multi-Photo 10 entries/109 photos

FEATURE

1. Kevin Light/Freelance

Judges comments: We love the wide lens and peek underwater, which really adds to the storytelling.

Patrick Walter, Adam Kreek (centre) and Fraser Thomson clap their hands together as a seal swims past while taking a 10 minute plunge in the Pacific Ocean at Mt.Douglas Park in Victoria, British Columbia Canada on March 26, 2021.

2. Jack Simpson/Freelance

This is great timing and incredible light. Even though we don’t know who this person is, it feels relatable and timely.

Bits of sunlight hit a young man as he exits the Waterfront Station in downtown XXX on an, obviously, sunny Tuesday (March 16th) afternoon

3. Kevin Light/Freelance

This is a great silhouette shot with a great caption. The composition really captures the mood of the story.

Medical Researcher at the University of Victoria, Patrick Walter, practices breathing exercises prior to taking a 10 minute dip at sunrise in the Pacific Ocean at Mt.Douglas Park in Victoria, British Columbia Canada on March 26, 2021.

H.M. Kevin Light/Freelance

We couldn’t stop looking at this photo. The composition is unique and eye-catching, but we’d like to know more about the people in the photo. A few more details in the cutline would be more satisfying.

An employee at One of a Kind Woodcrafting places a plexiglass bubble at one end of a barrel sauna inside the companies manufacturing facility in Parksville, British Columbia on March 17, 2021.

NEWS

1. Bernard Brault/La Presse

Comments: Love that the photographer shot up toward the protestors, making the photo powerful and timely.

Members of the Cameroon comunauty points toward the Charles Lemoyne hospital after the death of Mireille Ndjomouo .The blame the personnal of the hospital to let her friend died.

2. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail

Comments: Love the calmness in this photo and the black and white, which really puts an emphasis on the doctor as he ends his life. The shadows/highlights really make this.

Dr. Stefanie Green administers one of four medications to Dr. Ronald Bayne as his medically assisted death takes place in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published in March)

3. Patrick Woodbury/LeDroit

Comments: Such a fun angle and really captures the COVID-19 Zoom meetings experience.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listen Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement during a virtual press conference. March 19 2021, Ottawa, Le Droit newspaper.

H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Comments: Really love this photo, just wish it shot a little closer to the people standing at the memorial.

People pause at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

SPORTS

1. Bernard Brault/La Presse

Comments: This such a great shot, but what makes it the best is that it’s of this Olympic skier making the same jump he did 27 years ago. The lighting is well-executed.


Olympic mogul champion, Jean-Luc Brassard, who won the gold medal at the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994 does the same jump 27 years later at the Mont Sutton ski station. It’s called a cosak.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Comments: Love the funky angle and perfect timing. We also loved how it looks like the puck might hit the camera.

Vancouver Canucks’ Tanner Pearson (70) waits for the puck to drop down after it was shot around the glass during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Vancouver, on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

3. Christopher Pike/Freelance

Comments: I love how close this feels to the race horses and that I can see every speck of dirt being thrown into the air.

Horse Racing – Dubai World Cup – Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – March 27, 2021 Mystic Guide ridden by Luis Saez in action during the Dubai World Cup

H.M. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook

Comments: Such a beautiful shot with perfect lighting. I also like how close it is to the diver.

Freediver Lorenza Malaguti touches the ice as she prepares to resurface while freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

[b]PORTRAIT[/b]

1. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Comments: The lighting is incredible. It really captures the loss experienced during this pandemic. Everything about this photo seems intentional. We also liked how the funeral director is framed between the candles.

Funeral director Morgan Edwards is photographed with hundreds of candles at the Saskatoon Funeral Home, which symbolize the lives lost in Saskatchewan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo taken in Saskatoon on Monday, March 15, 2021.

2. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press

Comments: The lower/close angle of this portrait makes it strong. The natural lighting falls on their faces perfectly.

Ron Rauch and his wife Audrey are photographed at their home in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Their daughter Lisa Rauch died on Christmas Day 2019 when a tactical officer with the Victoria Police Department shot her in the back of the head with plastic bullets after barricading herself in a room that was on fire.

3. Bernard Brault/La Presse

Comments: This portrait is so much fun. Great lighting and great pose. I feel like this portrait tells me everything about this person without even reading the caption, which was also lovely.

H.M. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Comments: We all loved the freshness of this photo. It’s such a creative angle and goes well with the caption. Wish I could see just a little bit of her face, but still love the overall vibe of this photo.

Sum Theatre’s Kristel Harder stands for a photo for their newest show Through the Window, inspired by and created for people in long-term care homes. Photo taken in Saskatoon on Friday March 19, 2021.

[b]SPOT NEWS[/b]

1.Matthew Smith/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Comments: We liked how this photo is framed. Great timing.

Firefighters respond to a grass fire beside Highway 11 south of Saskatoon, SK on Monday, March 22, 2021.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Comments: Such a great moment, obviously not for whoever’s car that is, but this is great.

A worker stands by as a Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation crew work to remove a large tree that fell across a road and landed on two cars during an overnight windstorm, in Vancouver, on Sunday, March 7, 2021.

3. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Comments: This isn’t the best photo compositionally, but the photographer did a great job capturing a rare moment.

H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Comments: This isn’t the best photo compositionally, but the photographer did a great job capturing a rare moment.

[b]MULTI-PHOTO[/b]

1. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail

Comments: The photographer did such a great job controlling the focus of the story with lighting and making the photographs black and white. If these photographs were in color, I don’t think they’d be quite as impactful.

Lillian Bayne, left with her husband Michael Hayes, Jennifer Sanchez and fiance’ Eliot Bayne listen as Dr. Stefanie Green talks about the procedure for Dr. Ronald Bayne before his medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Ronald Bayne shares a story with his grandson Eliot Bayne and his fiance’ Jennifer Sanchez before his scheduled medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Family pictures hang above Dr. Ronald Bayne’s bed, one of Canada’s first geriatricians at home before his scheduled medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

A photo of Ronald, taken with his trusty Kodak Brownie with his wife Barbara on or before their honeymoon in 1954 in Dorset, England, where they used to escape to on weekends or somewhere in Scandinavia, where they spent their “honeymoon” touring long term care facilities. The series of pictures sit on his mantle in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Lillian Bayne, daughter of Dr. Ronald Bayne, one of Canada’s first geriatricians is photographed at home before her father’s medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Disgarded tissues from family of Dr. Ronald Bayne, one of Canada’s first geriatricians is photographed at home before his scheduled medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Stefanie Green speaks with Dr. Ronald Bayne photographed at home before his medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Ronald Bayne, one of Canada’s first geriatricians is photographed at home before his scheduled medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Ronald Bayne’s daughter says one last goodbye before her father’s scheduled medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Stefanie Green administers one of four medications to Dr. Ronald Bayne as his medically assisted death takes place in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Stefanie Green administers one of four medications to Dr. Ronald Bayne as his medically assisted death takes place in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Stefanie Green administers medications to Dr. Ronald Bayne as his medically assisted death takes place in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

An IV team assist Dr. Stefanie Green as medications are administered to Dr. Ronald Bayne during his medically assisted death in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

Dr. Stefanie Green administers medications to Dr. Ronald Bayne as his medically assisted death takes place in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, February 26, 2021. (Published March 2, 2021)

2. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir

Comments: This is so good. Such a great way to tell the stories of these women without compromising their identities. These photos were shot with care and I love the attention to the details, like the photo of the keys.

ST-COLOMBAN, QC – March 10, 2021- At her home, speaking with a reporter about her testimony of the ex-wife of the man who murdered his wife and mother-in-law in Ste-Sophie.FOR SPOUSAL VIOLENCE SERIES.Nine women have been killed by their boyfriend since the beginning a the year in Quebec.

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- A woman in her room at the House for women victims of domestic violence in Laval.

ST-JEROME QC – March 17, 2021- In the administration offices of the shelter for women victims of domestic violence.

Laval QC – March 18, 2021 – box containing the keys (not those of the residents’ rooms) for the management of the shelter for women victims of domestic violence.

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- A domestic violence social worker (who holds the child of the lady) is talking in the hallways (adjacent to the bedrooms) with one of the women living at the Maison dwellings for women victims of domestic violence in Laval.

ST-JEROME QC – March 17, 2021- A painting representing women and children at the shelter for women victims of domestic violence.

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- Social worker Melanie Valente, puts away the pencils and coloring book used by the children of residents at the Maison d sheltered by women victims of domestic violence in Laval

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- A woman prepares her breakfast in the kitchen of the Shelter for Women Victims of Domestic Violence in Laval, Qc.

Women staying at the shelter for women victims of domestic violence share some time together and have a coffee in the living room to chat with each other.

A Woman staying at the shelter for women victims of domestic violence have a coffee in the living room with other women.

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- Georgia Dib, a worker at the Home for women victims of domestic violence in Laval, Qc

ST-JEROME QC – March 17, 2021- One of the women who testified at the shelter for women victims of conjugal violence

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- A woman checks her cell phone at the house for women victims of domestic violence in Laval, Qc.

Laval QC – March 18, 2021- A woman in her beroom seen through a mirror at the Shelter for Women Victims of Domestic Violence in Laval

3. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook

Comments: Wonderful variety of shots and angles. The photographer did a great job making the viewer feel like they’re tagging along and free diving with these people.

Freedivers Lorenza Malaguti, left, and Jamie Bigelow haul their dive equipment on sleds across Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Brad Petty cuts a hole into the ice at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park in preparation for freedivers on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Jamie Bigelow and Olivier Aubin haul a large block of ice out of Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park in preparation for freediving Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Olivier Aubin prepares an anchor rope for freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Olivier Aubin puts on his wetsuit booties in preparation for freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Lorenza Malaguti squeezes into her pants wetsuit in preparation for freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Olivier Aubin floats in the freezing waters of Lake Minnewanka as a way to acclimatize to the cold water in preparation for freediving in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

The fins of freediver Olivier Aubin Cath light as he descends while freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Lorenza Malaguti pours hot water into her wetsuit as a way to combat the cold in preparation for freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Lorenza Malaguti touches the ice as she prepares to resurface while freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Freediver Jamie Bigelow, left, watches Lorenza Malaguti as she resurfaces while freediving at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

The hole used for freediving is taped off at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Comments: These pictures are great. Love the unique angles, but I think we’d like to see more people reacting/mourning a little closer than those in the ninth photo to connect more with this picture story.

An RCMP officer speaks with a woman while sitting on the curb outside the Lynn Valley Library where RCMP say multiple people were stabbed and taken to hospital, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

A woman stands outside the Lynn Valley Library after speaking to RCMP officers at the scene where RCMP say multiple people were stabbed and taken to hospital, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

People stand near an RCMP vehicle blocking the road not far from the Lynn Valley Library where RCMP say multiple people were stabbed and taken to hospital, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

Text overlay is seen on the windows of the Lynn Valley Library as police officers investigate after a woman was killed and six others were injured inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

A forensics police officer collects evidence inside the Lynn Valley Library where RCMP say a woman was killed and six others were injured inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

A forensics police officer collects evidence outside the entrance to the Lynn Valley Library where RCMP say a woman was killed and six others were injured inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

A woman leaves flowers at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

People pause at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

People pause at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

A woman places flowers at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

Flowers, candles and written notes are seen at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

People pause at a memorial outside the Lynn Valley Library for the victims of a mass stabbing incident that happened Saturday inside and around the library, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A 28-year-old man was charged Sunday with second-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others around a library in North Vancouver on Saturday.

2021 STANDINGS…MONTH…TOTAL

1. Darryl Dyck/Freelance…110…530
2. Kevin Light/Freelance…90…210
3. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook…40…190
4. Bernard Brault/La Presse…130…180
4. Chad Hipolito/Freelance…130…180
5. Patrick Woodbury/Le Droit…30…170
6. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir…40…150
7. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…90…140
8. Jeff McIntosh/Freelance…0…110
7. Christopher Pike/Freelance…30…80
7. Matthew Smith/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…50….80
8. Dave Holland/Freelance…0…40
8. Ben Nelms/CBC News…0…40
8. Jack Simpson/Freelance…40…40
9. Cole Burston/Freelance…0…30

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