The YH-R photo staff and news producer TJ Mullinax just finished judging part of a monthly photo contest organized by the National Press Photographers’ Association (the NPPA is an organization of professional photojournalists and photojournalism students). We judged photos published in May by photographers from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan.
YH-R news producer TJ Mullinax and photographer Sara Gettys and former staff photographer Kris Holland judge entries in the monthly photo contest organized by the National Press Photographers Association.
It’s always good to see the photos being shot by other photojournalists in other parts of the country (much easier now than it used to be, thanks to the internet).
Judging this photo contest reminded me of the ingredients needed for good photojournalism (among those ingredients are “moments,” content, composition, lighting and emotion) and the need to incorporate into my photography.
Looking at the contest entries also gives us a yardstick by which our photojournalism can be measured. Inevitibably, during the judging process, we make comments like “I could have made a better photo in that situation” or “That photograher did a great job. I don’t know if I would have done as well.”
To see the winners of the monthly photo contests, go here.
–Gordon King
