IPPA members taking home prizes at the Pictures of the Year International photographic competition
IPPA members winning at the POYi competition this year so far include…
- Brian Hill of The Daily Herald won an Award of Excellence for spot news
http://www.poyi.org/64/14/ae03.php
- Clayton Stalter of the Jacksonville Journal-Courier won and Award of Excellence for general news reporting
http://www.poyi.org/64/11/ae03.php
- Scott Strazzante of the Chicago Tribune won an Award of Excellence for feature story
http://www.poyi.org/64/17/ae03_01.php
And our 2007 convention speakers are also taking home prizes also:
- Barbara Davidson of The Dallas Morning News won a third place for news picture story
http://www.poyi.org/64/15/third_01.php
- Barbara Davidson of The Dallas Morning News won an Award of Excellence for feature picture
http://www.poyi.org/64/12/ae02.php
- Robert Cohen of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won an Award of Excellence for news picture story
http://www.poyi.org/64/15/ae01_01.php
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Thanks to Matt Marton of the Daily Southtown and Max Bittle of SIU for helping us set these up!
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Software sponsor
Digital Railroad
Camera sponsor
Canon
Gear sponsor
LowePro
Camera sponsor
Nikon
Service sponsor
Quality Photographic Service
Local photographic & gear store sponsor
Roberts Distributors
IPPA final standings for 2006 Clip Contest and December 2006 results
IPPA Monthly Clip Contest Winners List Month: December, 2006
FINAL STANDINGS - TOP 20 PHOTOGRAPHERS, 2006 IPPA MONTHLY CLIP CONTEST
519 Ron Johnson / Peoria Journal Star
429 Shannon Kirshner / State Journal Register
419 TJ Salsman ,/ State Journal Register
395 David Zentz / Peoria Journal Star
374 Fred Zwicky / Peoria Journal Star
314 Jonathan Kirshner / State Journal Register
310 John Badman / The Telegraph
274 John Starks / Daily Herald
227 John Henry / Peoria Journal Star
224 Jim Bowling / The Telegraph
224 Craig Watson / Aurora Beacon News
218 Kendra Helmer / State Journal Register
216 Justin Fowler / State Journal Register
214 Adam Gerik / Peoria Journal Star
204 Steve Warmowski / Jacksonville Journal Courier
197 Tom Sistak / The Daily Times
194 Danielle Gardner / Sun Publications
182 Steve Lundy / Daily Herald
156 Heather Eidson / Aurora Beacon News
138 Paul Valade / Daily Herald
Congratulations to Ron Johnson of the Journal Star (Peoria), IPPA 2006 Clip Photographer of the Year
Ron was awarded a Canon 30D thanks to generous support from Canon
Camera sponsor
Canon
Judges : Mark Gormus Staff Photographer
Roy Wilhelm Graphic Artist
Joe Mahoney Staff Photographer
Alexa Welch Edlund Staff Photographer
News
1st
Photographer: John Badman
Publication: The Telegraph
Date Published: 12/ 09/06
Description: The shadow of a firefighter wearing his air pack
2nd
Photographer: Steve Warmowski
Publication: Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Date Published: 12/02/06
Description: Snow Mobile
3rd
Photographer: Paul Valade
Publication: Daily Herald
Date Published: 12/27/06
Description: 12-year-old Melissa McSweeney.
Honorable Mention
Photographer: John Smierciak
Publication: Chicago Tribune
Date Published: 12/07/06
Description Niantic firefighter Paul Pfeiffer.
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Fred Zwicky
Publication: Journal Star
Date Published: 12/08/06
Description: Place of Honor
News Comments:
1st: -nice unexpected element to photo�
2nd -jumped out of category -
3rd: -nice.real moment from a staged event – should have been cropped tighter into a vertical
Sports
Judges: Gormus , Wilhelm , Mahoney
1st
Photographer :Kendra Helmer
Publication: The State Journal-Register
Date Published: 12/15/06
Description: - That was heart stopping.
2nd
Photographer: John Starks
Publication: Daily Herald
Date Published: 12/07/06
Description: Sixers guard Allen Iverson.
3rd
Photographer: Bill Gaither
Publication: The Register-Mail
Date Published: 12/12/06
Description: Abingdon High School’s Nikki Thomas.
Honorable Mention
Photographer: John Starks
Publication: Daily Herald
Date Published: 12/21/06
Description: Alex Brown here joining Tank Johnson.
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Steve Warmowski
Publication: Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Date Published: 12/19/06
Description: Just in Time
Sports Comments:
1st - could been a tighter crop -
2nd - nice graphic appeal
3rd - good solid basketball shot
Overall all the entries should have been cropped tighter
Feature-Single
Judges: Gormus , Wilhelm , Mahoney
1st
Photographer: David Zentz
Publication: Peroria Journal Star
Date Published: 12/40/06
Description: Forget Snowmen. This Snowstorm Deserves Something Bigger!
2nd
Photographer: Craig Watson
Publication: Aurora Beacon News
Date Published: 12/16/06
Description: Photo Gallery : Through The Eyes.
3rd
Photographer: Bill Gaither
Publication: The Register-Mail
Date Published: 12/17/06
Description: The Poverty Among Us
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Fred Zwicky
Publication: Journal Star
Date Published: 12/31/06
Description: Rope Mower
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Ron Johnson
Publication: The Journal Star
Date Published: 12/14/06
Description: A hot air balloon piloted by Ken Hawkins.
Feature-Single Comments:
Overall the category was predictable but the top five stood out from the rest .
Feature-Multiple
Judges: Gormus , Wilhelm , Edlund
1st
Photographer: Ron Johnson
Publication: The Journal Star
Date Published: 12/10/06
Description: Heroin’s Hold
2nd
Photographer: Shannon Kirshner
Publication: The State Journal-Register
Date Published: 12/15/06
Description: All in the Family
3rd
Photographer: Rick West
Publication: Daily Herald
Date Published: 12/24/06
Description:. House of God ?
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Heather Eidson
Publication: The Beacon News
Date Published: 12/31/06
Description: Oh , Baby
Feature Multiple Comments:
1st - [a] range of emotions going on - - content was compelling but that’s not why it won , it’s the way it was photographed -
2nd - So many different things happening [in each picture] -
3rd - Each individual shot is a nice moment
HM Great idea , good presentation
Quarterly Portrait
Judges: Gormus , Wilhelm , Edlund
1st
Photographer: Eric Sumberg
Publication: Peroria Journal-Star
Date Published: 12/05/06
Description: Notre Dame junior sensation Katie Childs.
2nd
Photographer: T. J. Salsman
Publication: The State Journal-Register
Date Published: 11/28/06
Description: LeAnn Coomer keeps a positive attitude.
3rd
Photographer: Jonathan Kirshner
Publication: The State Journal-Register
Date Published: 11/24/06
Description: Trudy Flemming finds joy in following her dream.
NOTE — Judges felt the violin photo was strong enough to be placed 3rd and was judged on it’s own separate from the rest of the entry
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Craig Watson
Publication: Aurora Beacon News
Date Published: 12/24/06
Description A reluctant hero
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Danielle Gardner
Publication: Naperville Sun
Date Published: 11/06/06
Description: Michelle LeBlanc. founder of Naperville Cultural Center
Quarterly Portrait Comments:
1st - Well done - - Graphically pleasing -
2nd - True essence of a portrait -
3rd - Nice lighting , liked contrast os subject against background -
HM - Clean and graphic - (yoga)
HM -Well lit , interesting layers� ( A reluctant hero)
Quarterly Illustration
Judges: Gormus , Wilhelm , Edlund
1st
Photographer: Kendra Helmer
Publication: The State Journal-Register
Date Published: 11/06/06
Description: Pop go the teeth
2nd
Photographer: Todd Mizner
Publication: The Dispatch
Date Published: 11/30/06
Description: The war next door
3rd
Photographer: Scott M Bort
Publication: The Courier News
Date Published: 10/25/06
Description: Dia de los Yummies
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Danielle Gardner
Publication: Naperville Sun
Date Published: 11/16/06
Description: Sesame Crispy Chicken.
Honorable Mention
Photographer: Adam Gerik
Publication: The Peoria Journal Star
Date Published: 10/18/06
Description; At Jill’s on Galena
Quarterly Illustration Comments:
1st - Nice color - - Simple and clean , to the point -
2nd - Well done illustration , made us laugh -
3rd Graphically pleasing
HM - Busy but somehow pleasing , well lit (At Jill’s.)
HM - Different approach to a restaurant food shot -
Judging Chair and affiliation:
Clement Britt Staff Photographer , Richmond Times-Dispatch
Judges (name and job title):
Mark Gormus Staff Photographer , Richmond Times-Dispatch
Roy Wilhelm Graphic Artist , Richmond Times-Dispatch
Joe Mahoney Staff Photographer , Richmond Times-Dispatch
Alexa Welch Edlund Staff Photographer , Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 2006 IPPA ClipNotes are available!
Download August 2006 ClipNotes:
Go to http://www.ippaonli ne.com/download. php?list. 1
Click on the disk icon next to the newsletter in the list or direct to:
http://www.ippaonli ne.com/download. php?view. 77
THE IPPA NEEDS YOU. We’re looking for a volunteer to take over our monthly publication sharing clip winners with the membership. Will Sullivan is planning on creating a system to present the winning images on the web. We’re looking for a new person to take over the month-to-month task of presenting the winning images. I’ve been doing ClipNotes for oh so long. First the copy-n-mail version and then the PDF version. I’ve been elected Vice President of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and I want to shift some of my volunteer time to help build houses. Contact -email- if you’re interested. I’m going to finish out the rest of the 2006 clips, but we need someone to take over starting with the 2007 contest.
IPPA Conference deadlines approaching! Take the 30-second survey!
Hotel deadline approaches!
Friday, February 23rd is the deadline to book a room at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1818 Maple Ave, Evanston, 847-475-6400 and get a guaranteed room and rate.
Ask for the Illinois Press Photographers Association room rate. $135 for King or Double.
(The Hilton will be the site of the Friday night’s hospitality suite.)
STUDENTS!
Also — Monday, Feb 26th is the deadline for the iSBOP student contest entries to be shipped!
Got 30 seconds?
Take our high school photo reprint/rights survey to tell us how your paper does photo reprints (for the Saturday discussion at the IPPA convention with the IHSA rep):
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=166163335173
A Photo A Day interviews the IPPA's own Scott Strazzante
The APAD blog has interviewed IPPA president Scott Strazzante. Check it out:
Interview: SCOTT STRAZZANTE
Scott Strazzante, 40, joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune in October 2001. Prior to that, Strazzante worked at The Herald News in Joliet, Illinois and the Daily Southtown in Chicago. Strazzante has a slew of awards under his belt, including the title of Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2001. Usually when I hear his name mentioned at conferences and workshops people attach the words “rock star” to it.
Here’s the unofficial first-person bio:
As a chubby bespectacled teen growing up in Chicago in the late 1970s I spent many a day watching the error-prone Chicago White Sox from my family’s box seats at old Comiskey Park.
After receiving a subscription to Sports Illustrated on my 16th birthday, I started to cover the walls of my bedroom with images of sweaty men in uniforms and buxom women in bikinis. I enjoyed the action and the eye candy, but ultimately the best thing SI did for me was provide the impetus to start lugging my dad’s old Canon AE1 to the ballpark.
One fateful summer day in 1980, I snapped an under-lensed ill-composed frame of Sox fan favorite Chet Lemon sliding into second base and promptly entered it in a local photo contest.
A month later I was bestowed a certificate proclaiming me the winner of 3rd place in the First National Bank of Evergreen Park Snapshot Roundup.
It would take 5 more years for me to realize that I wanted to pursue photography professionally but at that moment the seeds of my future career were planted.
Read more here:
http://www.aphotoaday.org/apadnews/2007/02/interview_scott_strazzante.html
June and July 2006 IPPA Clipnotes now available!
Download June and July 2006 ClipNotes
For June direct to:
http://www.ippaonline.com/download.php?view.75
For July direct to:
http://www.ippaonline.com/download.php?view.76