Clark Brooks of Photo News in Champaign reports that the switch to on-line submission and judging for the IPPA clip contest has been made.

Effective immediately, the site is ready to receive uploads for the January clip contest.

The login page is here:
http://www.iphotonews.com/IPPA

If you haven’t already created your login follow this link:
http://www.iphotonews.com/cgi-bin/IPPA/imageFolio.cgi?account=register

If you created one during the beta testing phase it is still active.
If you have forgotten your account go here:
http://www.iphotonews.com/cgi-bin/IPPA/imageFolio.cgi?account=lostpw

Instructions for uploading images for the clip contest can be found here:
http://www.iphotonews.com/IPPA/Upload.html

Questions? Contact Clark Brooks.

And, thanks to Canon for sponsoring the contest. The 2009 winner will once again receive a prize camera thanks to their generous support.

Our first IPPA conference speaker and Illinois Best of Photojournalism judge has been confirmed:

Lisa Krantz from the San Antonio Express-News

Scenes from Suburbia – Miss Helotes Teen contestants Katie Eller, from left, Michelle Dawson and Maggie O'Brien put vaseline on their teeth so their lipstick doesn't stick to them before the Miss Helotes Pageant on Saturday April 19, 2008.

BIO:

Lisa Krantz has been a staff photographer at the San Antonio Express-News since March 2004. Previously she worked at the Naples (FL) Daily News for five years. Krantz attended Florida State University, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned her Master’s degree in photography from Syracuse University.

During her years at the San Antonio Express-News she has had the opportunity to cover stories both near and far including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the selection of the new Pope in Rome and HIV/AIDS issues in Africa. Most recently she spent close to two years documenting life in the small city of Helotes, TX, as it struggles to maintain its identity in the face of explosive growth.

She is the National Press Photographers Association 2005 Region 8 Photographer of the Year and runner-up for 2004 and 2006. Her work has also been honored by POYi, NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, the Southern Short Course in News Photography and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. She has served on the faculty of several workshops including the Southern Short Course and the Eddie Adams Workshop.

More info:

• More info and photos from Krantz are available at http://www.lisakrantz.com/main.php
• More info about the IPPA convention, including contest entry forms is available here

Scenes from Suburbia — The O'Connor High School cheerleaders, Golduster dance team and band wait for the Cornyval parade to begin in Old Town Helotes on Saturday, May 3, 2008.