1st Place, Sports Feature Photo
2021-22, Division 3, News Photography
By Emily Zawacki
Focus
Midland HS
PH-02. Sports Feature Photo
Any non-game action photo directly related to sporting events should be entered in this category. This would include reaction shots, crowd shots or other shots that capture the emotion and/or human interest angle associated with a sporting contest.
Judging Criteria
- Effective cropping to center of interest
- Clear, sharp details
- Good, sharp contrast with varied levels of grays, black and white or colors
- Attracts, holds reader’s attention
- Avoids distracting back/foreground
- All elements in photo combine with caption to tell story
- Action, rather than posed photo
- Visually tells another side of a sports story, rather than game action
- Is not posed