1st Place, Sports Feature Photo
2023-24, Division 4, News Photography
By Abigail Burdette
The Day Times
Detroit Country Day School
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. (Portraits of sports-related subjects should be entered in the Environmental Portrait category.) Photo may be in color even if published image was in black and white.
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