1st Place, Sports Feature Photo
2024-25, Division 1-2, News Photography
By Nina VanOtteren
Portrait
East Lansing 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. (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. Photos will be judged on both the quality of the photo and how it was used in the publication. Entries must have been published via a newspaper, newsmagazine, news website or news program social media account. Submit the photo as a JPG, plus include a PDF of the print page on which the photo was published or the URL to the photo as published online. The published version of the photo should show the caption.
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