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|| SportsShooter.com: News Item: Posted 2008-04-20
Detrick Wins Top Honors in Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest
By Sports Shooter Staff
Photo by Chris Detrick / The Salt Lake Tribune
PICTURE OF THE YEAR: Pepperdine's Jason Walberg, #12, gouges the eyes of Brigham Young University's Jonathan Tavernari, #45, during the first half of the game. No foul was called on the play.
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Chris Detrick's photograph of a Pepperdine University basketball player gouging the eyes of an opponent, won top honors in the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest.
Other first place winners in the contest were: Jaime Rhodes (Best Action Photo), Scott Strazzante (No College, No Pro), Albert Dickson (Best Feature Photo), Steven Achiam (Best Picture Story) and Ashley Page Wilkerson (Best Student Photo).
"It was a unanimous decision by the judges because it has everything that a winning sports action photo should have - peak action, impact, interesting subject matter, and good composition..." said contest judge Donald Miralle about Detrick's photograph.
Detrick, a staff photographer at The Salt Lake Tribune, noted in his caption despite the obvious eye gouge, no foul was called on the play.
The Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest had over 2,900 total photographs entered in the five categories from nearly 340 photographers. The first place winners in each category were considered for the Photo of the Year.
Lowe Pro and Adorama sponsored the contest.
The winning photographs can be viewed at SportsShooter.com:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/2007_contest_winners/index.html
The judging was conducted during the opening evening of Sports Shooter Academy V, with members of the faculty serving on the judging panel. The judges were: Miralle (Southern California freelance photographer), Wally Skalij (Los Angeles Times), Sean Haffey (San Diego Union-Tribune), Michael Goulding (Orange County Register), Myung J. Chun (Los Angeles Times) and Matt Brown (Southern California freelance photographer). The open judging session was moderated by Sports Shooter founder and USA TODAY staff photographer Robert Hanashiro.
"Having the contest judging held in conjunction with the Sports Shooter Academy is a great way to kick off the workshop," said Hanashiro. "This gives the workshop participants a lot of inspiration in looking at all of the wonderful photographs and also an earful in hearing the comments of the judges, who are also their instructors during the workshop. I think everyone gets a heck of a lot out of the experience."
Detrick attended the first Sports Shooter Academy and so impressed the workshop organizers they have named an award after him, "The Chris Detrick Hustle Award" given out to the participant that displays the most energy, inspiration and drive.
"Congratulations to Chris and thanks to John Riley of Lowe Pro and Jeff Snyder of Adorama for helping make this contest possible," Hanashiro said.
PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Chris Detrick
The Salt Lake Tribune
Eye Gouge
Photo by Jordan Murph / Sports Shooter
From right: Myung J. Chun, Matt Brown, Donald Miralle and Wally Skalij judge the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest during Sports Shooter Academy V in Orange County, CA.
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Judges' comments on winning entry:
Donald Miralle: "This image immediately grabs you and unfortunately the players eyes on the right the second you look at it. It was a unanimous decision by the judges because it has everything that a winning sports action photo should have - peak action, impact, interesting subject matter, and good composition... and it makes you cringe!"
Sean Haffey: "I felt that this was a clear winner because the reaction it drew out of me. It is peak action, cropped well and a very different picture that I am used to from basketball. My eye went to the fingers in the eye right away, and it didn't take me long to see how deep they were."
Matt Brown: "The first you think when you see the winning photo is "he's blind." The Pepperdine player is two knuckles deep in to the guys face. It's a really good sports photo. I would like to have seen it in color."
Myung J. Chun: "Wow! is my reaction to the first place action photo of a basketball player with the fingers in his eyes. It was up against some strong photos but the unique moment is what placed it first."
CATEGORY 1 - BEST ACTION
1st Place
Jamie Rhodes
Broke Leg
2nd Place
Stephen Brashear
Face Mask
3rd Place
Rod Mar
Seattle Times
Catcher In The Fly
Judges' comments on winning entry:
Sean Haffey: "Technically the photo of the broken leg is peak action, although I don't really enjoy looking at it. I think that it grabs you because it is so unnatural for a leg to do that. The photographer was in a nice position and the angle is good, although this photo probably would have been cleaner had it been shot straight on. All in all it is a telling moment."
Michael Goulding: "That picture makes me react every time I look at it. I either feel revulsion at the break, pity for the horse or awe at the timing.
What more can you ask of a good photograph other than to engage a viewer's feelings with every look."
CATEGORY 2 - NO COLLEGE, NO PRO
1st Place
Scott Strazzante
Chicago Tribune
Shadows
2nd Place
Amy Wallot
Scream
3rd Place
Greg Newton
Reverse Cuban Eight Maneuver
Award Of Excellence
Trent Nelson
The Salt Lake Tribune
Banner
Judges' comments on winning entry:
Sean Haffey: "A very good use of light, obviously the photographer wasn't reacting to something so much as planning what he/she had intended to do with the light. Very graphic."
Donald Miralle: "This photo has many layers that keeps pulling you deeper within it. The rich color, play of light and shadows, composition, and figures make this such a complex frame that it keeps you coming back for more."
Myung J. Chun: "Beautiful light and great composition made the first place photo in the No College, No pro category, which is always a very strong category."
CATEGORY 3 - BEST FEATURE
1st Place
Albert Dickson
Sporting News
Better Bring Your Popcorn
2nd Place
Sol Neelman
Freelance
Oden Wave
3rd Place
Darryl Dyck
Edmonton Sun
First Blood
Award Of Excellence
K.C. Alfred
San Diego Union-Tribune
Surfers' Funeral
Judges' comments on winning entry:
Donald Miralle: "Terrell Owens antics captured - priceless. These are one of those funny photos that is magnified by media and the spectacle of a sporting event - capturing that moment that is replayed over and over again on Sportscenter, seen on web pages all over the net, making it an instant classic."
Sean Haffey: "Just a funny picture that happened well after the play. Like the action photo, this is such a different jubo photo, it made me laugh. The parabolic mic in the background bothers me a little but the content in the photo kept me from looking around the frame, my eye went right to the popcorn to face."
Matt Brown: "I really like this photo. It's just flat out funny. So many photographers missed it because they had their heads down chimping to see if they had the TD."
CATEGORY 4 - PICTURE STORY
1st Place
Steven Achiam
Sumo Boys
2nd Place
Chip Litherland
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Redneck Games
3rd Place
Tim Clayton
The Extraordinary Land Divers of Pentecost
Judges' comments on winning entry:
Michael Goulding: "I thought the Sumo School story's strength was the design of the pictures. Each picture moved the story along and each was diverse enough with moments. I loved (several of the photographs) for their unusual seeing. I just thought the story was a quality look into another world we don't usually get to see and the photographer did that with a nice style and grace.
Matt Brown: "I like the different looks of the sumo, small guys, big guys, detail and funny moments. All the photos are very strong, like a sumo."
Sean Haffey: "The photo story had a strong story telling quality to it. There was a strong use of light, the composition in many of the photos was unique and drew me in with curiosity. I also liked that there was a variety of angles and the fact that he/she used different lenses with some details
and overalls that set the scene well. I think that the black and white actually worked in this instance, as well. All in all there were no redundant photos, the story seemed to have the most flow to it of the stories that we viewed."
Myung J. Chun: "Strong pictures and good access is what set the sumo wrestler picture story apart from the others. I liked the strong mix of pictures. Nice to see that the photographer took the extra step and shot the student at home for variety. The pictures had a complementary look and style. Nice job."
CATEGORY 5 - BEST STUDENT PHOTO
1st Place
Ashley Page Wilkerson
Indiana University
Crash
2nd Place
Ryan Gladstone
University of Missouri
First Fight Loss
3rd Place
Sam Adams
University of New Mexico
Free Throw Luck
Judges' comments on winning entry:
Myung J. Chun: "Good, peak action of a bicycle wreck set this photo apart from the second and third place pictures. There were some good pictures in this category, but overall it was pretty weak."
Donald Miralle: "Great moment, peak action. It's not too often you get a nice frame of a bike crash photo, and this category had less entries than some of the others which made this photo easier to single out."
Sean Haffey: "Great peak action of a bike wreck. The crop was right, and the bodies and bikes flying all over the place kept me interested in the overall image."
Matt Brown: "The winning photo has a good crop and it has layers to it... a rider down and others going down. Tops easy. After seeing this photo I didn't ride my bike for a couple of days."
Related Links:
See the 2007 winning images
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