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Students, here's your big break.
Adorama Camera and SportsShooter.com present this rich learning environment, designed specifically for students. Start off by entring your best "One Week's Work", and you may end up having your portfolio reviewed by some of the most respected photographers in the business. As if that isn't enough, one dedicated and talented student is going to end up winning the title of SportsShooter.com Student Photographer of the Year, and take home the outrageously cool Grand Prize: "The Essentials", the tools to have when you're ready to start getting serious. |
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|| "Week's Work" Entry (April, 2009):
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First Place: Philip Andrews
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Photo Story
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[ Click thumbnails to view all of the images in this picture story. ]
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Places:
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First: 5
Second: 2
Third: 0
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Reviewer Comments:
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Bryan Littel
Photographer
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Oaklyn | NJ | USA
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Comments | Great storytelling out of just a couple of days - you have a pair of interesting characters and fantastic access to their lives. Hopefully this is something you can continue to expand and refine; I don't know that all of these photos would make the final cut when you finish following these two, but this is an excellent beginning.
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Sean Burges
Photographer
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Ottawa | ON | Canada
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Comments | A lovely shot that would work in a larger photo essay well.
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Matt McKnight
Student/Intern
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San Francisco | CA | U.S.A.
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Comments | I think there's a great story to be told here, good luck on this project!
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Talya Arbisser
Student/Intern
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New York | NY |
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Comments | I saw this work when it was featured on the front page. Really nice job!! This is a great series of photos and an excellent story that I'm sure was not easy to do. I think you did a phenomenal job of capturing the story... and I like that your images could potentially work without captions.
Image 1 - really beautiful use of light to get the smoke in front of "Patchwork's" face. I absolutely love the Colt 45 bottle sitting next to him, excellent framing and use of a slightly slower shutter for effect.
Image 2 - I like the framing here and the color, however I'm not sure it's the exact perfect moment... I think I would have liked to have seen Patchwork or his friend Zero running across the street to catch the train. Just my opinion though.
Image 3 - great moment... might have liked to have seen his face while he was lifting the dog... but I'm guessing that you probably didn't have a lot of choice in where you were standing. I wonder if there is a bit too much extra on the left, especially because of the empty space?
Image 4 - wonderful photo... I love the blurred ground... it really makes you see how tenuous Patchwork's position is... I also love the calm in the image with him relaxing along with his dog. Nice framing also.
Image 5 - Nice subject... although I'm curious as to how they actually obtained that pizza, just reaching in or actually having to get into the dumpster? I am a little bothered by Patchwork's smile... but I guess he may be smiling due to the success of obtaining so much pizza? I like the look on Zero's face.
Image 6 - nice quiet moment with good light. I especially like the fact that Zero's boots are resting next to his very dirty feet. I have a bit of an issue with the caption, although I'm not sure I could tell you why.
Image 7 - I really like this image and think it pairs well with the first image in terms of color and framing. I think it's an excellent ending to your little story about this pair. Really excellent job!
Great work overall!
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Jay Westcott
Photographer
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Washington | DC | USA
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Comments | Great story, very well told. Visually it is very compelling. I might add a tight shot or a detail shot, everything here is a bit wide. They are all well executed photos. There are a couple spelling errors in your captions, and I'd really like to see a summary.
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Lourie Zipf
Photographer
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Livermore | CO | USA
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Comments | Better photo story than the other one - use of lighting is better. I don't get too much emotion from this story...just a series of nice images of Patchwork and Zero. What is their relationship like, etc? I don't get any of that from the photos.
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Les Stukenberg
Photographer
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Prescott Valley | AZ | USA
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Comments | Great story left me wanting to know more.. You took me somewhere that I couldn't go. All the images told me a story and could have stood on their own.. Best was the guy sleeping on the train.. weakest was the looking across the road.. Well done!
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David Manning
Photographer
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Athens | GA |
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Comments | Fantastic work. Amazing.
This is what documentary photography is all about. Telling stories that fall though the cracks and showing society things that they need to see.
I wish i was this good.
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