2004 Fall Contest
Emotion
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Judges Comments
Lovely photograph. Bittersweet tears and tender gesture of comfort provides a poignant moment.
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2nd Place: David Murray from Georgia, United StatesJudges Comments
The warm light reveals a warm moment between lovers. The quality of light illustrates the quality of a simple moment. At its heart, an image like this is relatively simple. But a lesser photographer could have easily considered the tungsten light a flaw to be corrected. More often than not –good photojournalism illustrates the adage that less is truly more.
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Judges Comments
The intimacy of this picture is what makes it. You can tell these people really love each other by the expressions on both of their faces and the tenderness in their touch.
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4th Place: Carlos Torres from Oregon, United StatesJudges Comments
This photo has such a sweet gesture in what seems to be a classic ‘father/daughter' moment—something every little girl wants in a father, even if you're all grown up and it's your wedding day. Affectionate touch for a cherished little girl all grown up now. Wistful moment has sentiment of warmth and nostalgia.
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6th Place: Clay Jackson from Kentucky, United StatesJudges Comments
Priceless expression that elicits a smile and precious childhood memories. Very cute personal moment that this kid will get to look at years from now because photographer had the sense to capture it, keeping the composition clean and the triangle shape framing this little moment with the bride.
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8th Place: Robin Shotola from Maryland, United StatesJudges Comments
This photo has this wonderful moment where the bride clearly is trying to hold back her tears, she doesn't want to mess up her makeup, combined with background of probably her dad and the cross is a nice touch given the frame more depth.
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Judges Comments
Good photography is often multi-layered and gently reveals its depth. They offer surprises where it is least expected. This image combines a nice moment, wonderful lighting, a good entry point via leading lines (the wall baseboard) which helps viewer's focus on the primary subject. A shared smile beyond the door provides the subtle surprise. What initially appears to be a simple image is actually quite sophisticated.
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10th Place: Tim Zielenbach from Georgia, United StatesJudges Comments
Don't get caught in a common trap of believing every image should be sharp and perfectly exposed and composed. Content rules. Good photojournalism often ignores the Kodak rules.
