So contest weekend is approaching (2/13-14). Because of downtown hotel prices that weekend, we are going to be having the judging and presentations on the north-east side of Indianapolis this year.

It will be at:

The Holiday Inn, 9780 North by Northeast Blvd. Take I-69 to Exit 3, 96th Street. Go east on 96th Street and take the first left, there’s a Shell gas station there. It’s less than a mile down that road. For those that have been to Fry’s Electronics (one of the most AWESOME places on earth), it’s right before you get to that turn. You can call 578-9000 for reservations.

Parking is free and the area should be a little more budget friendly in general then downtown.

The plan at the moment is to do multi-media judging and judges presentations on Friday starting about 4pm or so.
Saturday will be still judging all day, we will post a rough order of judging early that week.

During the lunch break on Saturday INPA will be holding it’s business meeting. We NEED some people to step up volunteer to be officers and take on other duties. Please consider doing this, it does not take alot of time, but we need some new ideas and to give some people a break.

Don’t forget contest deadline is 2/3/09

http://indiananewsphotographers.org/wp/?p=310

Jan 052009

Cream of the Crop, 1st Place General News

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Judges
The Dallas Morning News: Gary Barber/Senior Multimedia Producer, Ahna Hubnik/Senior Video Editor, Brad Loper/ Photo Editor and Mona Reeder/Senior Staff Photographer.

F-Feature 1st Place
Photographer: Amanda Lucier, The Herald
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Judges Commnets:
Nice composition with a truly nice moment.

F-Feature 2nd Place
Photographer: Jon L. Hendricks/The Times
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Judges Commnets:
Well composed with nice movement in the image.

F-Feature 3rd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Commnets:
Fairly nice feature portrait but had hoped for more based on the story in the cutline.

GN-General_News 1st Place Cream of the Crop
Photographer: Chris Howell, The Herald-Times
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Judges Commnets:
Nice light. Great moment.

GN-General_News 2nd Place
Photographer: JOSEPH C. GARZA, TRIBUNE-STAR
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Judges Commnets:
Nicely seen and clean.

GN-General_News 3rd Place
Photographer: JOSEPH C. GARZA, TRIBUNE-STAR
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Judges Commnets:
Nice moment well composed.

Multiple_Entry 1st Place
Photographer: Amanda Lucier, The Herald
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Judges Commnets:
Only entry that was truly a picture story. There were some nice moments and good composition. Could have used a tighter edit.

Multiple_Entry 2nd Place
Photographer: Amanda Lucier, The Herald
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Judges Commnets:
Needs a tighter edit and too broad as a story.

Multiple_Entry 3rd Place
Photographer: Charlie Nye, Indianapolis Star
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Judges Commnets:
Would have been better with a tighter edit. Different type of story and great access.

S-Sports 1st Place
Photographer: Chris Howell, The Herald-Times
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Judges Commnets:
Great peak moment along with being well composed.

S-Sports 2nd Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Judges Commnets:
Close second. Great peak action but first added better overall composition.

S-Sports 3rd Place
Photographer: Krista Schinagl, The Herald
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Judges Commnets:
Nice quiet moment.