Zone Focus- Chose a spot where you know action is going to take place and wait for it to come to you

Shutter Speed- High shutter speed for freezing action; low shutter speed for panning

Panning- Uses low shutter speed; pick a subject and line up the subject in a specific area, follow that subject and take the picture; creates a blurred background, but an in-focus subject

Waiting for the Pause- A sudden pause in the game while it's still going

1. I plan on photographing my niece's karate class
2. Dunno a time I would like to shoot, yet.
3. A safe shot in karate would be of a pose
4. If someone got hurt; if they loose their balance

RUNNER-UPS
1. Travis Haughton- story/sports
Negative feedback:
- Some pictures had faces that were covered
- There were a couple of pictures that were kind of pointless; they didn't really go with the story
- "Tight" frames that didn't show enough of what was going on at the time.
Positive feedback:
- The wierdness of the photos (cotton candy man)
- How well he showed levels in the photos
- Haloed bodies
My commentary:
I liked the body language he cuaght, but a lot of the pictures confused me more than anything.

2. Jordan Murph- sports
Negative feedback:
- The posed action not so good.
- The wave picture had no subject- no surfer.
- Had uninteresting pictures; they held nothing in them.
Positive feedback:
- He caught unique moments in predited situations.
- The lighting is constantly good.
- He worked with shadows well.
My commentary:
Most of the sports photos were real good and I liked how the photographer caught both action and emotion completely. I did not like both photo stories because I didn't really get it the whole time through.

3.Carlos Delgado- story/ sports
Negative feedback:
- Some of the subjects' faces were hidden
- Contained cluttered backgrounds
- Color choice sucked (too much color or the black and white didn't help the pictures)
Positive feedback:
- When he showed the lady's foot writing
- The irony of a sick mother with a son who smokes
- The baseball picture
My commentary:
Personally, I liked the vibrant colors and cluttered backgrounds in the first photo story, it showed the lifestyle of the woman and her family. I didn't much like the sports photos or the seconds photo essay because I couldn't really tell what was going on.

4. Anthony Soufflé- photoj/ story
Negative feedback:
- Familiar, ununique photos
- A lot of kid pictures- too safe
- Doesn't show extreme detail like the hook in the birds
Positive feedback:
- The proffessional techniques in the football and surgical photos
- The photographer's sense of humor
My commentary:
I really liked how each photo showed the story behind it. Like the woman crying or the surgeon. I alos liked the photo story because it showed the entire process in helping the birds.

WINNING PORTFOLIO
Dustin Snipes
What the judges saw as strengths:
- He's in the action
- "griddy" feel (repitition technique)
- everybody is doing something in each picture- there's no idle subjects
- creativity
What I saw as strengths:
- His uniqueness
- How it looks like he's right in the middle of everything
- The way he caught emotion
- And how well he used his surroundings (like the peoples' hands in the volleyball picture, or the batter's arm in the baseball picture)
What I saw as a weakness:
I only thought the swimming picture was a bit confusing, but I still liked the concept.


RECAP
The process the judges went through:
- Were the stories good or bad
- Did they have diversity or repitition in their portfolios
- Were there any completely ridiculous or weak pictures