Judges Ananlysis--how judges pick winning portfolios and sports photos

I was absent this day and am doing this from home, my audio wouldn't play in the student portfolio's so I did the best that I could. Sorry! I will finish this up on Monday. - Kitty Lee


Jordan Murph- Focus of photo's were on sports.
Judges likes: Lighting was good, images were clear and most of them were money shots
Judges dislikes: Some photo's were too artificial, and the lighting was basic, "fake shadows"
First impression: I think his photos are beautiful, yet a little safe in way. They all look wonderful, but some of them are very...common I guess you could say.

Alyssa Shukar- Focus of photo's were on telling a story
Judges likes: Good stroy idea
Judges dislikes: Need more close ups, not enough strong singles, lighting was too dark
First impression: I thought her photo's were rare. They make you feel something and pause the portfolio video, just to look at it a little longer. Her photo's were moving and deep.

Travis Haughton- Focus of photo's were on telling a story through one or very few pictures.
Judges likes: sweet images, nice to look at, nice angles
Judges dislikes: Focus of photo's was off sometimes, merging, posed images, basic, grainy
First impression: I thought his pictures were sweet and touching. They were full of emotion and/or action. Love them!

a. What did the judges note as strengths as they were critiquing it?
Good viewpoints 
b. What do you see as strengths? Do you see any weaknesses?
I think what she is actually taking pictures of is her weak point, it's not something you can make the interesting and can be repetitive. I like her use of color and lighting
His strengths are capturing moments of emotion, players reactions. His weakness, if any because his pictures were amazing, would be the fact that some of his pictures looked a little repedative. 


3. Watch the contest recap video at the very bottom.

a. Briefly describe the process the judges went through in deciding the winner.
If a portfolio was too 1 demintional, or focused too much on one color/feeling/mood then it couldn't compare to one that had a more "alive" portfolio. The judges went through and discarded the one's that didn't make them feel something, or that had images that didn't make sense in comparison to the rest of the images.