I’m sure it will come back to haunt me. That is, my affirmative answer the other day to the question, “Would you be willing to help out the (Utah) SPJ Board?”

Already they’ve put me to work. I spent part of today with an editor going through photo contest entries from another state, narrowing down the selections in each category so that tomorrow we can pick the winners.

Here are some thoughts…

In this contest photographers were allowed to enter prints or CD’s. Judging the prints was really easy. You throw them out on a large table and starting yanking the losers. It’s fast. Having to load discs into my laptop to look at a single photograph was obnoxious. The extra time it took to go through all the disc entries was a huge burden. We didn’t hold the inconvenience against the people who sent discs; we judged them fairly. But if you’re entering a contest this year, submit your photos in the most convenient manner accepted. Because some judges will hold it against you.

Now that the main Utah contests have moved to online entry, we’ll probably see other states follow suit. (Contests are one thing we’ve been at the forefront of.) I’m really looking forward to judging contests in the future when I won’t have to sift through dozens of file folders filled with prints, discs, paperclips and gluestick. I’d much rather hit a URL and go from there.

Other things I’m working on right now…

Audio/Still/Video edit for a weekend sports profile.
Utah SPJ contest website

…also, an editor gave me two Notebook Screen Cleaning Wipes. Just so you know.