Illustration for today’s football matchup between BYU and the University of Utah.
BYU vs. Utah Football – Heroes of the Game Illustration
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Utah Gymnastics
Daria Bijak
From Friday’s meet vs. BYU…
Daria Bijak
I know, I know. I just want to remember to shoot that same shot with a newer camera that can go high ISO and stop the action.
Kyndal Robarts
Jamie Deetscreek
Daria Bijak
Second Place Sports Photo – SPJ
University of Utah gymnast Katie Kivisto stares down the beam during her routine Friday, January 4, 2008 at the Huntsman Center.
Another award. I’m trying to get these contest posts out of the way before my friend Bob starts ridiculing me like he did last year: “Look at Me! I’ve got Awards!”
Contests are funny. I thought the other sports photos I entered were stronger than this shot. It’s hard to predict what’s going to win. No, impossible. Having judged many contests I can tell you which photos are likely to make it into the final selection, but predicting which finalists will take the top three spots is impossible.
Years ago an editor was upset that the photo department had submitted “too many” contest entries. At fifteen bucks per entry, he had an interest in keeping down costs. He wanted to put more oversight over our entries so that we were “only entering the ones that will win.”
Of course, if we knew which photographs were going to win awards, we could save plenty of fifteen dollars.
Bijak on Bars
Utah’s Daria Bijak on the bars.
UFO Vault
You should see the way photographers have to cram into a tight spot to photograph the vault at University of Utah gymnastics meets. But instead I’ll show you this, Kyndal Robarts scoring a 9.825.
Assignment: University Library
The Automated Retrieval System (ARC) at the Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Attorney General Debate
Assignment: Debate between Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and his Democratic challenger Jean Welch Hill. So we’re looking at two people sitting in chairs. Sound visually interesting? Of course not. And don’t forget the photo needs to be fair to both candidates since this is an election we’re covering. So yeah, it’s going to be a challenge to make a compelling photograph.
I figured I’d go for that one shot that could sum up the debate. I showed up early for a front row seat, found my composition and just waited. After a bit some sparks flew over ethics accusations and the two faced off for a split second. Okay, maybe it wasn’t that exciting, but it was the only moment and I got it.
After that I started to watch the faces they made when their opponent was on the attack, knowing that these captured reactions would never make the paper. First Mark:
Then Jean:
More information on the candidates can be found at these links:
Mark Shurtleff
Jean Welch Hill
Good luck to both of you.
