Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Stevenson High School Entry Title: Beyond the Sidelines Entry Credit: Allyson Duan, Bhargavi Maddana Judge Comment: Generally good work! This is an instance where a smallish bit of copy would have helped -- it would have alleviated the need for lengthy captions for each photo. i dislike the practice of numbering photos and captions; place the captions adjacent to the photos they describe or rely on the old faithful "left," "right" and "above." Look at professional publications for guidance.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Glenbrook South High School Entry Title: English desk-orating Entry Credit: Anne Sullivan Beltran Judge Comment: Presentation of the photos with captions is good. Remember to shoot for a single dominant photo in a grouping like this.
presentation of the photos with captions is good. Remember to shoot for a single dominant photo in a grouping like this.
This entry stretches the definition of "moderate" amount of copy that appears in description of the category, however.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Stevenson High School Entry Title: Serving Up Success Entry Credit: Sreeja Muthukannan, Priya Thakkar Judge Comment: This entry is ore illustration than photo story: the only photos are individuals, placed on a court. visually appealing, however, and good storytelling.
Competition Comment: Entrants in this category should keep in mind that a "photo story" is just that:
It relies almost exclusively on photos.
It tells a story using those photos.
A photo story is also a page (or portion of a page) to be designed by an editor: Most designers want to see a piece of dominant art in a photo story, minimal to moderate amounts of body copy, strong headline(s), captions/cutlines that tell the reader more than what's immediately apparent by looking at the photos, and a story -- a narrative -- that's worth telling. All photos in a photo story should not be the same size or shape. All photos need not be stacked on top of each other.
