Photographed the State 3A and 4A high school Swimming Championships last Saturday. I really enjoy photographing high school sports as there is a pureness to it that doesn’t seem to exist at other levels. I saw a lot of acts of good sportsmanship and came away feeling hopeful and impressed.


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February 8, 2010 (5 hours ago),
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Grayson West
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Name: Grayson West
Site: http://igloochronicles.com
About: Is currently photographing for the Park Record in Park City, UT.
West attended San Jose State University from 1997- 2000 majoring in Photojournalism with History minor. Was a staff photographer for the Spartan Daily in the spring of 1998, and returned as the Chief Photographer in the fall of 1998. Served a summer internship at the Oakland Tribune in 1998, continued to freelance for the Alameda News Group till 2000. Summer intern for the Oshkosh Northwestern in Wisconsin in 2000. Served two summer internships for The Salt Lake Tribune in 2001 and 2002, was an official 2002 Winter Olympic photographer for the Tribune. Chief Photographer for The Park Record in Park City, Utah 9/02-12/06 returned to the Park Record 7/09.See Authors Posts (24).

Every day is different in the world of photojournalism. One day you may be photographing the governor and the next you’re covering the U.S Snowboard Grand Prix. Many days you’re on a wild-goose chase, tracking down images to tell the story. This was the case last week when Pat Parkinson, county reporter, and I traveled to Coalville in search of mink farmers.
Mink farming has been a staple in Summit County for nearly a century, and Utah is the second-largest state in America for mink. Summit County is the home of the Blackglama, one of the most desired pelts in the fur industry.
With all these farms you’d think it would be easy to contact a rancher, but these individuals rarely talk to outsiders and especially not the media. So it was a complete shock when Parkinson and I were invited in to one of the oldest running mink farms in America.
New post on Igloo Chronicles, “At the Mink Farm.”

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Sometimes you should listen to you gut instinct. Other times you shouldn’t. I don’t know why, but I went for the latter the other night.
It wasn’t anything major or even worth mentioning, but I should have brought in my 300mm to the wrestling match….
More on my blog.

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February 7, 2010,
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Trent Nelson
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Name: Trent Nelson
Site: http://trentnelson.net
About: Chief Photographer, The Salt Lake Tribune. On staff since 1995. Previously worked at the Daily Herald (Provo, 1988-1990) and Contra Costa Sun (Lafayette, CA, 1991-1995).See Authors Posts (181).
A quick quote from something I just wrote on my blog:
Any editor will tell you that there are times that a photographer needs to hit a specific shape, especially in a scenario where the photo is coming in on deadline. But such pre-planning should be the last resort. Editors of the world, you are lowering the quality of your photo report every time you give a photographer a shape to shoot to. You cannot accurately predict the shape of the best photograph and when a photographer is limited to a specific shape, he/she will not be able to do his/her best work.
Link: A Mid-Vertical Rant | Fly on the Wall

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My lady friend recently finished this multimedia story on a man named Maurice Simpson. Simpson has a genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis that causes nerve tissue to grow tumors on his face. Here is the article where you can also view the video (there is a full screen option).
I’m posting it because, let’s be honest, we all know she is not very good with the Internets…

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February 7, 2010,
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Chris Detrick
closeAuthor: Chris Detrick
Name: Chris Detrick
Site: www.ChrisDetrick.com/blog
About: Chris Detrick (b 1983) grew up in Loganville, Pennsylvania and had his first experience with newspaper journalism while interning at The York Dispatch during his senior year in high school.
He studied photojournalism at the University of Missouri and graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Journalism and minors in both violin performance and psychology. While in school, Detrick worked as an intern at the Baltimore (Md.) Sun and was a participant at Eddie Adams Workshop XVII.
After graduating from Missouri, he interned at The Salt Lake Tribune for six months before it turned into a full time job the following December.
Detrick’s work as been recognized by World Press Photo (2007), Picture of the Year International (2005-07), College Photographer of the Year (2003-05), The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (2005-07) and the Hearst Photojournalism Awards (2005).
He currently lives in Salt Lake City with his wife Ashley and their dog Layla.
To view his portfolio, please visit his website here:
www.ChrisDetrick.comSee Authors Posts (37).
Here’s a good 1st person article written by the members of the Deseret News who traveled to Haiti the past couple of weeks.
Click Here to read the article.


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