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February 2010 GoldenEye Winner

Pultizer Prize and POY winner Sol Neelman has selected Patrick Smith’s photo “That’s How It’s Done” as the GoldenEye winner, from among the photos posted to this site during February.

That’s How It’s Done by Patrick Smith

At the end of each month, all photos that are posted by our users to the site are collected and [...]

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UNPA Day!

Contest deadline tonight at midnight. http://utahnewsphotos.com/contest
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UNPA and SPJ Contest Deadlines Approaching Fast!

Just another reminder that the deadline for the UNPA contest as well as the SPJ Utah contest is (at the time of this post) 4 and a half days away. Looks like some of you have been uploading your entries already.
If you have any questions, problems, issues, or whatever, don’t hesitate to ask. You can [...]

Wish You Were All Here!

Check out Utah’s own Shannon Bahrke letting it all hang out on the moguls course tonight and winning the BRONZE medal. My favorite skier and I am so stoked!! And can you believe the Canon Mark IV, which kicks so much ass even at ISO 2500?! I wish you could see it uncompressed on my [...]

Utah Bigfoot

Make sure you check out Michael Slade’s Utah Bigfoot site, which boasts “A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY OF UTAH BIGFOOT HABITAT”. Very cool idea for a project.
As we made it to the clearing my daughter and I stopped cold and she said, “Bigfoot!” What we saw was a footprint about 15 inches long and 6 to 8 [...]

UNPA Contest Call For Entries

Sorry we’re late getting this out this year, but it’s time to start thinking about the UNPA contest again. The deadline will be February 26, 2010 at 11:59 pm.

The main site to enter the contest is:  http://utahnewsphotos.com/contest/

This year we have added video screencasts that demonstrate how to enter the contest online. In addition, you can enter [...]

Ranting About Shapes

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 [...]