Here are the winners of the 2013 Print Competition. You can see a gallery of the winning images at upaa.org:
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Honorable Mention – Mark Philbrick, BYU
Honorable Mention – Matt Cashore, Notre Dame
3rd Place – Matt Yeoman, Ferris State
2nd Place – Andrew Tucker, University of Georgia
1st Place – Eric Bronson, University of Michigan
By Jaren Wilkey, Jon Hardy and Marcos Escalona/BYU Photo
Photo by Tom Zasadzinski/Cal Poly Pomona
Mike Ekern always has the coolest stuff to share with us. This time it is a crazy video of the Red Bull Crashed Ice competition. Learn more about it at The University of St. Thomas.
Photo by Peter Read Miller/Sports IllustratedBy Glenn Carpenter, UPAA President
Congratulations to Dawn Van Hall on receiving the 2012-13 Excellence in Professional Service Award from SUNY Cortland. I have known for a very long time that Dawn deserves this recognition because of her service on the Board, service as committee chair, and for her famous chocolate-chip cookies. Dawn has given of herself in order that UPAA, SUNY Cortland, and others may excel.
Photo by Jaslyn Gilbert, Radford UniversityBy Nick Romanenko, Rutgers University
Aperture Magazine has joined the UPAA family and will be sponsoring an award for the Annual Print Competition (APC). Aperture Magazine will award a subscription to the photographer who has the highest scoring print in the Personal Vision category of the APC.
The Monthly Image Competition has posted the winners for February. Check out all the winning images at the UPAA MIC.
Photo by Kelly Gorham/Montana State UniversityBy Kelly Gorham, Montana State University
By Glenn Carpenter/Moraine Valley Community College
Photos and Text by Andrew M. Daddio/Colgate University
Full Disclosure: for the past twelve years all of my personal photo gear has been Canon bodies and lenses. I used to diss on Nikon, quite heavily I may add, until the introduction of the Nikon D3, which really leveled the playing field, if not taking a quantum leap forward. I shoot with Nikon for work, and I still retain and shoot with my Canon gear, but I do on occasion consider jumping ship to Nikon...