2008 KNPA Seminar
Winners Update
The Kentucky News Photographers Association held its annual Photographer of the Year contest and Educational Seminar in Louisville Saturday. Nationally recognized judges from across the country judged thousands of images and hours of video from the best photojournalists and videographers in the Bluegrass. The KNPA, an accredited chapter of the National Press Photographers Association's goal is to promote photojournalism and visual storytelling in Kentucky. The list of still, TV and student winners is listed here.
KNPA UPDATE
The multimedia individual, team, student and interactive entries in the 2007 KNPA POY contest have been posted so that members, non-members and students alike can see the work being done across the state and hopefully learn from and be inspired by the work of our peers.
This is the second year that the KNPA has included multimedia categories in the contest and the number of entries and the quality of the pieces continue to grow. Please take a some time to view the work at the following link: Multimedia Entries.
Don't miss the opportunity to see these pieces and all of the still and TV entries during the judging Friday and see the winners at the awards banquet Saturday evening. The judging is open to the public and the judges will have on mics so their comments can be heard. This is a great educational opportunity for everyone. So press your editor and publisher to let you attend. You won't find a better seminar for the price in the country. This one is in your own backyard. If you have questions or problems with the multimedia page, please email KNPA seminar chair Joe Imel (joe@joeimel.com)
KNPA UPDATE
KNPA members and seminar attendees, please make plans to attend the awards banquet Saturday evening following the speakers. We will have a cash bar on the second floor Terrace area and will have dinner in the three Summit rooms starting at 6:30.
We will hear remarks from NBC correspondent Keith Morrison and see the winning images and video as we hand out the award plaques and certificates. The winning Still POY will be awarded a Nikon D300, the Sports POY will get a Canon 40D, the student POY a Nikon D300, and the TV POY a $200 gift certificate from Murphy's Camera and the Best of Show will receive $100 from the Associated Press.
The dinner is $25 and we need people to sign up by Tuesday of next week so we can turn in the banquet numbers. The forms can be found on the web site. Please attend, we need your support.
Great prizes to be given away at the KNPA Educational Seminar
During the breaks Saturday in the KNPA vendor room the following prizes will be given away:
- Think Tank Airport International case and Lens Changer Pouch
- 2 full versions of PhotoMechanic from Camera Bits
- 3 $50 gift certificates from Michael Bass Designs
- Lighting kit from David Honl
- Media card holders from Lightware
- 7 Multi-format card readers and 8 compact flash cards (1, 2, and 4 Gig)
and more. So make plans to attend.