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Tully High School junior wins adult category
April 18, 2004
KATHERINE
RUSHWORTH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
This year's
entrants in The Post-Standard's Techno file Digital Photo Contest were
noticeably more conservative in style and subject matter than those of
the previous three years. Maybe that's why 17-year-old Erin Coyne's fabulously
creative image "Kelly at the Hoops" swept the field of entries
in the adult stylized category.
Coyne, a junior at Tully High School, entered her photo in the youth (13
to 17) stylized category, but based on the limited number of entrants
in that category and the strength of her image, the judges (Al Campanie,
photographer at The Post-Standard; John Mannion, Director of the Community
Dark Rooms and me) bumped it into the adult field. It easily rose to the
top based on the quality of Coyne's idea, the strength of her artistic
expression, and her technical command.
But that's not to say we didn't have other solid entries.
Judges selected Matthew Turner's luminous photo titled "Christmas
Card" for first-place honors in the Adult General Category, and 17-year-old
Tracy Morford earned first-place accolades in the Youth General Category
for a well-composed photo titled "Ghost Train."
Here's a look at the entries:
Coyne is very creative. She was painting when I called her at home to talk about her photo. She said she used a Visioneer LX 200 camera to capture the images, then reworked it in Photo impression 4.0. She took two photos - one of a background and the other of her sister Kelly - then pasted one on top of the other and erased what she didn't want. "I really liked the linear quality of the picture," she said.
Spatuzzi used a Canon Power Shot 3 camera as the starting point for her imaginative image. She manipulated the initial shot using Paint Shop Pro. While working on the piece, she "realized the number eight had formed in the middle - significant for eight notes in an octave and 88 keys on the piano," she said.
Turner used a Canon 10D camera and retouched the image in Photo shop. His friends may remember seeing it already; he used the image on his Christmas card last year.
In addition to his position as a district fire chief, McLees is a fire service instructor in the Syracuse Fire Department. He carries a camera with him at all times to capture images he can use in the training. He said the fire he photographed occurred March 17, 2003, at 4:17 a.m. and his station, on South Salina Street, was the "first due" at the scene. When he determined his assistance wasn't needed, he returned to his car to grab his camera. By the time he returned to the scene, the fire was almost out. "The shot I submitted," McLees wrote, "shows the men during the 'overhaul' phase, where they ensure the fire is extinguished in all voids of the car."
Judges responded to Morford's ability to see the power and beauty in what has been neglected in "Ghost train" image. We also appreciated the photographer's decision to reveal only a portion of the train, using that limited perspective to address a broader point of view.
Jarmacz began using a digital camera three years ago, when she was 10. She used a Cannon to take her winning photo, called "playtime II." "I liked the bright colors of the playground, while sitting at my brother's little league game. So, I went to go take a picture," she wrote me. Katherine Rushworth, of Cazenovia, is a former director of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center (State University College at Fredonia) and of the Central New York Institute for the Arts in Education.
© 2004 The Post-Standard. Used with permission.
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