UT Photo Certificate Photo Contest Winners 2008

I was fortunate to be one of the judges for the 2008 version of the University of Tennessee Photography Certificate Annual Photo Contest. The other judges were; Larry Perry, Wade Payne, Kendall Chiles, Ron McConathy and Brad Cottrell, all are instructors in the certificate program. We all agreed that this year's entries were the best and hardest to judge since the contest started three years ago. The first year's winner was Bryan Lynn, last year the winner was Ross Ramsey and here are the winners for this year.

First place - Chad Smith (Fireman)



Second place - Emily Jones (Flower with Bee)



Third place - Colby MeLemore (Portrait of Brunette)



Honorable Mention - Pat Postma (Water Reflection)



Honorable Mention - Emily Jones (Floating Leaf)



Honorable Mention - Patti Googe (Smoking Gun)

Nutcracker on Ice 2008

I have been the photographer for the Ice Chalet and the Nutcracker on Ice for 21 years. A few years ago I started inviting my UT photography students to come to the performances to get photo practice shooting the productions that are extremely beautiful but very difficult to photograph. The stage lighting is constantly changing from very bright white light to very dark colors. Couple that with the tremendous speed of the skaters and you have a real photo challenge on your hands.

Here are a few images from my photo efforts this past week at the Nutcracker on Ice.