Please submit up to 15 singles and a 10-picture story/sequence for your shot at the $1000 grand prize.

The rules are based off the Boston Press Photographers Association College Contest, entry form can be downloaded here.

Eligibility

• All entries must have been taken by a college student currently enrolled at Boston University.
• Photographs must have been taken between 1/1/10 thru 12/13/10.
• Photographs manipulated electronically or otherwise to alter content are not allowed, and images deemed excessively manipulated beyond professional photojournalism parameters will be disqualified.

Categories

• 1. News – Picture of an unscheduled or scheduled event.
• 2. Feature – A situation with strong human interest.
• 3. Sports Picture – showing participation in a game or athletic event.
• 4. Portrait – A strong photograph of a person, famous or not.
• 5. Picture Story- a series of connected photographs that tell a story.

Prepare your files according to the specs in the earlier Weekly Clip Contest post below and either upload your images to the file share in the labs or email a .zip archive to dominick.reuter[at]gmail.com.

Now, Get It Done.

Seeing as how lab business sometimes makes it tough to honor the original idea of Thursday winner announcements, the schedule has been amended to lump everything into Monday. So stay tuned as you submit photos for each week’s deadline.

This week there was just one general “Singles” category, where Rachel Offerdahl took first place and Lathan Goumas was runner up. Rachel made the trek to restore sanity with a quarter-million other people and Jon Stewart on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Lathan continued his political coverage in anticipation of the elections last Tuesday in which incumbent Democrat Deval Patrick returned to the Governor’s seat.

In the “Stories/Sequence” category, Amy Donnelly won with her focus on an Iraq War veteran returning to college and ROTC. The judge commented positively on her “solid photos and informative captions (!!!).”

Runner up was Matt Wright, who followed a dual-high school girls rowing team from normally rival towns, Arlington and Belmont, as they competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta.

The leader board remains unchanged from last week, but the race is heating up:

Here’s the roundup…

Rachel Larue swept news with her images from Obama’s visit to Boston:

And she even nabbed the first place for feature picture:

Lathan Goumas submitted a dramatic image from the Head of the Charles Regatta:

Matt Wright picked up the first place for stories with his package on Roller Derby:

And Amy Donnelly placed second by following a couple on a Diamond Dash race to win a wedding ring in Boston:

Tune in Thursday when the images that are coming in right about now will be judged.

Here are the top five leaders:

1. Lathan Goumas
2. Matt Wright
3. Rachel Larue
4. Amy Donnelly
5. Rachel Offerdahl

Due to the class holiday, please make sure to get your pictures in by noon on Tuesday, October 12.

All-Stars like Brooks Canaday, Kate Samp, and Max Esposito have launched slick-looking photo websites powered by WordPress. Check them out and make sure to give them your feedback.

http://canadayphoto.com

http://katesampphotography.com

http://espositooriginals.com

http://ulandayphoto.com/

Plus, there are more sites from more students in the works. We’ll keep you posted when they go live.

Until then, great work, Brooks, Kate and Max.

[ed. - and Kristyn!]

First: In Photoshop CS2, choose File->Print With Preview. In CS3, just pick File->Print.

Second: The dialogue boxes for CS2 and CS3 are different, but the important stuff is still there. Make sure you choose the right printer here.

Third: Click on ‘Page Setup…” and select the right printer and paper size and orientation.

Fourth: If there is an option to ‘Match Print Colors’ uncheck the box.

Fifth: There is a selector box that says either “Color Management” or “Output”. Click on it and choose “Color Management”

• Choose “Document”
• Color Handling: Photoshop Manages Colors
• Printer Profile: will be a combination of the printer code and the paper finish, e.g. SPR2400 Premium Luster, or SPR1800 PremiumGlossy. Pick the one that matches your printer and paper. 
• Rendering Intent: There are four options. The selected option will have a description appear below when you mouse over the option bar. Read the description and choose the best fit for you. 
• Double check to make sure the “Match Print Colors” option is unchecked.

Sixth: Hit “Print…” This will take you our of Photoshop and into the particular printer control panel.

Seventh: For your printer, select the appropriate model. DO NOT SEND PRINTS TO COMPHOTOBROTHER. Also, click on the triangle to the right to expand the print options.

Eighth: On the option bar that says “Layout” click and select “Print Settings”

• Page Setup: Standard
• Media Type: Set for your paper, e.g. glossy, luster, etc.
• Color: Color
• Color Settings: OFF (No Color Adjustment) <– If this is on, the printer fights with Photoshop and gives unpredictable results.
• Mode: Advanced
• Print Quality: Photo or Best Photo — you choose.
• Uncheck High Speed

Ninth: You can save the setup in the “Presets” option bar, so you don’t have to go through this dance every time you make a print. I recommend giving an intuitive name like 2400 Luster.

Tenth: Hit Print.

Other notes: 

• Apple monitors are very bright, which can make you perceive your pictures inaccurately. Dim the monitor to half brightness with the buttons on the side of it to get a better sense of what the print will look like. 
• If the colors are spotty or there are weird lines, use the printer utility to run a couple checks: HD->Applications->Epson Print Utility 3.

Alright, good luck. And as always, if you run into any problems, email photo[at]bu[dot]edu.

- D

Be like Kylie and send us your pictures. It doesn’t matter if you are a Mac or a PC.

We’re compiling a gallery of photos from the people and places everyone saw over spring break. If you found interesting stories, we want to see them.

photo[at]bu[dot]edu

Our judges this year were Faith Ninivaggi of the Boston Herald, Bill Greene of the Boston Globe and Bill Sikes of the Associated Press. They shared their comments on the first place winner’s images in each category.

COMMENTS

NEWS – Nicholas Welles “Hope” – Well composed, good emotion and use of available light. “You can feel what she is feeling”

FEATURE – Ying Shi “Blue” – Great layering, it really draws you in. Simple and interesting at the same time

PORTRAIT – Andrew Bisdale “South Street Seaport” – Nice lines…Very Cool

SPORTS – Nicholas Welles “Defeat” – Clean Image, Quiet Moment

PICTURE STORY – Tiago Genoveze “Bob Wright” – Well done, visually very thorough. Great moments of human warmth. This picture story stood out immediately from all the rest

News

1. Nicholas Welles – Hope
2. Max Esposito – Waiting for History
3. Andrew Bisdale – Inauguration 2009

Feature

1. Ying Shi – Blue
2. Nicholas Welles – Light and Shadows
3. William Nunnally – Salsa for Hancock

Portrait/Personality

1. Andrew Bisdale – South Street Seaport
2. Andrew Bisdale – Keren’s Big Audition
3. Ilir Bajraktari – Atheist

Sports

1. Nicholas Welles – Defeat
2. Max Esposito – Our Win
3. Sarabeth Glicksteen – The Sport of Warlocks

Picture Story

1. Tiago Genoveze – Bob Wright
2. Ilir Bajraktari – Boxer Training
3. Ilir Bajraktari – Prosthetic Hunter

http://bppa.net/contest/08collage/index.html

Check it out here.

Where this will go, we can’t be sure, but it’s a start.

Students, please submit photos by emailing photo[at]bu[dot]edu and use the following guidelines:

• Photos should be resized to 720 pixels on the longest side. (10 inches at 72dpi is one way).
• Complete captions should be in the body of the email, and also embedded in the jpg.
• Please include your name, class section and any other identifying information.
• Optional text tags will help make your photos stand out in the Tag Cloud.

Thanks, and happy shooting.

- Dominick