A single picture may be worth a thousand words, but for the Kentridge High School Photography Club, 14 pictures were worth something even more: A first-place victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is something we\u2019ve worked hard for since \u201898,\u201d said adviser and photography teacher Jeff Tibeau.<\/p>\n
The win at the Washington State High School Photography Print Competition is the club\u2019s second first-place finish in three years. KR also won the state contest in 2006.<\/p>\n
The contest is split into several categories reflecting all of the traditional arts of photography from portrait to architecture to landscape as well as new, digital categories. Students are required to take and develop their own pictures for the contest and can enter in up to six categories.<\/p>\n
The projects are judged by a panel of professional photographers, who this year reached for a more traditional look, according to Tibeau.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe judges this year really honored the traditional things we teach,\u201d he said. \u201cThis group of kids right here is some of the best I\u2019ve had in five years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Individually, the club had one first-place finish, three second-place finishes, two third places, three fourth places, two fifth places and three sixth-place finishes.<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s first-place finisher was senior Philip Villanueva, whose photo of the sky bridge at the Museum of Flight earned the top slot in the architecture category.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just knew that was my best one,\u201d he said of the black and white, shadow-filled photo of crisscrossing beams and light.<\/p>\n
Villanueva earned $100 and a chance at being named Best in Show at the June 4 awards ceremony.<\/p>\n
The club also had multiple winners, including senior Brady Mitchell, who had two second-place finishes (architecture and landscape) as well as two photographers who pulled off the rare feat of placing twice in the same category.<\/p>\n
Jadina Lee, a junior, took home the fourth- and fifth-place ribbon in black and white people and senior Kevin Gonzales finished second and third in documentary photography.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was rewarding,\u201d Lee said. \u201cWe all worked hard. It was nice to receive something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a little surprising,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cBut we definitely had good work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the students are scored individually, the total scores are added up like in track or swimming to get a team score.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe try to work as a team,\u201d Tibeau said, adding that he has high expectations for his students every year. \u201cThey rise to it and it makes me proud.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just really proud of these guys,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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