Sept. 4th - SFBAPPA's September PhotoNight
You are invited to SFBAPPA's September PhotoNight with Sacramento Bee photographer Bryan Patrick on Thursday, September 4 at 7 p.m. Patrick won SFBAPPA's 2007 Photographer of the Year and SFBAPPA's 2007 Monthly Digital Clip Contest Photographer of the Year.
Bryan was also awarded California Press Photographers Association and runner-up in POY and NPPA's Photographer of the Year. He has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times. He has won NPPA Region 10 and California Press Photographers Association clip contests several times.
Bryan will show some of his favorite photographs from throughout his career. There will be an emphasis on his work from last ten years. As a daily newspaper photojournalist, his images come from many different types of assignments including daily feature hunting, sports, portraits, general news, spot news, and pictorials. He has been published in every major magazine and newspaper both nationally and internationally.
He will show a project he did on homeless teens and several other smaller picture stories. He will also show some of his images from recent fire coverage and some Soundslide shows from the Bee.
Bryan Patrick was born, raised went to college in the Sacramento. His first job was for a local African American publication, the Sacramento Observer. He then worked at the Woodland Daily Democrat for two years. When he was 22, he headed for the Sacramento Union where he stayed for 15 years, until they folded in 1994. He was then hired by the Sacramento Bee, where he has been for 15 years.
Where: San Francisco Exposure Gallery
Address: 801 Howard (near the corner of 4th Street across from the Moscone Center)
When: Thursday, September 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Parking: 4th and Mission streets
Cost: free
RSVP: none
SFBAPPA's PhotoNight is a very casual get together. It's a pot luck - so please bring something to share to eat. SFBAPPA will supply drinks. No alcohol for any students under 21.
More info,
Jessica Lifland
SFBAPPA PhotoNight Director
jblif@sbcglobal.net
Photos from the 34th Annual News Photography and News Video Competition Awards Dinner by photographer Stephen Lam.
Sacramento Bee photographer Bryan Patrick, right, receives the Ken McLaughlin Photography of the year plaque and perpetual trophy from Craig Murphy, center, grandson of Ken McLaughlin, at the Awards Banquet. (Photo by Stephen Lam, SFSU)
San Francisco State University photojournalism student Justin Maxon receives prizes of a Nikon D300 camera, Thinktankphoto.com camera bag, and a plaque for winning the Greg Robinson Memorial Student Photographer of the Year Award. (Photo by Stephen Lam, SFSU)
NBC11/KNTV photographer Jeremy Carroll, left, receives the perpetual trophy from SFBAPPA president Paul Sakuma, right, for winning the Ken McLaughlin News Video Photographer of the Year Award at the Awards Banquet. (Photo by Stephen Lam, SFSU)
Retired Bay Area News Group and Oakland Tribune photographer and photo editor Ron Riesterer, center, receives a Life Membership plaque from BANG Director of Photography Nick Lammers, right, as SFBAPPA Life Membership Chairman Al Golub, left, laughs during awards Banquet. (Photo by Stephen Lam)
Results of SFBAPPA's May 2008 Monthly Digital Clip (MDC) contest. Winning images and contest rules can be found on www.sfbappa.org
Judged by the photo staff of the Tulsa World in Tulsa Oklahoma, Tom Gilbert, Daryl Wilson, Shane Bevel, James Plumlee and Aram Boghosian.
Note: Annual winners will be awarded: First place: $250; Second place $100; Third place $50.
Deadline for July photos: August 7.
May 2008 Monthly Digital Clip (MDC) winners:
Spot News
1st Summit fire airdrop - Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
2nd Mangled car - Eddie Ledesma / Contra Costa Times
3rd Police with guns – Kent Porter / Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Features
1st Playground climbers - Scott MacDonald / Salinas Californian
2nd. Chalk art – Ray Chavez / Oakland Tribune
3rd Fish kite – Doug Duran / Contra Costa Times
General News
1st Doves - Brad Zweerink / Fairfield Daily Republic
2nd Same-sex kiss - Ray Chavez / Oakland Tribune
3rd Prayer service - Scott MacDonald / Salinas Californian
Humor
1st Tailpipe dog - Michael McCollum / Stockton Record
2nd Rainy commencement - Kent Porter / Santa Rosa Press Democrat
3rd Helmet humor – Orville Myers / Monterey County Herald
Picture Story
1st Viorica – Autumn Cruz / Sacramento Bee
2nd Bay Meadows - Autumn Cruz / Sacramento Bee
3rd Asparagus harvest – Victor Blue / Stockton Record
Portrait
1st Widower in bed – Chelsea Klein, San Francisco State University
2nd Tennis player – Tony Avelar / freelance
3rd Inmates - Michael McCollum / Stockton Record
Sports
1st Triple jump - Victor Blue / Stockton Record
2nd Swim meet take-off - Tony Avelar / freelance
3rd Backstroke - Gregory Urquiaga / Contra Costa Times
Leader board through May 2008:
David Royal, Monterey County Herald 135
Chris Jordan, Fairfield Daily Republic 105
Bryan Patrick, Sacramento Bee 95
Gregory Urquiaga, Contra Costa Times 85
Shmuel Thaler, Santa Cruz Sentinel 65
Kent Porter, Santa Rosa Press Democrat 60
Scott MacDonald, Salinas Californian 55
Tony Avelar, freelance 45
Victor Blue, Stockton Record 45
Ray Chavez, Oakland Tribune 40
Michael McCollum, Stockton Record 40
Brad Zweerink, Fairfield Daily Republic 35
Dean Coppola, Contra Costa Times 30
Autumn Cruz, Sacramento Bee 30
Eddie Ledesma, Contra Costa Times 20
Bea Ahbeck, Fremont Argus 15
Doug Duran, Contra Costa Times 15
Chelsea Klein, San Francisco State University, 15
Stephen Lam, SFSU 10
Doug Oakley, East Bay Daily News 10
Rick Roach, Vacaville Reporter 10
Kat Wade, freelance 10
Jacqueline Ramseyer, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers 10
Orville Myers, Monterey County Herald 5
Joel Rosenbaum, Vacaville Reporter 5
Kristopher Skinner, Contra Costa Times 5
More info,
Shmuel Thaler
SFBAPPA Monthly Digital Clip Contest Chair
831-566-2031
email
Monthly Digital Clips Contest Past Months
SFBAPPA is starting a new monthly photography contest called Monthly Digital Clips (MDC) Contest.
SFBAPPA's new monthly photography contest, called Monthly Digital Clips (MDC) Contest, starts its 2007 year after it's "trial December 2006" month. All winning entries will be posted on the SFBAPPA web site www.sfbappa.org Plaques and cash prizes will be awarded for 2007 with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place point total champions announced at the SFBAPPA Annual Awards Banquet
The SFBAPPA MDC Contest entries and the annual SFBAPPA News Photo Competition are totally separate contests. Entries in the MDC will NOT be automatically entered in the annual contest.
GENERAL RULES:
1. Contest is open to any paid 2007 member of SFBAPPA. Student and Associate members are also eligible. Entries will be automatically disqualified for non-membership. Membership application: www.sfbappa.org
2. There is no entry fee.
3. All entries must be digitally uploaded to our FTP site. You can use FTP programs such as Fetch, ftpclient.com, Secure ftp, Leechftp. No CDs or DVDs will be accepted.
The URL for the FTP is ftp://sfbappa:clips@209.203.69.196
Host: 209.203.69.196
User ID: sfbappa
Password: clips
Once the images are dropped in the folder, you will not be able to delete or view any other images off the server. This is a contest safety measure to protect the integrity of the contest.
4. Any published or unpublished image will be accepted. See categories below. Picture Stories count as one entry and may include a maximum of 12 individual pictures. Pictures may be entered only once – either during the month they were taken or the month they were first published. The only exception to this rule is that pictures included in a picture story may also be entered as single photos as well. Single pictures that are also part of a picture story must be entered in the same month as the picture story that they are a part of. All single picture category entries (i.e., spot news, features, etc) can only include one image.
5. A member may enter up to 12 clips per month.
6. Entries must be uploaded to the FTP site by the 5th day of the month following the contest month. (Example: deadline February 5 for January contest)
7. Entries will be disqualified if name of photographer or affiliation is visible in submitted image.
8. Submit RGB photo files at 72 dpi with a width or height no greater than 10 inches. The JPEG should be saved at "Maximum".
9. You can use any file name, but you must have the .jpg at the end of the file name.
10. When you see the FTP, open up the month you plan to enter, then drag and drop your entry into the category folder you plan to enter. For Picture Story, make a separate folder, then drag and drop that folder into Picture Story category.
11. In Adobe Photoshop File Info or Photo Mechanic IPTC caption information or Stationary Pad, include: caption (inside Caption or Description field), your name (inside Photographer or Byline or Author or Creator field), affiliation (inside Credit field) and E-mail address (inside Special Instructions field). Do not use any other caption plug-ins.
12. SFBAPPA reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is unreadable, found to contain a virus or other suspicious files that DO NOT follow the rules of photojournalism ethics.
13. The decision of the judges are final.
14. The contest will be judged by a newspaper photo staff out of our area. The point systems as follows:
First place: 15 points
Second place: 10 points
Third place: 5 points.
CATEGORIES:
Spot News - One photo of an incident or event for which no advance planning was possible.
General News - One photo of an event for which advance planning was possible.
Sports - One photo of sports action or sports feature.
Portrait / Illustration - One photo that is under the control of the photographer or clearly communicates the personality of the subject.
Feature - Events and subjects (other than Spot News, General News, Sports or Portrait/Illustration) depicted in one photo.
Picture Story - A maximum of 12 pictures of a subject or event. Can include photo essays, sequences or series.
Humor - One picture that portrays the lighter side of life.
MORE INFO,
SFBAPPA MDC Contest Director
Shmuel Thaler
Staff photographer, Santa Cruz Sentinel
831-566-2031or email
September 14 - SFBAPPA's Annual Golf Tournament
You are invited to the SFBAPPA's Annual Golf Tournament on Sunday, September 14. (No home football games that day) We will be playing on the Fry Course (North) of the Chuck Corica Golf Complex at Alameda Muni.
RSVP deadline is Friday, September 5.
Time: Tee off at 11:30 am
When: Sunday, September 14
Where: Chuck Corica Golf Complex - Fry (north) Course, Alameda Muni
Address: 1 Clubhouse Memorial Drive, Alameda
Bay Farm Island (near Oakland Raiders headquarters)
Cost: $55 - includes:
-18 holes – Scramble format
-Cart
-Every player wins a prize
-guarantee fun regardless of your handicap
Make check payable to "SFBAPPA" and send check to:
Ron Riesterer
629 Pomona Dr.
Brentwood, CA 94513
More info,
Ron Riesterer
SFBAPPA Golf Tournament Director
925-513-3999
email
Oakland Tribune photographer Ray Chavez files civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland.
Oakland Tribune photographer Ray Chavez, 44, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland, saying police illegally barred him from taking pictures at a freeway crash scene and handcuffed him when he persisted.
Chavez said officers had interfered with his right as a member of the press to cover news, specifically a car crash and the emergency response time. The incident last year caused him to be "arrested and handcuffed without justification solely due to the exercise of First Amendment rights," said his suit, filed in U.S. District Court.
"It has been very stressful since I was humiliated by the OPD (Oakland Police Department) officers," Chavez said. "They should do their jobs and not interfere with ours as media members. These cops need to be re-educated. I don't think they know what the First Amendment and freedom of the press means."
Alex Katz, spokesman for City Attorney John Russo, declined to comment. The city previously rejected a claim, the first step in litigation, that Chavez filed in connection with the incident.
On May 4, 2007, Chavez was driving north on Interstate 880 near the 29th Avenue exit in Oakland when a car in front of him crashed and rolled over in the fast lane. Chavez, wearing his press credential around his neck, got out of his car and began taking pictures, "considering this a spot news matter," the suit said.
Oakland police Officer Kevin Reynolds told Chavez that he should leave, the suit said. When Chavez replied that he had a right to be there as a member of the press. Reynolds angrily told him that he "didn't have any business here (and) that it was a crime scene," the suit said.
When Chavez took photos of an arriving ambulance, Reynolds blocked his camera and told him, "You don't need to take these kind of photos," according to the suit.
Reynolds asked for Chavez's identification and began writing him a citation, the suit said. As a California Highway Patrol cruiser arrived, Chavez again took pictures. That prompted Reynolds to say, "That's it. You're under arrest," the suit said.
The officer made Chavez sit next to the overturned car with his hands behind his back for a half-hour, the suit said. Passing motorists mistakenly believed Chavez had caused the crash and "cursed and made derogatory references to and signs at plaintiff while he sat on the ground handcuffed," the suit said.
Oakland police Officer Cesar Garcia told Chavez that he would be cited for impeding traffic and failing to obey a lawful order. The officers gave him the citation, removed the handcuffs and let him go, but not before Reynolds warned him, "Don't ever come here again to take these kinds of photos," the suit said.
The suit names the city, Police Chief Wayne Tucker, Reynolds and Garcia. It seeks unspecified monetary damages and a court injunction directing police to train its officers about allowing the media "reasonable access to accident and crime scenes and behind police lines."
"The Oakland Police Department must abide by state statute and their own regulations as to what is appropriate, to allow the press to adequately cover newsworthy events," said Chavez's attorney, Terry Gross. "Whenever there's an incident, a crime scene, if there's no interference going on, then the OPD rules and state statute provide this right of access to the scene."
Neither the Tribune nor its parent company, MediaNews, is involved in Chavez's litigation.
"At the time of this incident, staff photographer Ray Chavez was shooting photos for the Tribune and its sister papers," said Tribune Editor Martin G. Reynolds in a statement. "It appears from the allegations in his complaint, the Oakland Police Department officers clearly did not understand he had a statutory right to be at the scene gathering information as long as he did not impede the work of authorities or emergency personnel. Ultimately, we hope this matter is resolved with a clearer understanding on the part of OPD of the press' right to do its job and gain access to accident scenes."
Chavez was named photojournalist of the year earlier this month by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He has been with the Tribune for 14 years.
From San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Tribune staff reports.
Sept. 4th - SFBAPPA September PhotoNight. Where: San Francisco Exposure Gallery
Address: 801 Howard (near the corner of 4th Street across from the Moscone Center)
When: Thursday, September 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Sept 10th - You are invited to a reception and panel discussion at the opening of the AP Photo Exhibit, "The American President" on the U.C. Berkeley campus on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Sept. 14 - You are invited to the Annual SFBAPPA Golf Tournament on the North Fry Course at Alameda Muni Chuck Corica Golf Course on Sunday, September 14 at 11:30 a.m.
Ron Riesterer
SFBAPPA Golf Tournament Director
email
SFBAPPA Awards Winners Lists
34th Annual Newspaper & Television winners list-2007
33rd Annual Newspaper & Television winners list-2006
32th Annual Newspaper & Television winners list-2005
31th Annual Newspaper & Television winners list-2004
30th Annual Newspaper & Television winners list - 2003
29th Annual Newspaper & Television winners list - 2002
28th Annual Newspaper & Television winners list - 2001
27th Annual Newspaper & Television winners line -2000
Here are some of the activities and additional benefits of membership in SFBAPPA:
Join SFBAPPA now!
The SFBAPPA The Board of Directors.
Life membership for retired members
SFBAPPA Annual Bowling Tournament
Northern California EMMY Awards
Other Photo Contests and Awards
SFBAPPA Members' Website Links
SFBAPPA will be posting links of member's personal web site on the SFBAPPA web site: www.sfbappa.org If you are paid member of SFBAPPA, you can share your web site from the SFBAPPA web site.
Some basic rules:
1. You be a paid member of SFBAPPA either professional, student or associate.
2. You must have full control of your web site.
3. No company web site.
4. Web site about your photography. Not your personal photo album.
5. Site must be active or it will be taken down immediately. There will be no notification of termination.
6. To let us know about your web site. Email: sfbappa@aol.com with your web site address. Or if you would like your link terminated, please email SFBAPPA.
7. No links of your photography from another site.
8. No cost for members.
SFBAPPA-Membership Renewal Deadline March 31st.
If you are a 2006 member of SFBAPPA, the deadline for renewing your membership is March 31, or you will be dropped from the SFBAPPA membership rolls and from the SFBAPPA Listserv.
You can now pay with a credit card using PayPal: www.sfbappa.org
SFBAPPA aims to bring together professional and student press photographers with similar interests in career enrichment, education and social interaction. Here are some of the activities that we are planning and additional benefits of membership in SFBAPPA:
-Annual Awards Banquet
-Annual Digital Camera & Photoshop Workshop
-Annual Golf Tournament
-Annual Bowling Tournament
-Annual News Photo Contest
-Annual News Video Contest
-Annual Video Workshop
-Annual Wildland Fire Workshop
-Monthly Digital Clip Contest
-Monthly PhotoNight speakers series
-Listserv on current local photojournalism news and announcements
-Free membership for retired members
-Mentor program for students
-Press parking identification card
-Web Site: www.sfbappa.org
-Job/Internship listings
-Fund raising for photographers in need.
All this for only $30 per year ($20 per year for students)
Please make check payable to “SFBAPPA”
Please use this form and mail your check (or use PayPal from www.sfbappa.org) to:
SFBAPPA
929 B Street
Petaluma, CA 94952