Photography

By Martha Mintz, Coral Creek Communications, 2019 First Place Winner, Nuts and Bolts Category Apologies for the repeats as the winning photos all came from the same day—I guess the judges were really into cowboys, but aren’t we all? As mentioned in the last installment, the subject matter of this Arizona shoot was great, but … Read More

By Martha Mintz, Coral Creek Communications, 2019 First Place Winner, Feature Picture Category I hate directing and setting up a posed shot. I’d much rather sift through the fray unnoticed seeking out just the right moment to capture. Rarely do I get such a luxury on shoots, but on a hot, dusty Arizona day in … Read More

By Jim Patrico 2019 First Place Winner, Pictorial Category To my mind any photo assignment that involves craft beer has “happy” written all over it. So, this story comes with a built-in happy ending. The Progressive Farmer editor-in-chief Gregg Hillyer called one autumn day and asked if I’d take photos for a Barb Anderson story … Read More

By Kurt Lawton, owner of Stellar Content, First Place Unpublished Photo Category Award Winner *Editor’s Note: This article is part of the “Story Behind the Photo” series featuring first place 2018 AAEA Communication award winners. It was early October on the central Iowa farm of my youth. I had talked to my brother Tom a … Read More

By Bob Stefko, First Place Award Winner “Portrait/Personality” Photo Category *Editor’s Note: This article is part of the “Story Behind the Photo” series featuring first place 2018 AAEA Communication award winners. My assistant and I spent a summer afternoon in 2017 at the Gonzalez dairy farm in Waupaca, Wisconsin to make this and some additional … Read More