Skypixel Pronounces Winners of eighth Annual Photograph & Video Contest
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian M. Crosby
At this time, SkyPixel introduced the winners of its eighth Annual Photograph & Video Contest. This yr’s contest, co-organized with DJI, acquired over 65 thousand submissions – a 120% improve from final yr’s occasion. The theme of this yr’s contest, “The Story Behind,” urged customers to share what mattered to them most by each their submissions and the reflections shared on their submission web page.
The eighth Annual Photograph & Video Contest was assessed by a Judging Panel of trade professionals together with Claudio Miranda (Academy Award-winning cinematographer), Anne Farrar (Assistant Managing Editor of Pictures for Nationwide Geographic Journal), Phil Pastuhov (Director of Cinematography for movies akin to The Lord of the Rings), Hasselblad Grasp Benjamin Everett, Air Pixels founder Tobias Hägg, photographer George Steinmetz, Director of Pictures Toby Robust, cinematographer Jingping Yu, and photographer Wang Ning.
This yr’s video judging panel selected Bashir Abu Shakra’s “Why I Journey the World Alone,” an autobiographical brief movie 4 years within the making that mixes sweeping mountaintop landscapes with Shakra’s childhood household recordings to share his private journey. Choose Jingping Yu counseled Shakra, stating that he “Cares in regards to the magnificence in entrance of him, but additionally locations his braveness and bravado in it, and the peak is not restricted to the magnificence in entrance of him. There may be magnificence within the dialogue he’s having with himself.”
“Tons of of items of footage needed to be compressed into solely 4 minutes of video,” mentioned Shakra. “In such huge initiatives, persistence is the important thing. I saved my greatest pictures unpublished for years ready for the entire undertaking to be accomplished. I even needed to take semesters off in school simply to have the ability to journey and full this undertaking, however that’s how a lot I believed in it.”
This yr’s picture judging panel selected Khánh Phan’s “Floral Costume,” a chook’s-eye portrait of two girls in a pond amassing a harvest of water lilies, with white and magenta blooms forming a floating floral gown. “A near-perfect coloration scheme with beautiful waves of flowers transferring throughout the body, this lovely picture is so well-composed and balanced, it brings a way of magnificence and quietness,” mentioned Choose Anne Farrar.
Phan captured the picture in her hometown of Lengthy An, Vietnam, with the objective of sharing a convention of her ancestors. “They’ve labored as water lily pickers for a few years, having discovered the craft from their moms and grandmothers. I consider these girls are most lovely when working as a result of labor creates worth and happiness,” defined Phan. “Additionally they let me specific my mission to create what is difficult to think about, and I’m actually grateful to them.”
As Annual Finest Work winners, Shakra and Phan will every obtain over USD $15K in prizes, together with the Hasselblad 907X Anniversary Version Equipment, a trophy, and award certificates. The SkyPixel contest additionally awarded a number of different winners in each classes. Prime 10 Photograph and Prime 10 Video winners will every obtain the DJI Mavic 3 Fly Extra Combo (DJI RC Professional) or its DJI Credit score equal, a trophy, and award certificates, with a complete worth of USD $4048. The ten Nominated Prizes will every obtain the Osmo Motion 3 Journey Combo and award certificates, with a complete worth of USD $439. Lastly, the ten Individuals’s Alternative Prizes will every obtain the Osmo Cell 6 and award certificates, with a complete worth of USD $159.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he acquired a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in know-how, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
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