DALE GULDAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

A co-worker at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described Dale Guldan this way–“At its core, journalism is based on storytelling, and in that trade, Dale Guldan was a master craftsman.” Guldan was a staff photographer at the Milwaukee Journal and later, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1977, and died at age 51.

Dale Guldan was a gifted photographer, creating images that informed, inspired and entertained. The camera was his means of expression, his medium for conveying the stories he saw and the passion he felt. His work was honored with countless awards, including winning the Wisconsin News Photographer of the Year title four years in a row.

He was compassionate, participating in medical and relief missions around the world. He had a quick wit and was a sly practical joker. And at the heart of it all was his love and devotion to his wife and two children.

Dale’s contributions to the photojournalism community continue through The Dale Guldan Memorial Scholarship. This $500 scholarship will be awarded to a student currently enrolled in a Wisconsin college or university and is studying photography. The purpose of this scholarship is to reward students who are dedicated to the art of photography and/or photojournalism.

Applicant requirements

1. Student must be a Wisconsin resident, or be attending a college or university in Wisconsin in an undergraduate or graduate program.
2. Student must be pursuing a career in photography or photojournalism-related field.

Application Procedure

1. Complete the application. Deadline is May 25, 2007.
2. Write a 500-word statement describing your aspirations regarding photography, your reasons for choosing this field, and any future plans that may include studying or practicing photography.
3. Submit a portfolio of 6-10 images. Picture stories are encouraged, and will count as one entry in the portfolio. Stories are limited to 10 photographs. Total number of images in the portfolio may not exceed 20. Quality is more important than quantity, so edit your work carefully. This is not strictly a portfolio contest. Portfolios will be evaluated on technical ability, style and ability to make connections with your subject.

Download Application Form (2 pages)

Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report at 11:53 PM EDT

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Do you have pictures from this year’s convention weekend, including Saturday’s convention, the two days of contest judging or a snappy flic from a night on the town that you would like to share?

Send your photo to wnpamemberpics@wnpaonline.com this week to post online!

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WNPA Members,

After accepting my student POY award this past weekend, I just wanted to say thank you. True, I am picking-up and moving to Wisconsin, but I also feel as though I am being ushered-in and welcomed. I am incredibly excited to have the opportunity to work alongside you all in the future. You will be the ones who continue to inspire me as I begin my career.

It was a pleasure meeting many of you in Milwaukee.

My warmest regards,
–Michael P. King
The Post-Crescent

Posted by Guest Author as 2007 Convention at 9:05 PM EDT

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Winning images from the January 2007 WNPA monthly clip contest are now online. Thank you to all those who submitted their winning images.

Without further adieu, here is the JANUARY 2007 WINNING IMAGES GALLERY

Above is a look at the new WNPAonline.com clip contest gallery page, accessible on the main site under the CLIP CONTEST menu option. We are utilizing a new way to present clip winners, hope you enjoy the new format.
If you win next month, here is a GUIDE TO SUBMITTING CLIP WINNING IMAGES

Posted by Administrator as Clip Contest Update at 8:19 PM EDT

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The visual staff of the Appleton, Wis. Post-Crescent recently garnered another award for their work in the medium of video.

This one, from the National Press Photographer Association during their annual Best of Photojournalism Competition, is for Real to Reel, a video weblog containing a variety of video and multimedia selections from the paper.

The award was an Honorable Mention in the not-so-abbreviated category of Best Multimedia Package (Smaller Affiliated Sites).

Here is a link to the NPPA site:

Video Award

WNPAonline.com is proud to feature Real to Reel on this site. Their link is located on the WNPA main page, but you may have to scroll down a little.

Congratulations Appleton!

Real to Reel contains the video and audio work of Mike De Sisti, Sharon Cekada, Dan Powers, Dwight Nale, Patrick Ferron, Mike P. King, Bonnie Lutzewitz, Corey Wilson and Sarah Beth Barnett. Dairyland Redefined is also included.

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As the WNPA POY contest looms on the horizon I thought it was only appropriate to chime in with some tips and tricks for first-timers on how to keep your sanity during and after the judging.

I know how it is, the photo, or even worse, the story that you had attached all of your hopes for recognition to gets the heave-ho from the judges. Instead of immediately expressing your disgust in the direct and less than dignified form of a moan, groan or expletive, remember that judging is a highly subjective process.

Just because someone stomps on your “baby” it doesn’t mean that they hold any contempt of feel any disrespect for you or your work in general. If you’re mad about the results, take it out on the 2007 POY contest… you have 9 months left to make your winning images.

With that said, I do understand that after judging has ended many photographers will have cause to celebrate or drown their sorrows… please do so responsibly. Besides, if you overdo it, you are going to miss out on some of the fantastic door prizes. Mr. Powers has secured a wide variety of great prizes and arriving late for the morning or afternoon sessions will result in missing your chance at some great gear.

Since everyone is going to have to fill their stomach with some sort of sustenance during the convention, I have also compiled the following list of restaurant type places that I enjoy eating at when in the downtown Milwaukee area:

The King and I (Thai cuisine *vegetarian options)
830 Old World 3rd St
http://www.kingandirestaurant.com/

Buck Bradley’s (great burgers, sandwiches, fish fry)
1019 Old World 3rd St
http://www.buckbradleys.com/

The Historic Turner Restaurant (American and German cuisine)
1034 N 4th St
http://www.historicturner.com/

Alterra at The Lake (great coffee, tea, quick breakfast or lunch *vegetarian options)
1701 N Lincoln Memorial Dr
http://alterracoffee.com/about.html

The Old German Beer Hall (Brats, Fish fry)
1009 Old Word 3rd St
http://oldgermanbeerhall.com/

Posted by Nathan Pier as Survival Afield at 11:15 AM EDT

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Updated Sunday 11 p.m.

View Winning Image Gallery Here

Updated at 4:20 p.m. POY FINAL

POY - Benny Sieu - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 260 pts.

2nd place - Kristyna Wentz-Graff - Journal Sentinel - 200 pts.

Best of Show - John Hart - Watertown Daily Times - Horse in field

Updated at 4:15 p.m. Portfolio (15 entries)

1st - Benny Sieu - Journal Sentinel
2nd - Kristyna Wentz-Graff - Journal Sentinel
3rd - Kevin Poirier - Kenosha News
HM - Gary Porter - Journal Sentinel
Updated at 3:50 p.m. Feature Picture Story (27 entries)

1st - Dan Powers - Post-Crescent - Dairyland Redefined
2nd - Benny Sieu - Journal Sentinel - Dad with cancer
3rd - Gary Porter - Journal Sentinel - Outdoor School
HM - Jack Orton - Journal Sentinel - 60th Wedding Anniversary
HM - Scott Anderson - Journal Times - Trout Ponds Prairie

Updated at 3:05 p.m. Sports Picture Story (11 entries)

1st - Terry Mayer - The Week - Snowmobiling
2nd - Mike De Sisti - Post-Crescent - Little League Baseball
3rd - Bill Meyer - Journal Sentinel - Bicycle ride
HM - John Maniaci - Wisconsin State Journal - Ultimate Frizbee
Updated at 2:34 p.m. News Picture Story (26 entries)

1st - Kristyna Wentz-Graff - Journal Sentinel - Mental Institutions
2nd - Kristyna Wentz-Graff - Journal Sentinel - Missing
3rd - Benny Sieu - Journal Sentinel - Gunshot wounds
Updated at 12:15 p.m. Photo Illustration (15 entries)

1st - John Maniaci - Wisconsin State Journal - Stem Cell
2nd - Dan Powers -Post-Crescent - Puzzle Man
3rd - John Maniaci - Wisconsin State Journal - Medicine in drinking water
Updated at 12:05 p.m. Portrait/Personality (92 entries)

1st - Benny Sieu - Journal Sentinel - scars
2nd - Terry Mayer - The Week - Airplane Pilot
3rd - Gary Porter - Journal Sentinel - Coldplay pianist
HM - Shane Opatz - Leader-Telegram - Lung cancer patient
Updated at 11:50 a.m. Pictorial (85 entries)

1st - John Hart - Watertown Daily Times - Horse Close-up
2nd - Dan Young - Marshfield News-Herald - Tree study
3rd - Kevin Poirier - Kenosha News - Stripes
HM - Jeffrey Phelps - Journal Sentinel - Northern Lights
HM - Rick Wood - Journal Sentinel - Boy practices soccer moves
HM - Terry Mayer - The Week - Horse in the clouds
Updated at 11:35 a.m. Sports Feature (63 entries)

1st - Rick Wood - Journal Sentinel - Swimmers in bathroom
2nd - Benny Sieu - Journal Sentinel - Tired basketball players
3rd - Jeffrey Phelps - Journal Sentinel - Snowfall during football game
HM - John Maniaci - Wisconsin State Journal - Basketball celebration/dejection
Updated at 11:15 a.m. Sports Action (88 entries)

1st - Jeffrey Phelps - Journal Sentinel - Down and out
2nd - Dan Powers - Post-Crescent - Super Bowl touchdown
3rd - Evan Siegle - Press Gazette - Speedskating pan
HM - Jeffrey Phelps - Journal Sentinel - baseball players flip over railing
HM - Dan Powers - Post-Crescent - Packers receiver catch
Updated at 10:45 a.m. Feature (91 entries)

1st - Rick Wood - Journal Sentinel - Bored
2nd - Kevin Poirier - Kenosha News - Lightning strikes
3rd -Gary Porter - Journal Sentinel - Polar bear plunge photo op
HM - William Glasheen - Chicken and pig
Updated at 10:20 a.m. General News (101 entries)

1st - Bill Meyer - Journal Sentinel - Beating a dummy
2nd - Mike De Vries - Capital Times - Woman weeps in court
3rd - Benny Sieu - Journal Sentinel - Frank Jude beating
HM - Rick Wood - Journal Sentinel - Flag Day presentation
HM - John Maniaci - Wisconsin State Journal - Recovered Dogs
HM - Mike De Vries - Capital Times - Snowy funeral
Updated at 10 a.m. Spot News (31 entries)

1st - Kristyna Wentz-Graff - Journal Sentinel - Missing Person notice
2nd - Jeffrey Phelps - Journal Sentinel - Factory Explosion
3rd - Kevin Poirier - Kenosha News - Firefighters with fire hose
HM - Mike De Sisti - Post-Crescent - Firefighters battle blaze

9:30 a.m. contest begins. Judges are Donald Miralle, Mimi Chakarova and David Leeson

Judging for this year’s Professional Photographer of the Year will begin Friday, March 30, starting at about 9 a.m. at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 333 W. State St. Milwaukee, Wis. Follow along as live results will be posted here as the results come available.

Thank You,

Scott Anderson, WNPA Webmaster.

Posted by Administrator as Webmaster's Column, 2007 Convention at 12:08 PM EDT

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Updated at 11:52 p.m. College POY Winning Images Gallery

View winning college entries here

Updated at 5:25 p.m. CST - Projected Student POY Winner:

Michael P. King 420 pts.
2nd place Dustin Safranek UW-Milwaukee 260 pts.

3rd place Yanna Paskova 220 pts.

Updated at 5:15 p.m. Student Portfolio

1st - Michael P. King
2nd - Yana Paskova
3rd - Barbara J. Miner
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Feature Picture Story

1st - Michael P. King - grave digger
2nd - Michele Jokinen - Natural birth
3rd - Nick Knezevich - WWII
Updated at 4:30 p.m. Sports Picture Story

1st - Christopher Guess - Wisconsin Hockey
2nd - Dustin Safranek UW-Milwaukee - Cowboy Rodeo
3rd - Bradley Fedie - Alando Tucker Story
Updated at 4:20 p.m. News Picture Story

1st - Yana Paskova - post-authoritarian Bulgarians

2nd - Nicholas Knezevich - New Orleans

3rd - Amanda Schwengel - lock in

Updated at 4 p.m. Photo Illustration

1st - Jessica Rae Cerda - plastic wrap dress
2nd - Dana Strasse - final resting place
3rd - Sean D. Krajacic - roasting skeleton
Honorable Mention - Nick Knezevich - hot enough to make you melt
Honorable Mention - Jessica Rae Cerda - George Mania
Honorable Mention - Nancy Sharp Szatkowski - killer lipstick

Updated at 3:40 p.m. Sports Feature

1st - Yana Paskova - Chinese bowl-catcher
2nd - Michael P. King - Catfish races
3rd - Amanda Schwengel - End of the race
Honorable Mention - Amanda Schwengel - Football jubilation
Honorable Mention - Michael P. King - Unhappy baseball player
Honorable Mention - Yana Paskova - Baseball pop-up

Updated at 3:30 p.m. Portrait/Personality

1st - Amanda Schwengel - Menard’s piano player
2nd - Lisa Clark - Portrait in-between
3rd - Michael P. King - “Marv”

No Honorable Mention places awarded

Updated at 3:15 p.m. Sports Action

1st - Michael P. King - swimming underwater
2nd - Amanda Schwengel - Shot Putter
3rd - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - soccer action
Honorable Mention - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee  - motion cyclist
Honorable Mention - Yana Paskova - basketball tussle
Updated at 2:45 p.m. Pictorial

1st - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - herring
2nd - Michael P. King - square window
3rd - Amber Buxrude - statue
Honorable Mention - Barbara J. Miner - condoms
Honorable Mention - Nancy Sharp Szatkowski - mysterious masks
Updated at 2:30 p.m. Feature

1st - Barbara J. Miner - resting on a bench
2nd - Michele Jokinen - 8th grade graduation
3rd - Michael P. King - sharing lunch
Honorable Mention - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - Old man watering
Honorable Mention - Michael P. King - Balloon rally
Honorable Mention - Yana Paskova - Hanging on a rope

Updated at 2:15 p.m. General News

1st - Michael P. King - Iraq soldier comes home
2nd - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - Drowning vigil
3rd - Michael P. King - Political Debate
Honorable Mention - Yana Paskova - Courtroom sentencing
Honorable Mentin - Nicholas Knezevich - Shrimper
Honorable Mention - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - Independence Day bus ride
Updated at 1:45 p.m. Spot News

1st - Christopher Guess - Brother’s Bar injury-horizontal
2nd - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - Sterling court fire
3rd - Christopher Guess - Neo-Facist salute
Honorable Mention - Christopher Guess - Brother’s Bar injury -vertical
Honorable Mention - Dustin Safranek - UW-Milwaukee - Coeur d’Alene firefighters
Judging for this year’s College Photographer of the Year will begin Thursday, March 29, starting at about 1 p.m. at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 333 W. State St. Milwaukee, Wis. Follow along as live results will be posted here as the results come available.

Judges for this contest: Erwin Gebhard (ret.), Gary Porter and Kristyna Wentz-Graff, photographers from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Moderator: Nathan Pier

Online: Scott Anderson

Thank You,

Scott Anderson, WNPA Webmaster.

Posted by Administrator as Webmaster's Column, 2007 Convention at 12:07 PM EDT

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 — Convention speaker Brenda Kenneally is not able to make it to this year’s convention as she previously thought due to a major development in a documentary she has been working on over the past three years.

The WNPA would like to welcome Mimi Chakarova as a most recent addition to this year’s continually impressive speaker lineup. Chakarova has had numerous solo exhibitions of her documentary projects on South Africa, Jamaica and Cuba, as well as documentary work on sex trafficking in Eastern Europe.

http://www.mclight.com/gallery/index.html Website

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/flash_point/001moldova/background.html PBS Article

Posted by Administrator as 2007 Convention at 11:42 AM EDT

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Here is an updated guide for 2007 on how to submit clip winning images to WNPAonline.com for posting in a winners gallery:

Before submission, please read the file submission guidelines
They Can be found here: GUIDE TO SUBMITTING CLIP WINNING IMAGES

Here are your options for file submission:

1) Login and submit via FTP

Host: www.wnpaonline.com
Username: clips
Password: 07WNPAclips

2) E-mail to WNPA webmaster

Contact: Scott Anderson
Address: scander03@yahoo.com
Subject title: (Month) clips

Posted by Administrator as Clip Contest Update at 1:01 PM EDT

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