from the photo editor
photo contest honorable mention One of Lori’s f avorites: a clothesline in Cuba by Carmen Nance Sanders.
i’ve been more places than my passport has stamps. I spend my days working with some of the most talented travel photographers anywhere, and from the confines of my desk, I travel the world with them, helping plan their journeys and discussing the best visuals through which to illustrate a story. When the trip ends, we’re left with fantastic souvenirs: hundreds, sometimes thousands, of amazing photos. That’s when the hardest part of my job begins. How do you choose the best? Is it content? Composition? Light? Depth of field? Color? A magic combination of all these? When I think I have those rules figured out, an image comes along that breaks the rules and blows me away. It should come as no surprise that judging the islands Photo Contest is Christmas morning for me. As the entries pour in (more than 3,400 this year!), each is like another stamp in my passport as I travel the world with you, the reader. This year the judging panel included islands contributing photographer/guest judge Jad Davenport, who offered special insight on just how challenging it can be to capture these island moments. Enjoy 2009’s winning images and see if they take you someplace new. — lori barbely, islands photo editor,
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