Needless to say, all of the stories were impressive. But we narrowed the best of the best to four stories. The Walworth, Field of Dreams, Fit for a King and Walking with Bears.
We all loved the texture and the photography of Field of Dreams. It had that incredible wrath of god feeling to it. Our jaws dropped when watching the bears story. Simply incredible, but we were all in agreement it better be. We thought it was kind of like shooting fish in a barrel. You better deliver when you have so much there to shoot. And Scott did deliver a great story. Jeff Christians worked his butt off on his story. Tons of work went into making The Walworth story. Jeff was everywhere, on the boat, off the boat and he delivered with a great story.
But we kind of went against the grain with our winning story. The Walworth and Walking with Bears scored big wins in the Best of NPPA contest, but we ended up picking another story. Fit for a King.
Steve Rhodes is the Tiger Woods of photography. Tiger Woods made golf cool. And in the same way Tiger made golf cool, Steve Rhodes has made Indiana cool. Story after story, Steve Rhodes makes Indiana seem like the coolest place on the planet.
With Fit for a King, Steve once again delivers. The shooting, the editing, nobody comes close to this guy's track record. Quarter after quarter this guy delivers. Another fantastic story to add to already long list of winning stories.
