Best shots: Schiferl, Bunting take tops in state high school photo competition
Published 5:26 pm Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Twelve photos shot by 11 Mount Si High School students were recognized May 2 at the Washington State High School Photography Competition 2015.
Freshman Anna Schiferl placed fifth in state in the animals category for her detailed image of a parrot and sophomore Connor Bunting was a finalist in the portrait category. His backlist nighttime image was one of the final 18 photos in that category.
Ten other photos from Mount Si were named “select,” ranking within the top 10 percent of their categories. They included:
• Portraits, Bunting and Dakota Saucedo, a sophomore;
• Animal, Connor Jensen and Nellie Joselyn, both juniors;
• Landscape, Claire Meyer, a freshman;
• Abstract, Jesiah Irish, a freshman; and
• Camera photo, senior Nick Yotz, junior Henry Mitchell, sophomore Hannah Waskom and freshman Lexi Winter.
Anna Schiferl’s parrot photo placed fifth in state in the animals category. – Photo Courtesy of Anna Schiferl
More than 1,500 Washington high school students from about 70 schools submitted 3,922 photos within the 12 judged categories in the competition.
One category, landscape, had about 600 entries in this year’s competition.
In the landscape category, Claire Meyer had a Select photo. – Photo Courtesy of Claire Meyer
Another portrait by Connor Bunting was named a Select winner. – Photo Courtesy of Connor Bunting
Connor Jenson also won Select honors in the animal category. – Photo Courtesy of Connor Jenson
Dakota Saucedo won a Select award with her black-and-white portrait. – Photo Courtesy of Dakota Saucedo
Hannah Waskom’s wide-angle view from under a bridge was a Select entry in the recent statewide high school photography contest. – Photo Courtesy of Hannah Waskom
Jesiah Irish won in the abstract category. – Photo Courtesy of Jesiah Irish
Nellie Joselyn’s vivid rooster image earned her a Select award in the animal category. – Photo Courtesy of Nellie Joselyn
Lexi Winter’s Select photo in the camera phone category. – Photo Courtesy of Lexi Winter
Nick Yotz’s Select photo in the camera phone category. – Photo Courtesy of Nick Yotz
Henry Mitchell’s Select photo with a camera phone. – Photo Courtesy of Henry Mitchell
