Photojournalism | Steven Stiefel

Jun

News Photo of the Year

My photo was named as News Photo of the Year by the Alabama Press Association and displayed at the summer convention in Orange Beach this weekend. I also won an award for second place for Best Humorous Column for my piece last year about nearly getting into a fight in the parking lot of Jack’s with a man who was angry that I wouldn’t let him cut line (a commentary on how everyone is so angry about every possible thing in these stressful times). Our newspaper also won several first, second and third place group awards for various categories. Story about the awards will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Times-Journal.

May

Some of my recent photography work

It’s been a little while since I added to this blog, so today I am sharing Some of my recent photography work. I’ve been really really really busy.

Alex McPherson photographed for DeKalb Living magazine. A top rated kicker, he is headed next week to play for Auburn University, my alma mater.

A girl celebrates scoring a point during one of the games at the Race to Embrace, Fort Payne’s alternative to the Special Olympics. It returned this month for the first time since COVID-19.

Our local college, Northeast Alabama Community College, commissioned a bronze statue of their sports mascot, a Mustang and this old dog that hangs around the campus. The sculpture was unveiled a couple of weeks ago. It turned out pretty nice, don’t you agree?

Alabama lead singer Randy Owen sang some of his hit songs for second graders at Wills Valley School on May 20, 2022. His granddaughter was among them. The quality isn’t very good because the setting was a black light art show, which is pretty much the most challenging environment I could have encountered as a photographer.