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Quinte Secondary School graduate , 4., Apeh 20(T4¢ pope Diana captures photo award f By Nancy Gummow The Intelligencer An ex-Bellevilli Ih her h d up Canada’s highest. prize in journalism. Diana Nethercoit, 29, won a National Newspaper Award for her picture “Young Critics” — of two children clasping their ears, as trumpeters play near "them. Nethercott, a Hamilton Spectator staff photographer, shot her award-winning photo last September at a & arity water race. A delay forced Nethercott to wander around the race grounds — and luckily spied two kids squealing over a musical band’s sounds. With only 10 frames left in her camera, she took position near , Waited until they were close together — and click! andh was captured on film. “I knew this was a very funny picture, i j the noise nied this tells ‘amg inno- cence of childh You can’t plan some- Diana Nethercott thing like tl ¥ Nethercott « wins $2,000 and a plaque for her efforts, along with heaps of recognition. ‘Young Critics’ also won the North America-wide National Press Photographer's Association competition, plus the Ontario News Photographer's Association’s award for best feature picture last Septembe: “It was great about the win, but I still had. to go to work the next day. It was a little bit humbling,” said the Quinte Secondary School eracuate who credits a teacher for her early photographic inclina- loca her teachers took pictures of a fire which were published by the Intelligencer. He earned $50 for his efforts — and Nethercott was ked. She saved earnings from her paper route and — with her dad’s help — bought her first camera. His prion, became her se room Ee shots from her favorite haunts in Prince Edward C T’ve always enjoyed the challenge oth being able to tell the Had with one Ur abicerh she said. “That’s what I Fun. Before the Spectator, Nethercott, a graduate of Ryerson Univer- sity’s Film and Photography course, interned at the Toronto Star and freelanced for the Globe and Mail. Photo courtesy of Diana Nethercott Young Critics. Diana Nethercott’s award winning photo shows two young children responsing to the sound of a band’s horn section.