I owe everyone an apology, the b-roll.net AWARDS committee (made up of me), has been very slow to release the results of the 2011 b-roll.net AWARDS.

Thanks to Al Tompkins and his book “Aim for the Heart” for sponsoring the b-roll.net AWARDS and allowing us to send a beautiful trophy to the 2011 b-roller of the YEAR. Unfortunately, due to lack of full sponsorship, we won’t have trophies for the other awards and categories. Hopefully with a larger “committee” next year, we can rally up more sponsorship and bring back the beautiful trophies.

We’re (er, I’m ) working on pinpointing the BEST of b-roll.net and b-roller of the YEAR winners as we speak.

In the meantime, here are the category results. We had an exciting tie in the In Depth category – so the voting was tough.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Click on the individual categories to see the clips in order of their scores.

Please note: In selecting First, Second and Third Place for a particular category, only the top scoring clip from an individual was considered. Some individual photographers had two clips in the top three of a category, and in those situations, the next highest clip from a different photographer was selected.

Core Categories Spot News Rob Collett, KTUL Puppies Rescues Darren Durlach, WBFF Pride and Joy Nathan Thompson, WTVF I Lost Everything General News Wade Smith, KTVI The Sign Boy Allen Fairbanks, WDEF Easter in the Park Matt Mrozinski, KING Close Call Feature Darren Durlach, WBFF Golden Glory John Kirtley, KOIN From Bean To Brew Ryan Ward, WTHI Faith Driven In Depth TIED 1st Rob Collett, KTUL Miracle Bear TIED 1st Matt Mrozinski, KING Reliving Hurricane Earl 2nd Joe O’Neill, WHTM For The Birds Live Shot / Standup Peter Hull, KDAF Standups Rob Collett, KTUL Standups Jim Sitton, WPTV Standups

Supplemental Categories Breaking News Matt Mrozinski, KING Just What We Need Allen Fairbanks, WDEF Geyser Stephen Press Sat Truck Gets Stuck Nat Sound John Kirtley, KOIN Greatest Show I Ever Saw Matt Mrozinski, KING I Think it’s a Whale! … Really? Dave Larson, WBFF Baltimore Wailing Wall Sports John Kirtley, KOIN Dance For My Blazers Dave Larson, WBFF That’s a Good Up Wade Smith, KTVI The Fighting Judge Non-News Production Paul Pytlowany, WWJ Reinventing Michigan Stephen Press Harmony Michael Johnston, Scioto Valley Productions Possum Kingdom Lake Investigative Jim Sitton, WPTV War Driving John Kirtley, KOIN Surveillance Chris Weaver, WGHP FOYS – Energy Drink Dangers