For TABPI, the Trade Association of Business Publications International, the Tabbie Awards represent the best in trade publications from medical, digital, to everything in between.

The 2012 Tabbie Awards featured nearly 500 entries, with nominations coming from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, France, India, Singapore and South Africa.

Photographer, Jamie Schwaberow, won the Gold Tabbie Award for his cover photograph of NCAA Champion Magazine featured below. The judging comments were “This photograph is great… the basketballs frame the subject perfectly, it’s colorful without being distracting and it sets a great tone. The copy balances the photograph nicely.”

Photographers like Schwaberow at RCA shoot the Champion Magazine covers on a quarterly basis profiling certain student athletes excelling within NCAA athletics.

Since 1952, Rich Clarkson has been a staple of the NCAA Final Four Tournament documenting history. From the emergence of the black athlete to the different style of the game, Rich has been travelled the road to the Final Four 57 times.

With that, Charlie Rose and CBS News This Morning gave him some airtime this year on the Monday morning of the Championship game.

Take a look below on the insider’s look into the mind of the ‘Legendary Final Four photog’ Rich Clarkson.

The Kansas City star newspaper also profiled Rich in their story on Kansas’ Final Four win. Take a look here.

One of our clients, the University of Denver, is currently in the middle of their busiest time of year for athletics. With that being said we tend to keep busy as well making images at basketball, hockey and gymnastics events throughout the week. The images below are a mashup of favorites from myself, Steve Nowland and Ryan Mckee. Enjoy.

-Josh

©Steve Nowland/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Steve Nowland/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

As a collective group of 5 photographers covering the 2011 Men’s Final Four in Houston,TX we have nearly every angle and scenario planned out. In the end it’s often exciting to see what each individual on the team walked away with in images. No perspective goes undocumented.

-JD

©Joshua Duplechian/NCAA Photos

©Ryan Mckee/NCAA Photos

©Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos

©Joshua Duplechian/NCAA Photos

©Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos

©Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos

©Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos

©Brett Wilhelm/NCAA Photos

©Joshua Duplechian/NCAA Photos

©Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos

©Joshua Duplechian/NCAA Photos

For several years now Rich Clarkson and Associates have had the Mountain West Conference photography contract. In that time, we’ve come to expect big things from the annual basketball tournament typically held in bustling Las Vegas, Nevada. This year Jimmer Fredette was the big show. While photographing 16 games in a span of five days may be tough on the legs and back it was all worth it to see some fantastic Men’s and Women’s basketball. These are a few of Jamie Schwaberow’s and my favorites from the games.

-Josh

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates