Recent Annual Awards

Points are accrued for winning images in monthly competitions, with 10 points given for a First Place ribbon down to six points for an Honorable Mention ribbon. Annual awards recognize the three members who accumulated the most points during each year. Also see Star Ratings.

The competition at the top is intense, and those winners listed below have demonstrated consistent proficiency in photography through the year. We also honor the highest point holder in each of the Advanced classes by designating them Photographer of the Year in that category. Trophies and plaques are awarded at the end-of-year banquet in June of the year listed.

Color Prints, Advanced Class

Year	First Place Photographer of the Year	Second Place	Third Place
2000	José Cartas	Anita van Rooy	Chuck Bress
2001	Beverly Gordon	Pat Bress	José Cartas
2002	Carl Root	Anita van Rooy	Bob Peavy
2003	Carl Root	Anita van Rooy	Chuck Bress
2004	Carl Root	Marianne Davis	Carol Lee
2005	Carl Root	Anita van Rooy	Tatiana Watson
2006	Alan Sislen	Cynthia Keith	Anita van Rooy
2007	Alan Sislen	Bill Richards	Bob Peavy
2008	Dan McDermott	Bob Dargel	(tie) Nikhil Bahl Cynthia Keith

Color Prints, Novice Class

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2000	Beverly Gordon	Dan McDermott	Rhoda Steiner
2001	Marianne Davis	Barbara DeLouise	(tie) Les Trachtman Carol Leadbetter
2002	Marianne Davis	Duncan Whitaker	Barbara DeLouise
2003	Carol Lee	Roy Sewall	Bill Richards
2004	Bill Richards	Tatiana Watson	Barbara DeLouise
2005	Ken Briefel	Bob Dargel	Marcia Loeb
2006	Bob Dargel	Luis Bustillos	Ann Jorgensen
2007	Luis Bustillos	Ed Kawyczynski	Louise Roy
2008	Louise Roy	Marcia Loeb	(no award)

Altered Prints, Advanced Class

Year	First Place Photographer of the Year	Second Place	Third Place
2003	Anita van Rooy	Jim Hawkins	Sue Oberthaler
2004	Gordie Corbin	Anita van Rooy	Jim Hawkins
2005	Bev Gordon	Tatiana Watson	Carl Root
2006	Tatiana Watson	Anita van Rooy	Bev Gordon
2007	Tatiana Watson	Anita van Rooy	Jim Hawkins
2008	no competition held in 2007-2008

Black & White Prints, Advanced Class*

Year	First Place Photographer of the Year	Second Place	Third Place
2000	Sue Oberthaler	Chuck Bress	Jim Oberthaler
2001	Chuck Bress	(tie) Sue Oberthaler Pat Bress	-
2002	(tie) Bob Peavy Carl Root	-	Sue Oberthaler
2003	Sue Oberthaler	Chuck Bress	Pat Bress
2004	Sue Oberthaler	Chuck Bress	Pat Bress
2005	Sue Oberthaler	Jim Oberthaler	Chuck Bress
2006	Chuck Bress	Bob Peavy	Pat Bress
2007	Chuck Bress	Bev Gordon	Chris Hanessian
2008	Alan Sislen	Judy Switt	Chris Hanessian

* B&W Prints had a single class of competition starting in 2007.

Black & White Prints, Novice Class

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2000	Bruce Allen	Carol Leadbetter	Chuck Lee
2001	Bob Peavy	Chuck Lee	Marianne Davis
2002	Marianne Davis	Dave Freeman	Quentin Furlong
2003	Carol Lee	Les Trachtman	Will Grupenhoff
2004	Will Grupenhoff	John Grupenhoff	Roy Sewall
2005	Don Burgess	Barbara Mazurkiewicz	Bob Dargel
2006*	Bob Dargel	Haley Pepper	-

* final year this competition held

Electronic Images, Advanced Class

Year	First Place Photographer of the Year	Second Place	Third Place
2006	Tom Field	(tie) Alan Sislen Alex Guo Les Trachtman	-
2007	Alan Sislen	Carl Root	Jim Hammack
2008	Gordie Corbin	Alex Guo	Nikhil Bahl

Electronic Images, Novice Class

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2006	Jean Hanson	Gerry Weiss	Melissa Clark
2007	Melissa Clark	Gerry Weiss	Nikhil Bahl
2008	Angelique Raptakis	Ira Adler	Dawn Sikkema

Altered Electronic Images, Advanced Class

Year	First Place Photographer of the Year	Second Place	Third Place
2006	Gordie Corbin	Anita van Rooy	Jim Hawkins
2007	Gordie Corbin	Jim Hawkins	Lucia Goldman
2008	Tatiana Watson	Gordie Corbin	(tie) James Hammack Rebecca Tidman

Color Slides, Advanced Class

Year	First Place Photographer of the Year	Second Place	Third Place
2000	John Telford	Pat Bress	Chuck Bress
2001	John Telford	Kent Mason	Lester LaForce
2002	John Telford	Laura Winslow	Beverly Gordon
2003	John Telford	Kent Mason	Carl Root
2004	Carol Lee	Caroline Helou	Miranda Chin
2005	Lester LaForce	Chuck Bress	José Cartas
2006	Kent Mason	Chuck Bress	Miranda Chin
2007*	Chuck Bress	Luis Bustillos	Pat Bress

* final year this competition held

Color Slides, Novice Class

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2000	Rhoda Steiner	Beverly Gordon	Dan McDermott
2001	Susan Helzer	Barbara DeLouise	Carol Lee
2002	Miranda Chin	Susan Helzer	Tom Sullivan
2003	Carol Lee	Cezary Raczko	Sue Milestone
2004	Barbara DeLouise	Bill Richards	Mike Cline
2005	Ira Adler	Barbara Mazurkiewicz	Jack Mazurkiewicz
2006*	Jack Mazurkiewicz	(tie) Ann Jorgensen Bob Dargel	-

* final year this competition held