2020–2021 YEAR-END COMPETITION AWARDS
The year of Covid-19. All awards were presented remotely at our year-end event.
Accumulated Points Awards
Every month many of our members compete in assignments and open categories. These are the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-place winners after 9 months of rigorous competition. A minimum of 30 points is required for each award.
Accumulated points award winners from previous years can be found in the summer issues of the Lens and Eye.
Prints
Intermediate Prints
Points | Name | |
|---|---|---|
3rd Place tie | 36 points | Steven Lapidus |
3rd Place tie | 36 points | Kay Norvell |
2nd Place | 37 points | Peter Dunner |
1st Place | 61 points | Steven Frahm |
Advanced Prints
Place | Points | Person |
|---|---|---|
3rd Place | 65 points | Stan Collyer |
2nd Place | 67 points | Nikos Zacharakis |
1st Place | 80 points | Bill Seelig |
Print Photographer of the Year
Bill Seelig
2021 Print Photographer of the Year
2021 Print Photographer of the Year
2021 Print Photographer of the Year
2021 Print Photographer of the Year
Electronic Images
Novice Electronic
Points | Person | |
|---|---|---|
3rd Place | 44 points | Riko Saidel |
2nd Place | 46 points | Pauline Jaffe |
1st Place | 54 points | Maude Svensson |
Intermediate Electronic
Points | Person | |
|---|---|---|
3rd Place | 55 points | Max Kantzer |
2nd Place | 71 points | Peter Winik |
1st Place | 77 points | Ruiqing Pamboukian |
Advanced Electronic
Points | Person | |
|---|---|---|
3rd Place | 42 points | Jose Cartas |
2nd Place | 62 points | Joanne Mars |
1st Place | 134 points | David Terao |
Electronic Photographer of the Year
David Terao
2021 Electronic Photographer of the Year
2021 Electronic Photographer of the Year
2021 Electronic Photographer of the Year
2021 Electronic Photographer of the Year
Top Ten Prints of the Year
(Juried)
For our print competitors, we collect all the prints that have won awards during the program year. A three- judge jury of highly-qualified, non-competing club members selects the Top 10 Prints of the Year, designating one as Print of the Year.
In no particular order:
Bill Seelig | "Tilt & Shift" | |
Nikos Zacharakis | "Tango Mood" | |
Jim Turner | "Self Portrait" | |
Kathryn Mohrman | "On Penobscot Bay" | |
Jim Turner | "Muscid Fly" | |
James Corbett | "Eyes of Gold" | |
Nikos Zacharakis | "Gem in the Ocean" | |
James Corbett | "Steel Town Quarterback" | |
Ruiqing Pamboukian | "Preening Egrets" | |
1st | Saul Pleeter | "Coco" |
2021 Print Image of the Year
2021 Print Image of the Year
Top Ten Electronic Images of the Year
(Members Choice)
We encourage our membership to vote in the Members Choice for their 20 favorite images (This year there were 221 winning electronic images.) The ten images with the highest number of votes are the “Top Ten Electronic Image” winners, and the image with the highest number of votes is the “Electronic Image of the Year."
Our Top Ten Became 11 Due to Ties
15 | Max Kantzer | “Tree at Greenhill Vineyard” |
15 | Joanne Mars | “Crowned Redhead” |
15 | David Terao | “Radish in a Cup” |
15 | Claudia Seelig | “Fawns Licking” |
17 | David Terao | “Dancing in a Cloud” |
18 | Gary McDavid | “Heroes for All Time” |
19 | Bruce Davis | “Three Bison” |
21 | Ruiqing Pamboukian | “Foggy Morning” |
21 | Ruiqing Pamboukian | “The Story of Spring” |
21 | Melissa Clark | “Sapa Fields” |
29 | Ruiqing Pamboukian | “Misty Morning Flight” |
2021 Electronic Image of the Year
2021 Electronic Image of the Year
Star Awards
For those members who compete in the advanced level, regardless of category, points are collected across however many years they have competed. For every 100 points acquired, a “Star Award” is granted, and those members are honored at our annual year-end awards event.
The following members have reached newly achieved levels of advanced points and thus a new Star on their cap.
Stars | Points | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
1 Star | 163 | Nikos Zacharakis |
2 Stars | 204 | Guillermo Olaizola |
221 | Joanne Mars | |
231 | James Chia | |
4 Stars | 422 | Chet Stein |
422 | David Terao | |
7 Stars | 727 | Bill Seelig |
8 Stars | 814 | Mark Segal |