2025–2026 YEAR-END COMPETITION AWARDS
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
Advanced Prints
Place | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|
3rd | 26 | Will Rabinovich |
2nd | 28 | Lisa Maco |
Place | Points | Person |
|---|---|---|
3rd | 44 | Steven Frahm |
2nd | 77 | Tammy Trocki |
1st | 80 | Peter Dunner |
Print Photographer of the Year
Peter Dunner
2026 Print Photographer of the Year
2026 Print Photographer of the Year
2026 Print Photographer of the Year
2026 Print Photographer of the Year
Electronic Images
Place | Points | Person |
|---|---|---|
3rd | 45 | Jennifer Nguyễn |
2nd | 46 | Robert Mazziotta |
1st | 63 | Maude Svensson |
Advanced Electronic
Place | Points | Person |
|---|---|---|
3rd | 48 | Ruiqing Pamboukian |
2nd | 67 | Dick Knapp |
1st | 70 | Rodolfo Ghirlando |
Intermediate Electronic
Novice Electronic
Place | Points | Person |
|---|---|---|
3rd | 47 | Jane Mahaffie |
2nd | 55 | Ilona Linnoila |
1st | 74 | Simon Bradbury |
2026 EIC Photographer of the Year
2026 EIC Photographer of the Year
2026 EIC Photographer of the Year
2026 EIC Photographer of the Year
Electronic Photographer of the Year
Rodolfo Ghirlando
Advanced Electronic
Tammy Trocki | "Farm Couple" |
Bennett Fletcher | "Sandhill Cranes" |
Steven Frahm | "Lunchtime!" |
Peter Dunner | "Office Building Greenhouse, New York City" |
Steven Frahm | "Alabama Hills" |
Steven Frahm | "This is MY Lunch" |
Lisa Maco | "Salisbury Plain" |
Lisa Maco (3rd) | "Luna, Duchess of Greenwich" |
Steven Frahm (2nd) | "Salt Lake City Capitol Interior" |
Bennett Fletcher (1st) | "Michaela" |
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.
Only top three in order.
2026 Print of the Year
2026 Print of the Year
Rodolfo Ghirlando | 9th tie | "Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin" |
Toni Robinson | 9th tie | "Gitchy Goo" |
Steven Silverman | 8th | "All in the Family" |
Bennett Fletcher | 7th | "Mother and Child" |
Ruiqing Pamboukian | 6th | "Guardians of the Heights" |
Maude Svensson | 5th | "Sparks of Tradition" |
Cherry Wyman | 4th | "Cypress Swamp" |
Maude Svensson | 3rd | "Dreams of Freedom" |
David Terao | 1st tie | "The Spider and the Fly" |
David Terao | 1st tie | "Great Southern White Butterfly" |
Top Ten Electronic Images of the Year
(Members Choice)
We encourage our membership to vote in the Members Choice for their 20 favorite 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."
2026 Electronic Image of the Year (Tie)
2026 Electronic Image of the Year (Tie)
2026 Electronic Image of the Year (Tie)
Star Awards
Star Certificates are awarded to Advanced photographers in recognition of their photographic excellence and competitive spirit. This is demonstrated by their cumulative Advanced points in NBCC monthly competitions throughout the years of their membership. Points for each member are combined from all Advanced categories.
The following members have reached newly achieved levels of advanced points and
have thus gained a new Star on their caps:
Stars | Total Points | Name |
|---|---|---|
1 | 123 | Lee Goodwin |
2 | 250 | Dick Knapp |
3 | 312 | James Corbett |
3 | 326 | Robert Barkin |
3 | 328 | Toni Robinson |
4 | 401 | Tammy Trocki |
9 | 924 | José Cartas |