The Catawba Valley Camera Club has announced the winners of the April 19, 2017 competition. The competition was “Open Black and White Prints.”

Accomplished Winners

1st Place – Ed Lane – “Lake Edith, Jasper, Canada”

2^nd Place – Stan Bolton – “Cappelia Pas de Deux”

3^rd Place – Ann Fitzsimmons – “Portrait of a Young Girl”

Honor Mention – Paul VanBreemen – “Confederate Soldier Hart Square”

Intermediate Winners

1^st Place – John Pascone – “Epicot”

2^nd Place – Dean Powell – “Covered Bridge”

3^rd Place –Brian Hargreaves – “Dedication”

Honorable Mention – Ravi Patel – “Portrait of a Street Performer”

At our year end social and award presentation the following images were judged the best of 2016.

The John “Pete” Miner Projected Image of the Year

Mitzi Gellman – “Star trails over Grandfather Mountain”

Accomplished Category – Projected Images

First Place – Doreen Sugierski – “Saw Machine”

Second Place – Doreen Sugierski – “Monitor Lizard”

Third Place – Brady Linkous – “Rime Ice”

Honorable Mention – Stan Bolton – “May Day”

Amateur Category – Projected Images

First Place –  Brian Hargreaves – “Clouds meet Canola”

Second Place – John Pascone – “Water Games”

Third Place – Ann Fitzsimmons – “Minneapolis Looking Up”

Honorable Mention – Ravi Patel – “Peacock in Full Glory”

The Dwight A. Bowman Print of the Year Award

Paul VanBreemen – “The Look”

Accomplished Category – Print Image

First Place – Doreen Sugierski – “Leica”

Second Place – Doreen Sugierski – “Detrola Trio”

Third Place – Tom Devlin – “Galleon”

Honorable Mention –  Doreen Sugierski – “Marine Iguana”

Amateur Category – Print Images

First Place – Paul VanBreemen – “Introspective”

Second Place – Randy Knauf – “Thanks Mom”

Third Place – Paul VanBreemen – “Cascade below White Oak Creek”

Honorable Mention – Randy Knauf – “Archway”

The Catawba Valley Camera Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, at 7:00 pm in the North Annex of the Arts Center in Hickory.  Meetings consist of competition among members as well as instructional lectures. Field trips are planned throughout the year to enable members to share and demonstrate techniques as well as spend time enjoying photography together.  The next meeting will be January 18, 2017. The program will be “Photographing Yellowstone National Park” given by club members Donny Teague and Ed Lane.  The public is invited to attend, membership is not required.  Further information can be obtained from the club’s web site at http://cvcameraclub.org or by calling John Setzler at 828-404-2066.

The Catawba Valley Camera Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, at 7:00 pm in the North Annex of the Arts Center in Hickory.  Meetings consist of competition among members as well as instructional lectures. Field trips are planned throughout the year to enable members to share and demonstrate techniques as well as spend time enjoying photography together.  The next meeting will be January 4, 2017 at 7;00. This will be an open projection competition.    The public is invited to attend, membership is not required.  Further information can be obtained from the club’s web site at http://cvcameraclub.org or by calling John Setzler at 828-404-2066.