The 2008 photographer of the year took place for Mallow Camera Club on Monday 19th of May. There were 298 entries from over twenty members of the club. The competition was based on the top five scoring images from each member.
This year the competition was judged by three members from Cork Camera Group, Vincent Kelly, Martin Duggan, & Danny Foley. The competition was open to four different forms of media, Colour Print, Mono Print, Digital Projection & Colour Slide. Awards were for Overall Photographer of the year, Novice Photographer of the Year & Mono Photographer of the year. Members were allowed to enter up to 15 images of any media but only their five highest scoring images were counted for the final tally.
Of the 298 images submitted, over 50% were for digital projection. Club Chairman John Hogan, thanked the judges and complimented them on their consistent scoring throughout the night. David Lavery, Competition Secretary thanked all for their help in organising the event.
When the final count was done the results were as follows :
Photographer of the year
- SEAN MURPHY 134 PTS
- JOHN HOOTON 132 PTS
- MORGAN O’NEILL 132 PTS
NOVICE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
- JOHN FLYNN 110PTS
- BARRY LINEHAN 105 PTS
- PADDY FENNESSY 103 PTS
MONO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
- JOHN HOOTON 80 PTS
- BRÍD COAKLEY 71 PTS
- MORGAN O’NEILL 67 PTS
Well done to all members who participated in the competition.
The club is now in recess until September 2008.
