The announcement of winners and presentation of prizes for Mallow Camera Club’s Photographer of the Year Competition took place at a very enjoyable Dinner & Awards evening in Springfort Hall on Monday 14th November 2022.

The competition, which is one of the Club’s premier competitions of the season, attracted a substantial entry with competitors submitting a panel of three printed monochrome images and three printed colour images. The images were judged individually, rather than as a panel.

MCC members were judged over four grades, with Grade 1 being the beginners/ less-experienced photographers and Grade 4 the most experienced or advanced. Prizes were awarded for each grade across each category of entry.

The judges for the competition were Seamus Costello FIPF ASIFGP, Julie Corcoran AIPF, AFIAP and Joe Doyle ARPS AIPF EFIAP/b. Seamus, Julie and Joe did a fantastic job of judging the entries, not only scoring each image, but also providing valuable constructive feedback on the images and panels. It was hugely appreciated by all the entrants to have such quality feedback from these highly qualified and respected photographers. Huge thanks to Seamus, Julie and Joe for their contribution.

There is a huge amount of administration in a contest like this. A special thanks to Lisa Egan, our Competition Secretary and Asst. Competition Secretaries Barry Murphy and Niamh Barrett, for all the administration, preparation and organisation of the competition and judging.

Thanks to Club Members for printing both the colour and mono images. Thanks also to those for mounting the images on the display boards. A thank you to the renowned classical guitarist, Noel Walsh, for providing wonderful entertainment. A raffle was held on the night with €450 being raised. This will be donated to the Air Ambulance. Thank you to all those who donated prizes and to all those who bought tickets supporting such a worthy cause.

Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to everyone else who entered. The standard was very high with so many exceptional images submitted.

All images entered can be viewed at the following link :

https://youtu.be/Zk6FccEp-0E

The winning images can be viewed at the following link:

https://youtu.be/lRJxZ7sq1FE

The full competition results are as follows with images of the happy winners:

GRADE 1 MONO PANEL

3rd Úna Murphy

2nd Niamh Barrett

1st Eamon O’Donnell

GRADE 1 COLOUR PANEL

3rd Niamh Barrett

2nd Tim Doody

1st Eamon O’Donnell

BEST IMAGE GRADE 1

Eamon O’Donnell – ‘Jack Sparrowhawk’

POTY GRADE 1

3rd Tim Doody

2nd Niamh Barrett

1st Eamon O’Donnell

GRADE 2 MONO PANEL

3rd Fred Ward

2nd Ann O’Mara

1st Marie Kennelly

GRADE 2 COLOUR PANEL

3rd Barry Murphy

2nd Fred Ward

1st Helen Vaughan

BEST IMAGE GRADE 2

Fred Ward – ‘Nut Cracker’

POTY GRADE 2

3rd Marie Kennelly

2nd Fred Ward

1st Helen Vaughan

GRADE 3 MONO PANEL

3rd Lisa Egan LIPF

2nd Berni Hennessy

1st Tom Quish

GRADE 3 COLOUR PANEL

3rd Chris Bourke LIPF

2nd Peggy O’Brien LIPF

1st Tom Quish

BEST IMAGE GRADE 3

Peggy O’Brien ‘Morning Light’

POTY GRADE 3

3rd Peggy O’Brien LIPF

2nd Berni Hennessy

1st Tom Quish

GRADE 4 MONO PANEL

3rd Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

2nd Justyna Trzesicka LIPF

1st Bella Daly

GRADE 4 COLOUR PANEL

3rd Neily Curtin AIPF AFIAP

2nd Bella Daly

1st Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

BEST IMAGE GRADE 4

Justyna Trzesicka ‘Artemis’

POTY GRADE 4

3rd Justyna Trzesicka LIPF

2nd Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

1st Bella Daly

OVERALL POTY

MONO PANEL

3rd Justyna Trzesicka LIPF

2nd Bella Daly

1st Tom Quish

COLOUR PANEL

3rd Helen Vaughan

2nd Bella Daly

1st Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 22

3rd Tom Quish

2nd Viv Buckley FIPF AFIAP

1st Bella Daly