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For the second year in a row Anupam Pal has won the School of Photography.com Photographer of the Year Award. He fought off some stiff competiton this year but consistantly high quality images have helped him regain the title. There looked as if a late flurry by a few contestants could beat Anupam to the post. However only one contestant, Miron Mikita showed any sort of threat.

For his trouble, Anupam wins our grand prize; a Nikon D50 digital SLR camera. Congratulations and good shooting Anupam!

Of course we cannot forget the winner of the final competition; Gerry Priest. His fine black & white study of a ruined Cathedral stood head and shoulders above what was a very good show of images.

Second place went to Mark Anthony Kathurima of Kenya with a very strong close-up portrait.

Third place was won by Marija from Latvia with a nicely constructed abstract image.

Congratulations to all and we hope to see your work again in our competitions next year. 

You can see all the winning images for 2006 at http://www.schoolofphotography.com/results2006.html

Competition 5 Results:

1 Gerry Priest, St Andrews Fife U.K………………………………100 points
2 Mark Anthony Kathurima, Nairobi, Kenya………………………92 points
3 Marija, Daugavpils, Latvia…………………………………………84 points
4 Vanwalleghem Frederic, Bavikhove, Belgium…………………..76 points
5 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse, Netherlands……………………………68 points
6 Milos Hlinka, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland………………………60 points
7 Hugo C. Cardoso, Amsterdam, Holland………………………..54 points
8 Marsha Barritt, Upton, WY, USA………………………………..48 points
9  Liesbeth van Dalen, Leeuwerikstraat…………………………..42 points
10 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland…………………….36 points
11 Suzanne Wheeler Price, Northampton, UK…………………..30 points
12 Beel Wout, ROESELARE, Belgium……………………………..24 points
13 Anupam Pal, State College, PA, U.S.A………………………..18 points
14 Wendra Ajistyatama, Jember Jatim, Indonesia……………..12 points
15 Patty Nieuwenburg, London, UK………………………………..6 points

Photographer of the Year Final Results
1 Anupam Pal, State College, PA, U.S.A………………………….254 points
2 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland………………………226 points
3 Gerry Priest, St Andrews Fife U.K……………………………….192 points
4 Milos Hlinka, Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland……….162 points
5 Anna Herrington, London, UK……………………………………160 points
6 Raymond Widawski, Brussels, Belgium………………………..158 points
7 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse. the Netherlands………………………146 points
8 Yolande Scheepers, Al Ain, U.A.E……………………………….144 points
9 ANDREAS BUDIWIDJAJA, Jakarta LFCN, Indonesia………….132 points
10 Eduard Maydanik, Fellbach, Germany…………………………100 points
11 John O’Neill, Waterford, Ireland…………………………………92 points
   Yoran van Leeuwen, Gouda, The Netherlands…………………92 points
   Tom Martens, Riemst, Belgium……………………………………92 points
   Mark Anthony Kathurima, Nairobi, Kenya………………………92 points 
12 Anton Bredell, Brackenfell, South Africa………………………84 points
   Michael Lewis, Vancouver, BC. Canada………………………….84 points
   Marija, Daugavpils, Latvia………………………………………….84 points
13 Marsha Barritt, Upton, Wyoming, USA………………………..76 points
   Patty Godsalve, Silverdale, WA.USA…………………………….76 points
   R.C. Jenkins………………………………………………………….76 points
   Vanwalleghem Frederic, Bavikhove, Belgium…………………..76 points    
14 Lia Gunster-Schröter, Westerbork, The Netherlands………68 points
   Boris Michalicek, Poprad, Slovak Republic………………………68 points
   Carolien Willems, Rotselaar Belgium…………………………….68 points
15 Caleb Foster, Pittsburgh PA. USA………………………………60 points
Keep a close eye on our website and this ezine for details of next years School of Photography.com Photographer of the Year competitions.

 

Student Gallery - Stefan Edwards and Julian King

Here are two more project photos taken by students and selected for their outstanding quality for our Student Gallery.

National Museum Roof: Stefan Edwards, U.K.

Stefan recently completed our Digital Photography Course and this image was part of his last project. What makes this image stand out is the perfect symmetry of the glass framed roof. This may look easy to take but it takes a good eye and photographer to get it right, as Stefan has done.

Clown Fish: Julian King, Tuffley, Gloucester, U.k.

Rich colours are one of the strongest forms of impact you can use to catch the viewers eye. Julians image has this eye catching quality in full with this colourful fish. Julian is a Basic Photography Student who recently submitted this image as part of her Project 3 entry. This image was of great advantage to her as the compositional quality plays a major part of the final grade for Project 3.

 

You can view these images here:
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/gallery/gallery12.html