2024 Year-End Awards

Year-End Awards

In November, a panel of three professional Judges evaluated the Year End Competition submissions, scoring 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th for each of the 6 categories, plus one Special Judge’s Award per Judge – and a Best in Show award. The winners were disclosed at the Awards Dinner December 9, 2024.

The three Judges for this competition were Jim Selkin, Kim Signoret-Paar, and Tim Mathieson.

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support of the 2024 Year-End Dinner & Awards.

• Ed Postal, International Travel Planners
• Donna Empfield, Laguna Premier Realty
• John D. Morreale, Purus Wealth Management

Live music was provided by LA jazz pianist Stu Pearlman.

All awarded images are displayed in the “Awards Gallery” at the top of this page, and are listed below by award and category. All other images are displayed in the “Other Submitted Images” Gallery at the bottom of this page.

Entries Slide Show

2024 Year-End Images (YouTube)

2024 Year-End High Score images with Music (YouTube)

Scores by Category

Entries and scores are available in the following PDF files, grouped by Category.

• Open Color
• Monochrome
• Nature
• Sports
• Altered Reality
• Artistic Expression/Special Subject

Best In Show

• Adriana Greisman, Spectacular Waterlily – Flora

Judges Awards

• Brad Freisen, Waiting In Hope – Monochrome
• Keith Leonin, 9_11 Memorial – Monochrome
• Mike Bray, Thunderbirds Fly-by – Open Color

Open Color

• First Place:Brad Friesen – Waiting In Hope
• Second Place:Adriana Greisman – Beach Play
• Second Place:Mike Bray – Thunderbirds Fly-by
• Third Place:Diane Hall – Flamingo Gears
• Third Place:Russ Lazar – Walking to the Dark Side
• Third Place:Russ Lazar – Wary
• Fourth Place:Diane Hall – Polarized Curves

Monochrome

• First Place:Russ Lazar – Ever on the Lookout
• Second Place:Keith Leonin – 9_First Place:First Place: Memorial
• Second Place:Adriana Greisman – Peregrine Siblings
• Second Place:Ken Furuta – Razzle-Dazzle Berries
• Third Place:Russ Lazar – Down at the Watering Hole
• Third Place:George Harper – F-First Place:6
• Third Place:George Harper – Mother With Child
• Fourth Place:Brad Friesen – After A Long Day
• Fourth Place:Hilla Sadri – After the rain
• Fourth Place:Keith Leonin – Girl at Preah Khan

Nature

• First Place:Russ Lazar – Ladies Day
• Second Place:Keith Leonin – Dragonfly
• Second Place:George Harper – Lonesome
• Second Place:George Harper – Looking for Lunch
• Second Place:Ken Furuta – Pretty in Cobalt Blue
• Third Place:Adriana Greisman – Grebe Parenthood
• Third Place:Mike Bray – Taste’s Great!
• Third Place:Myra Posner – The Dance
• Third Place:Raymond LaBelle – Where the wild geese are
• Fourth Place:Adriana Greisman – Hopeful
• Fourth Place:Mary Madden – Serengeti Leopard

Sports

• First Place:Mike Bray – The Return
• Second Place:Ken Furuta – Big Aerial
• Second Place:Ken Furuta – Slashing Through the Wedge
• Third Place:Mike Bray – Stylin’ Surfer
• Third Place:George Harper – Surfs Up
• Fourth Place:George Harper – Did He Score
• Fourth Place:Raymond LaBelle – Resisting G Force

Altered Reality

• First Place:Esther Spektor – Midight Dew
• First Place:Mike Bray – Wayward Umbrella
• Second Place:Daniel Lee – Artist Village Fountain
• Third Place:Adriana Greisman – Dreamy Herons
• Third Place:George Harper – Electric Corvette
• Third Place:Keith Leonin – Face Off
• Third Place:Ken Furuta – Star Eater
• Third Place:Esther Spektor – The Phantom of the Opera
• Fourth Place:Keith Leonin – Death Knell
• Fourth Place:Mike Bray – Grand Prix Racers
• Fourth Place:Hilla Sadri – Mystique river
• Fourth Place:Ken Furuta – The Purple Streak

Special Subject & Artistic Expression

• First Place:Adriana Greisman – Spectacular Waterlily – Flora
• Second Place:Brad Friesen – Hoi An Street Vendor – Portraits
• Second Place:Myra Posner – Sulimon – Portraits
• Third Place:Adriana Greisman – Mt Hood Foggy Morning – Atmospheric
• Third Place:Ken Furuta – Mystic Morning at Mt. Huangshan – Atmospheric
• Third Place:Russ Lazar – Two Brave Souls – Atmospheric
• Fourth Place:Mary Madden – Lily in the Garden – Flora
• Fourth Place:Brad Friesen – Ma Pi Leng Pass – Atmospheric
• Fourth Place:Russ Lazar – Not a Rose – Flora
• Fourth Place:Esther Spektor – Power of Mercedes – Curves

2024 High Scorers

• First Place:Ken Furuta
• Second Place:Mike Bray
• Third Place:George Harper
• Fourth Place:Myra Posner

All Submitting Members (16)

• Mike Bray
• Rodney Cooper
• John Cornell
• Brad Friesen
• Ken Furata
• Adriana Greisman
• Diane Hall
• George Harper
• Raymond LaBelle
• Russ Lazar
• Daniel Lee
• Keith Leonin
• Mary Madden
• Myra Posner
• Hilla Sadri
• Esther Spektor

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