And the award goes to...

The Lambton College Digital Photography program's annual competition, The Image Challenge winners were announced last night, April 19th at Paddy Flaherty's Irish Pub in Sarnia, Ontario.

The Image Challenge puts our students to the test at they enter their best work before a panel of distinguished judges - Brandon VandeCaveye, Leonard Segall and Glenn Ogilvie.  See the previous blog post for more on the judging process.

Many thanks go to Lambton Digital Photography grad Angelyn Smolders and the amazing staff at Paddy Flaherty's for hosting our event.

A huge debt of gratitude to our generous sponsors of category awards:
-Camera Canada / Forest City Image  www.cameracanada.com/
-Luxe Photography Co. of London     www.luxephoto.co/
-Photo Tour Trekkers                          www.phototourtrekkers.com
-Nikon Canada

Thanks to everyone who lent a hand, or contributed in some way to the Image Challenge.  It certainly is a team effort, but we must single out the program's coordinator Richard Beland who takes on the largest share of the work load!  Thanks Richard!

The competition was amazingly close, many awards were decided by the smallest of margins.

There are Four Categories for our first year students, and they can enter four images in the categories of their choice.  There is an award for the top score in each category, and overall awards for the combined scores on their four images.

Second year students have three categories, but enter five images.  Again the total score of all their images decides the overall winner.

Without a doubt the level of work our students are producing keeps rising each year.  Everyone involved with the program should be extremely proud of the collective work.

So on to the winners...

We will start with the First Year Category Winners

Winner of the Portrait Category (1st year) Nikoo Shahabi Sirjani

Winner of the Portrait Category (first year) "Just Love" by Nikoo Shahabi Sirjani

Winner of the Places Commercial Category (1st year) Seth Myers

Winner of the Commercial Category "Xmas Decor" by Seth Myers

Winner of the Nature Category (1st year) Gina Robertson

Winner of the Nature Category (1st year) "The Last Alpha" by Gina Robertson

Winner of the Unclassified Category (1st year) Christina Watts

Winner of the Unclassified Category (1st year) "Oil on Glass" by Christina Watts

Second year Category Winners.

Winner of the People Category (2nd year) Devon Groomgbridge

Winner of People Category "Dadagast" by Devon Groombridge

Winner of the Commercial Category (2nd year) Alexa Manser

Winner of the Commercial Category (2nd year) "Falling Apart" by Alexa Manser

 Winner of the Places Category (2nd year) Rebekah Harding

Winner of the Places Category (2nd year) "Solitaire" by Rebekah Harding

First year Overall Winners

Third-Place (tie) Overall (1st year) Emily Nutson

"Mondrian" by Emily Nutson

"Minimalist" by Emily Nutson

"Silent Melody" by Emily Nutson

"Yorba" by Emily Nutson

Third-Place (tie) Overall (1st year) Christina Watts

"A Single Drop" by Christina Watts

"Blue Fun" by Christina Watts

"Hands" by Christina Watts

"Oil on Glass" by Christina Watts

Second-Place Overall (1st year) Gina Robertson

"Let's Get Lit!" by Gina Robertson

"First Position" by Gina Robertson

"The Last Alpha" by Gina Robertson

"A Sleeting Moment" by Gina Robertson

First Place Overall (1st year) 
The Geri Freeborn Memorial Award - Athena Abdolrazagh 

"The Bridge" by Athena Abdolrazagh

"Persian Legacey" by Athena Abdolrazagh

"Eclipsed" by Athena Abdolrazagh

"Poised" by Athena Abdolrazagh

Overall Runner Up (2nd year) Jodi-Lyn Tamminga

"Coney Island" by Jodi-Lyn Tamminga

"Contour" by Jodi-Lyn Tamminga

"Forest Trunk" by Jodi-Lyn Tamminga

"Hidden Smile" by Jodi-Lyn Tamminga

"Madison Avenue" by Jodi-Lyn Tamminga

Overall Winner (2nd year) Maygin Codling

"Bite the Bullet" by Maygin Codling

"Cracked" by Maygin Codling

"Decorum" by Maygin Codling

"Haunted Dreams" by Maygin Codling

"Sleeping Death" by Maygin Codling