Category: Competition

Information about monthly competition, including links to judges, topics, winners and member-only guidance.

Annual Awards Banquet: Dec. 1, 2022

Posted in Competition, Programs
  • 2022 Year-End Awards Presentation
  • Thursday, Dec.1, 2022; cash bar opens 6:30 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m.
  • $20 per person
  • Mira Vista Country Club Sunset Grill, 6600 Mira Vista Blvd., Fort Worth 76132; view a map

Join us for the year-end awards banquet to celebrate the creativity and skill of our members. The bar will be open at 6:30 p.m. and we will enjoy a Mexican food buffet dinner along with projected images of winners. This is our first in-person year-end celebration since 2019, when Covid-19 sent us to Zoom. Images from 2019, below.

We will present awards to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HM winners of both the print and digital categories in Class B, Class A and Masters for the year and announce winners of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HM winners of Photos of the Year in all three classes. The 12 winning prints, four from each class, will be on display.

Club treasurer Milt Siems will collect payment and record registration at October and November meetings on Oct. 6, Oct. 20, Nov. 3 and Nov. 17. Or, payment may be made by Zelle or check.

  • Pay via Zelle to the Fort Worth Camera Club, noting your name and member number in the Zelle notes.
  • Mail your check payable to Fort Worth Camera Club to Treasurer Milt Siems, 3700 Northcrest Drive, Cleburne, TX 76031
  • Give your check or cash to Treasurer Milt Sims, at one of our meetings in October or November. An ATM is located at our meeting room on the UNT Health Science Center campus.

The Competition committee recruited three judges who will review images submitted in 2022 and select this year’s awards.

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Award Winning Images 2022

Posted in Competition, Membership

These images are winners in 2022 monthly club member competitions.

Images are identified by title, award (1st, 2nd, 3rd, honorable mention, Best in Show), category (B = Beginner, A = Advanced, M= Master, BP = Beginner Print, AP = Advanced Print, MP = Master Print), photographer’s name, date. If image is slow to load, be patient or refresh the page. The most recent winners are at the end of the slide show – a quirk of how the software organizes the slide show.

Enjoy, but remember: these images are copyrighted by the photographer. Contact us on Facebook or by email if you want more information. Or, do an online search for “stock photos.”

  • Welcome to My Home 1A Best in Show Jack Young Sept. 2022
  • Alert And Ready 1M Best in Show Brian Fesko Aug. 2022
  • love beyond farewell and death Mom rest in peace Best in Show M. Lois July 2022
  • LSD 2AP Melody Schotte July 2022
  • Yes, I See You 3AP Nancy Abby July 2022
  • Swinging High 1AP Lynne Rogers July 2022
  • Passion’s Beauty 1BP Janice Goetz July 2022
  • Saint John’s Anglican Church 1MP Ken Spencer July 2022
  • Floating then Fury 2MP Ron Shue July 2022
  • Hotel Bannister-Bannack HMM John Nixon July 2022
  • Picasso’s Afghan 3MP Sharon Sturgis July 2022
  • Shiprock Morning Splendor HMM Stephen Stookey July 2022
  • Indigo Escape 3M Robert Chura July 2022
  • Darkness Stirs 1M Ron Shue July 2022
  • Big-eyed Fly 2M Tom Savage July 2022
  • You Blink I Win 3A Pam Kisielewski July 2022
  • Let There Be Jazz! 2A Jack Young July 2022
  • Janis Joplin Backstage 1970 HMA Carolyn Bobo July 2022
  • Eyes on the Prize 1A Shawn Gibson July 2022
  • A Watchful Eye 3B Janice Goetz July 2022
  • A Balancing Act HMB Larry Pillers July 2022
  • Before The Race 2B Grace Mercado-Marx July 2022
  • As the World Turns 1A Best in Show Lynne Rogers June 2022
  • Dead Rose 1 2A Shawn Gibson June 2022
  • Ready for Her Banjo Solo HMA Jerry Turner June 2022
  • The Owl Family 3A Nancy Abby June 2022
  • First Year Ballerina 3B Grace Mercado-Marx June 2022
  • Possibility 2B Julie Delio June 2022
  • The Coming HMB Joyce Lamb June 2022
  • White Rainbow 1B Manny Lois June 2022
  • Bow Tie 1M Brian Fesko June 2022
  • Growing Old Together 2M Jeff Heyer
  • Sandhill Cranes HMM John Nixon June 2022
  • Walking with Giants 3M Ron Shue June 2022
  • 7th Street Support HMP1 Roy O’Rear June 2022
  • Bette Davis Eyes HMMP Sharon Sturgis June 2022
  • Egret Pair 1MP Tom Savage June 2022
  • Falling Waters 2AP Lynne Rogers June 2022.jpg
  • Good Things Come To Those Who Wait 1BP Janice Goetz June 2022
  • Molten 3AP Shawn Gibson June 2022
  • Preparing for a Fight 2MP Jeff Heyer June 2022
  • Sol Duc 3MP K.P. Wilska June 2022
  • Kickin up Dust with My Pals Pam Kisielewski 1A Best in Show May 2022
  • Watching the Rainbow HMMP Hal Waller May 2022
  • The Mystic Forest 1B Manuel Lois May 2022
  • Steel and Rock HMB Grace Mercado Marx May 2022
  • Somethings are Left Behind HMM Robert Chura May 2022
  • Shiprock Daybreak 2M Stephen Stookey May 2022
  • Backhoe Driver 2MP Tom Savage May 2022
  • Racer 3B Chet Ciancarelli May 2022
  • Mt. Moran Grand Tetons NP 2AP Lynne Rogers May 2022
  • Mama Protecting Her Babies 2A Lynne Rogers May 2022
  • A Sip of Cool Water 1BP Janice Goetz May 2022
  • Pulling Glass 1AP Shawn Gibson May 2022
  • Jack Sparrow and Friend 1MP Sharon Sturgis May 2022
  • Front Porch Dreams 1M Ron Shue May 2022
  • Fantasy Wildflower 2B Joyce Lamb May 2022
  • Cave Sunrise 3M K.P. Wilska May 2022
  • Aspens At The Great Tetons 3AP Nancy Abby May 2022
  • Before the Catch HMA Stephen Mayeux May 2022
  • A Gentle Touch 3MP Ron Shue May 2022
  • Love is in the Air 1MP Best in Show Ron Shue April 2022
  • Urban Blight Series 1 1AP Melody Schotte April 2022
  • The Bride Wore White – And Played Bass 2MP Chad Fenner April 2022
  • Sunsets and Silhouettes 1BP Janice Goetz April 2022
  • Qgam of the Kalahari 2AP Shawn Gibson April 2022
  • Piano Music 3A Lynne Rogers April 2022
  • Painted Lady HMMP Jeff Heyer April 2022
  • Chateau de Chantilly 3MP John Nixon April 2022
  • Mesa Majic 2M David Morgan April 2022
  • Long-Crested Eagle 3M Tom Savage April 2022
  • Red Onion Portrait HMM Sharon Wright April 2022
  • Land of Myth and Mystery 1M Stephen Stookey April 2022
  • Ernst Tinaja Hunter 3A Randy Whiddon April 2022
  • I’ll Stand My Ground 3B Janice Goetz April 2022
  • Down in the Valley HMB Teresa Hughes April 2022
  • Afternoon Along the Duoro River 1B Julie Delio April 2022
  • Spring Feast 2A Mike Gill April 2022
  • Left the Fire Going for Ya HMA Roy O’Rear April 2022
  • Old Grain Elevator 1A Brenda Greco April 2022
  • Floating Leaf 3B Manuel Lois April 2022
  • Birds-Eye View 1M Best in Show Brian Fesko March 2022
  • Lion in the Grass HMA Shawn Gibson March 2022
  • Blue Ice 3A Pam Kisielewsi March 2022
  • A Rebel Always 2A Jerry Turner March 2022
  • Streaming 1A Stephen Mayeux March 2022
  • Four Roses HMB Chet Ciancarelli March 2022
  • Bottles 3B Ron Hollister March 2022
  • Sandhill Portrait 2B Richard Remm March 2022
  • Day Is Done 1B Janice Goetz March 2022
  • Midnight in the Mojave 3M David Morgan March 2022
  • Pickup Rear Window HMM Ken Spencer March 2022
  • Ready for Liftoff 2M Tom Savage March 2022
  • Ashilopan – Eagle Huntress 3MP Hal Waller March 2022
  • Bicycle Rest Stop, Jaffa, Israel 3AP Lynne Rogers March 2022
  • Degas Dancer 1MP Sharon Sturgis March 2022
  • Descent 3A Shawn Gibson May 2022
  • JFK Memorial 1BP Chet Ciancarelli
  • Monarch Migration 2BP Janice Goetz March 2022
  • On the Beach 1AP Roy O’Rear March 2022
  • Purple Eyes HMMP Jeff Heyer March 2022
  • Sunset Reflections 2AP Nancy Abby March 2022
  • Young Cowboy 2MP K.P. Wilska March 2022
  • Just The Two Of Us 1BP Janice Goetz Feb. 2022
  • Alstrom Point Milky Arch 1A Randy Whiddon Jan. 2022
  • The Yellow Chair 2A Vicki Lai Jan. 2022
  • Clearing Skys 3A Jack Young Jan. 2022
  • The Rhythm Section HMA Jerry Turner Jan. 2022
  • Fog and Structures 2B Grace Mercado-Marx Jan. 2022
  • Guardian of the Home 3B Julie Delio Jan. 2022
  • Old Bottles on the Shelf 1B Chet Ciancarelli Jan. 2022
  • The Modern HMB Larry Pillers Jan. 2022
  • A Celebration of Flight 1M Ron Shue Jan 2022
  • The Snow Bird HMM Tate Graham Jan. 2022
  • The Unravelling 3M Roy Richardson Jan. 2022
  • Watch Your Step 2M Robert Chura Jan. 2022
  • Wolf in the Grass 3MP Tom Savage Jan. 2022
  • A Sip of Nectar 2BP Janice Goetz Jan. 2022
  • So Moses Went Up 1AP Roy O’Rear Jan. 2022
  • Universal Love 2MP Ron Shue Jan. 2022
  • Reach for the Sun 1BP Chet Ciacanrelli Jan. 2022
  • Mormon Row 2AP Nancy Abby Jan. 2022
  • Dia de los Muertos HMMP Jeff Heyer Jan. 2022
  • Desert Caravan 3AP Lynne Rogers Jan. 2022
  • Twins 1MP Best in Show K.P. Wilska Jan. 2022
  • South Plains Sentinel 2M Stephen Stookey Feb. 2022
  • Round And Round We Go 1M Best in Show Brian Fesko Feb. 2022
  • Window Gazing 2 3AP Shawn Gibson Feb. 2022
  • The Long Staircase 3M Robert Chura Feb. 2022
  • The Cyan Door 3MP Chad Fenner Feb. 2022
  • The Crossing 1AP Nancy Abby Feb. 2022
  • Sunrise Liftoff 2B Richard Remm Feb. 2022
  • Riding the Waves 2AP Melody Schotte Feb. 2022
  • Reverence 2AP Lynne Rogers Feb. 2022
  • Oakland Plantation 1821 HMA Craig Kirk Feb. 2022
  • Night Watchman 1A Randy Whiddon Feb. 2022
  • Misty Morning 3A Pam Kiselewski Feb. 2022
  • Lady in Red HMA Lynne Rogers
  • Kong Fu Fighting 2A Vicki Lai Feb. 2022
  • Grillin’ Out Back Chet Ciancarelli 1B Feb. 2022
  • Dragon’s Fire HMM Ron Shue Feb. 2022
  • Cathedral 3B Manuel Lois Feb. 2022
  • Beyond the Door HMB Janice Goetz Feb. 2022
  • Antelope Canyon HMM K.P. Wilska Feb. 2022
  • A Quiet Time 1MP Ron Shue Feb. 2022
  • The Word Lights The Way HMA Susan Taylor Aug. 2022
  • Under Her Wings – Great Horned Owl 1A Charles Morris Aug. 2022
  • Tree Art 3MP John Nixon Aug. 2022
  • The Speed of Light 3M Stephen Stookey Aug. 2022
  • The Red Barn HMMP Jeff Heyer Aug. 2022
  • The Corridor 2BP Saskia Vaughan Aug. 2022
  • Summer Sunshine 2BP Janice Goetz Aug. 2022
  • Spinning Fire 3A Lynne Rogers Aug. 2022
  • Screaming Bass Player 1MP Chad Fenner Aug. 2022
  • On the Money 2M Ron Shue Aug. 2022
  • Moran and Lace HMB Saskia Vaughan Aug. 2022
  • Looking Up 2B Ron Hollister Aug. 2022
  • Look, I Have Wings! 1B Janice Goetz Aug. 2022
  • Jewels of Oil and Water 1AP Lynne Rogers Aug. 2022
  • I’m Done Waiting 2MP Ron Shue Aug. 2022
  • Golden Hour HMA Nancy Abby Aug. 2022
  • Duckling HMM K.P. Wilska Aug. 2022
  • Dead Rose 3 2AP Shawn Gibson Aug. 2022
  • Cruisin’ Key West 3B Chet Ciancarelli Aug. 2022
  • Come On In! 3AP Melody Schotte Aug. 2022
  • An Evening at the Kimbell 2A Mark Rogers Aug. 2022
  • Sunshine Through A Broken Windshield 3AP Brenda Greco Sept. 2022
  • Storm 1AP Nancy Abby Sept. 2022
  • Saint Peters From the Pulpit 2MP Ken Spencer Sept. 2022
  • Purple Eyes 1MP Jeff Heyer Sept. 2022
  • Old Crystal Mill 2AP Lynne Rogers Sept. 2022
  • Morning Fog Over The Little Red River 1BP Saskia Vaughan Sept. 2022
  • Locked on a Spinning Ton 3MP Ron Shue Sept. 2022
  • Black Hills Wildflowers HMAP Roy O’Rear Sept. 2022
  • Almost There HMP K.P. Wilska Sept. 2022
  • Stranded 2M Jeff Heyer Sept. 2022
  • Other Side HMM K.P. Wilska Sept. 2022
  • Moving Through Paradise 1M Ron Shue Sept. 2022
  • Down the Up Staircase 3M Robert Chura Sept. 2022
  • Morning Aglow 2B Saskia Vaughan Sept. 2022
  • Down A Carmel Thruway HMB Grace Mercado-Marx Sept. 2022
  • Colors of Fall 1B Joyce Lamb Sept. 2022
  • A Simple Reflection 2B Larry Pillers Sept. 2022
  • Waiting 2A Mark Rogers Sept. 2022
  • Psalm 23 HMA Vicki Lai Sept. 2022
  • Catch Me! 3A Stephen Mayeux Sept. 2022

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Competition Entries: September 2022

Posted in Competition, Membership
  • MP_Toad-Stools
  • AP_Storm
  • A_Waiting-for-the-Sunrise
  • M_Port
  • A_Hebrides-Farm-Track
  • M_Moving-Through-Paradise
  • MP_Purple-Eyes
  • MP_Locked-on-a-Spinning-Ton
  • AP_Sunshine-Through-A-Broken-Windshield
  • A_Seattle
  • AP_Independence-Mine-Alaska
  • M_Bosque-del-Apache-Pond
  • AP_Old-Crystal-Mill
  • B_Snacking-Deer
  • A_Welcome-to-My-Home
  • MP_Saint-Peters-From-the-Pulpit
  • BP_The-Way-He-Looks-At-YouThat-Eye
  • MP_Bucked-Off-a-Bull
  • A_A-Fiery-Morning
  • A_Diamond-Beach
  • M_Revealing-The-Majesty
  • M_Stranded
  • M_300-in-the-Shop
  • A_Low-Rider
  • B_A-New-Beginning
  • B_Morning-Aglow
  • AP_Love-At-First-Sight
  • AP_Black-Hills-Wildflowers
  • B_A-Simple-Reflection
  • M_Dried-Leaf-In-A-Siesta-Pose
  • MP_Sisters
  • M_Lights
  • B_mirror-of-the-sky
  • A_Rust-And-Blue
  • M_Monumental-View
  • A_Sun-Shade-Adobe
  • A_Whites-Chapel
  • A_Wolf-Creek-Valley-Milky-Way
  • M_Rainbow-Wings
  • MP_Almost-there
  • M_Other-Side
  • AP_Robert-the-Bruce
  • A_Bursting-Forth
  • B_Down-A-Carmel-Thruway
  • M_Down-the-Up-Staircase
  • A_Psalm-23
  • A_Rugged-Cowboy
  • M_The-Worship-Pastor-at-Full-Volume
  • A_Catch-Me
  • BP_Morning-Fog-Over-The-Little-Red-River
  • A_Stairway-to-Heaven-Doorway-to-Hell
  • A_Moose-Falls
  • B_Colors-of-Fall
  • A_Waiting
  • A_Spring-Garden
  • AP_Down-by-the-Bayou

These are images entered in the club’s monthly competition. Entries are submitted on the first Thursday of each month with awards and judge’s comments presented on the third Thursday meeting. Good luck to all!

Share a Favorite Photo Location

Posted in Competition, Outings

Do you have a favorite photo location to share with others?

Download these templates, complete one or more and share them with a new Fort Worth Camera Club-Dallas Camera Club project that provides locations for us to practice and enjoy photography. The templates provide location, directions and a photo to help you plan a visit and make the locations easy to find. Above, Historic Stockyards by Ken Spencer.

Locations will be accessible from this website page (fortworthcameraclub.org) to a Photographic Opportunity page managed by Sam Lucas of the Dallas club. The master list of photo locations is arranged in alphabetical order by country, state and city; if the photo location is not in a city, it will be listed under the nearest city. Locations can be a favorite field of bluebonnets, a nature walk or an interesting downtown building – places that encourage a keen eye and creativity. Photo above by Ken Spencer.

We need all our members to get to work filling out templates for photo locations to add to the master list, says Fort Worth club president Ken Sparks. You are not required to make a new trip to submit a template. Just complete templates based on your past trips and submit them to Ron Shue so we will have a long list of places to pursue our hobby.

Questions? Follow the instructions on the template and/or contact project coordinator Ron Shue, 817-304-3220, or Ken Sparks at 979-484-9249.

User Guide for Competition Entry Sizes

Posted in Competition, Membership

The Competition Committee has noticed  some apparent confusion about the correct size for monthly entries. Out of 40 images in the June 2021 competition, six were not at the maximum allowed resolution.

Images may be up to 1920 pixels wide and up to 1280 pixels high. Smaller images won’t be disqualified, but they are at a disadvantage when they’re judged. 

Keep in mind that a landscape image could be exactly 1920 x 1280, but most images will have either a smaller width or height. For example, a panorama may be 1920 x 640. A standard portrait may be 850 x 1280. A square crop would be 1280 x 1280. Sizing can get a little complicated. Just make sure that the width is 1920 pixels or less AND the height is 1280 or less.

After you export your image, double-check the size before you submit it to make sure it’s neither too small nor too large. Remember that if you submit an image that is larger than these dimensions, it could be disqualified.

  • Always export your JPEGs at maximum quality. 
  • In Lightroom, that means setting Quality to 100 when you export your image. 
  • In Photoshop, if you use Save As, set Quality to 12; if you use the newer export dialog box, set Quality to 100 percent.

Learn more about monthly competition, which is open to members.

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