Competition | Southern Photographic Society

28 May, 202128 May, 2021

2021 Image of the Year results

IOTY Digital and overall winner 'Peel Sunset' by Paul Thomas — Digital and overall winner ‘Peel Sunset’ by Paul Thomas

The competition season ended on a high note on Wednesday with the Image of the Year. All entries have been seen previously in competitions, and it was wonderful to see them all again in the same event.

20 May, 202120 May, 2021

Lockdown Challenge Final Selection

Members have made their entries to the Lockdown Challenge final.

Following eight themed challenges during the March/April 2021 lockdown, and over 200 images in total, members were asked to select up to three of their own challenge images to go into a final selection.

13 May, 202113 May, 2021

May Open Results

Print winner: ‘Teamwork’ by Andrea Thrussell

James Brew was our judge for the final regular competition of this shortened season, with just the Image of the Year remaining.

29 April, 202129 April, 2021

Postponed March Open Results

Wave Rider by Jim Gibson — Print winner: ‘Wave Rider’ by Jim Gibson

On Wednesday evening the postponed March open competition was judged by Barry Murphy and we were pleased to welcome him back for a second visit.

24 March, 2021

Digital Art Results 2021

This year’s competition attracted an excellent range of ideas and some very technical and high quality entries.

For the second consecutive year due to lockdown, members viewed the Digital Art entries online and voted for their top three, and the results are as follows.

16 March, 202116 March, 2021

Digital Art Entries 2021

Although meetings are suspended due to the latest lockdown, we can hold the annual ‘Digital Art’ competition online like last year. This is a standalone competition with its own trophy and is the chance for members to showcase their arty, quirky or experimental imagery.

3 December, 20203 December, 2020

“Food and Drink” Competition Results

Food and Drink print winner "Coffee & Cake" by Georgina Shaw — Print winner: “Coffee & Cake” by Georgina Shaw

On Wednesday, local professional photographer Clare Payne judged the ‘Food and Drink’ competition for us, which was the third regular competition of our season.

The theme encouraged a huge range of subjects and styles, from still life and close-up, to items on market stalls and people eating or cooking outdoors, to high-speed images of liquid frozen in motion.

28 November, 20202 December, 2020

3-Way Battle 2020

Best individual image: "Restless at Sunset" by Dorothy Flint (Western Photographic Society) — Best individual image: “Restless at Sunset” by Dorothy Flint (Western Photographic Society)

The island’s three photographic societies met in St John’s last week for the annual “3-Way Battle”.

This year, it was the turn of the Western Photographic Society to host the Southern and Isle of Man Photographic Societies for this friendly digital competition, in which each club enters 30 digital images with no more than five by any one member.

17 November, 20201 December, 2020

“3-Way Battle” This Week

The annual digital ‘battle’ between the island’s three photographic societies takes place on Thursday 19th November.

This year the Western Photographic Society plays host to the Isle of Man Photographic Society and the Southern Photographic Society, and the event takes place at 8pm at St John’s Football Club.

5 November, 20201 December, 2020

November Open Competition Results

'Bad Mood' by Peter Skears — Print winner: ‘Bad Mood’ by Peter Skears

Before starting this second regular competition of the season, we remembered one of the club’s founders and a former long-serving member, Donald Gellion, who sadly passed away last week.

This was the season’s first ‘Open’, which, as always, meant the entries encompassed a wide range of subjects, styles and techniques. There were 27 prints and 57 digital entries.