Photo: Reaching by Janet Slater

Message from Club President Lorna Scott:

Our Awards Committee, Tom, Glenn and Kayla put a lot of work into our Annual Awards Night.  The night is a celebration of the previous season’s accomplishments.  Our members work hard all year to present their best images.  Congratulations to all award winners and a huge thanks to all of our members that collectively make Langley Camera Club the “Best Club in the World”.

Novice Projected Award

This award is available to all members who finish in June Advancement Levels 1-3 and submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Projected Images in the current season. It acknowledges proficiency in Projected images made by Novice Club members. Members enter projected images (digital or slide) to the monthly Evaluation Night. Only their highest projected score for each month is counted towards this award. Each member’s highest projected scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June. The member with the top score will be awarded the LCC Novice Projected Trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

Award Recipients:

• Patricia Sharp  – Novice Projected Trophy
• Tina Hansen

Experienced Projected Award

This award is available to all members who finish in June at Advancement Levels 4-6 and submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Projected Images in the current season. It acknowledges proficiency in Projected images made by Experienced Club members. Members enter projected images (digital or slide) to the monthly Evaluation Night. Only their highest projected score for each month is counted towards this award. Each member’s highest projected scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June. The member with the top score will be awarded the LCC Experienced Projected trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

Award Recipients:

• Tom Keigher – Experienced Projected Trophy
• Susan Kuyer & Lea o’Shea (tie)
• Michelle Lark
• Tanner Sussi
• Ken Stratychuk
• Carol Jackson
• Brian Beevers & Joy Ruffeski (tie)
• Kathy Burton
• Grace Yang
• Andrea Chapman

Expert Projected Award

This award is available to all members who finish in June at Advancement Levels 7-10 and submit a minimum of 6 Evaluation Night Projected Images in the current season. It acknowledges proficiency in Projected images made by Expert Club members. Members enter projected images (digital or slide) to the monthly Evaluation Night. Only their highest projected score for each month is counted towards this award. Each member’s highest projected scores from the monthly Evaluation Night will be added together at the end of June. The member with the top score will be awarded the Expert Projected Award trophy and will receive a certificate; the number of runner-up certificates awarded will be proportional to the number of members eligible for each award as determined by the Awards Committee.

Award Recipients:

• Janet Slater – Expert Projected Trophy
• Michelle Broadfoot
• Lorna Scott
• Coleen Walden
• Phil Strong
• Irene Theriau
• Mel Baly
• Karen Reynolds
• Jeff McClellan
• Kayla Stevenson

 

Outside Competitions Award

The Langley Camera Club participates in Outside Competitions sponsored through the Canadian Association for Photographic Art and/or individual camera clubs approximately a dozen times per season. All members are encouraged to participate and submit images for the selection process. (Images that have been submitted to Inside Competitions may also be submitted for club entries for Outside Competitions.) Members that have their image selected as part of the Club submission receive the score awarded to them from that competition. Members that submitted images for consideration but were not selected receive 10 points to acknowledge their participation in the competition.  Notwithstanding these scores received, in order to qualify for the award members must have at least one of their image submissions during the year selected to be part of a Club entry in an Outside Competition. Each participating member’s scores from these Outside Competitions will be added together at the end of June. The member whose Outside Competitions Aggregate Score is the highest will be awarded the LCC Outside Competition trophy and will receive a certificate; second through tenth place will receive a certificate.

Award Recipients:

• Lorna Scott – Outside Competitions Trophy
• Michele Broadfoot
• Carla Hemilton
• Kathy Burton
• Carolyn Angus
• Coleen Walden
• Susan Kuyer
• Tom Keigher & Michelle Lark (tie)
• Janet Slater
• Betty Johnston

Most Improved Member Award

This award is available to all members (excluding first year members) who submit images a minimum of 7 Evaluation Nights in each of the previous and current seasons. Each member’s average score is calculated by dividing their aggregate score by the number of months in which images were submitted (minimum 7). The award will go to the person with the largest percent increase between their highest average score last season and their highest average score this season. The member with the most improvement will be awarded the Most Improved Member trophy and will receive a certificate; second & third place will receive a certificate.

Award Recipients:

• Tanner Sussi – Most Improved Member Trophy
• Tom Keigher
• Susan Kuyer

New Member Award

To be considered for this award, new members must have submitted images in at least six Evaluation Nights in their first ten consecutive Club months of membership commencing with the month in which they become an active member and ending in the current club year. Only the highest scoring image in each evaluation is tallied. The average score is calculated by dividing their Aggregate Score for their first ten consecutive months of active membership by the number of those months in which images were submitted (minimum six). The award goes to the new member with the highest average score. The new member with the highest average score will be awarded the New Member Trophy and will receive a certificate, second and third place will receive a certificate.

Award Recipients:

• Michelle Lark – New Member Trophy
• Carolyn Angus
• Andrea Chapman

Chris Sheffield Service Award

The Chris Sheffield Club Service Award is presented to an active Langley Camera Club member who embodies the spirit of the LCC Objective.

The recipient must be an active Langley Camera Club member in good standing for at least the past three years. No member can receive the Chris Sheffield Club Services Award more than once. With observations made over a minimum of three years.

Award Recipients:

• Carla Hamilton

Top Image Score of the Year

This recognition is given to the member(s) with the single highest score for the year on an image from the Inside Evaluation Nights.

Recognition Recipients (all images received a Judy Daniels Ribbon):

• Irene Theriau – View from Under the Bridge – 30
• Tanner Sussi – A Bright Idea – 29.5
• Lorna Scott – Mirror, Mirror – 29
• Mel Baly – Ready to Seed – 28.5
• Craig Roberts – I Found a Picture of You – 28.5
• Tina Hansen – What’s for Dinner Mom? – 27

Ten Year Member Certificates

All individuals who have been active Langley Camera Club members for ten full years as of October 22.

• Angela MacLean
• Arlette Hatcher
• Fraser MacLean
• Lorna Scott
• Richard Hulbert

Lifetime Members Recognition

All individuals who have been active Langley Camera Club members for twenty-five full years have previously been awarded Lifetime Memberships.

• Detlef Klahm – 32 years
• Diane Nicol – 45 years
• Dorren Willushaw – 26 years
• Lionel Adams – 43 years

Submitting to Inside Competitions Every Month

Each member who submits an image every month from September to June, (whether print, slide, or projected), will be acknowledged.

• Mel Baly
• Brian Beevers
• Michele Broadfoot
• Graham Bryan
• Kathy Burton
• Glenn Disney
• Carol Jackson
• Thomas Keigher
• Susan Kuyer
• Michelle Lark
• Lea O’Shea
• Karen Reynolds
• Joy Ruffeski
• Lorna Scott
• Lesley Semenoff
• Patricia Sharp
• Michael Sinclair
• Janet Slater
• Kayla Stevenson
• Ken Stratychuk
• Phil Strong
• Tanner Sussi
• Irene Theriau
• Colleen Walden
• Grace Yang