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ECCG members and their families and friends gathered in The Midleton Park Hotel on Friday 21/11/14 for the annual awards night. With competitions throughout the year feeding into the prestigious Photographer of the Year award, the build up to this night was palpable in recent weeks.

Photographer of the Year was not the only award on offer on the night however, as best in Grades A, B and C, best in Category, best Panel, best New Photographer and Club Person of the Year also had to be revealed.

Judging was carried out by Mr. John Finn, ARPS, Travel and Portrait photographer, Mr. Rowan Thornhill and pictures editor of The Evening Echo, Mr. Brian Lougheed.

Following a fine meal expertly provided by the staff of Midleton Park Hotel, the formal proceedings were opened by secretary, Anthony O'Connor and, following short speeches by chairman, Denis Barry and special guest, Mr. John Finn ARPS, treasurer, Kevin Day and PRO, Mervyn Daly announced the prize winners which went as follows:

Panels

First: Adrian Newcombe

Second: Anthony O'Connor

Third: John Tait

Categories

Best Landscape: Denis Barry

Best Seascape: Denis Barry

Best Portrait: Fergus Kenneally

Best Nature: John Tait

Best Sport (joint): Denis O'Flynn

Best Sport (joint): Jim O'Neill

Best Macro: Karen Fleming

Best Architecture: Anthony O'Connor

Best Travel: Anthony O'Connor

Best Black and White: Lorna O'Dwyer

Best HDR (High Dynamic Range): Anthony O'Connor

Best Reportage/Documentary: Denis Barry

Best Open: Adrian Newcombe

Grades

Grade A

Grade B

Grade C

Best New Member of the Year: Trevor O'Connell

Best Club Person of the Year: Susan Meaney

Photographer of the Year (POTY)
First: Karen Fleming
Second: Finbarr O'Shea
Third: Denis Barry

Photographer of the Year - Winning Portfolio - Karen Fleming

 

Congratulations to all award recipients and especially, Karen Fleming, Photographer of the Year, 2014. Well done too to everyone else who entered as a point or two given in another direction would have seen some of these in the prizes, such was the closeness of the final scores.

A big thank you goes to the three judges who did a stellar job. While the important task of awarding points was their main function, their feedback is equally important as it is vital that everyone gets an objective assessment of their work which can be factored into the fine tuning for the future.

Finally, thanks to our sponsors (click on the links to visit their websites) for the night and also to The Midleton Park Hotel for providing a beautiful meal and surroundings for a memorable night.

Mouse over the image below to activate the slideshow. Enjoy!

 

All images from the Awards night by Finbarr O'Shea and Fidelma Read.

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