Picture of the Year 2024
(also called Best of the Best 2024)
Tuesday 21 May, 2024. 7:30pm in the Arc, Winchester
This end-of-season special event takes the top two images from each of the five rounds in the Print and PDI Leagues, making 40 prints and 40 PDIs.
Three prints from 2022-23, which unfortunately were not available on the equivalent judging evening last year, have been carried over to this year.
Entries from all four classes (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Gold) compete against each other to decide the season’s “Picture of the Year” (one Print and one PDI).
Important: If your print came 1st or 2nd in any round of the print league and you want it to have a chance of winning Print of the Year you must bring it (or ask a friend to bring it) along on Tuesday 21 May.
Selected from the first and second images in each round of the PDI and Print leagues.
Winners
Winner of St. Catherine’s Cup for Print of the Year is Dawn Blight for On the Edge
Winner of St. Giles’ Cup for PDI of the year is Damon Elliott for The Three Headed Beast of Sidmouth
Print of the Year 2024
| Position | League Result | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2023-24_PRN_R5_A_1st | Dawn Blight LRPS | On the Edge |
| 2nd | 2023-24_PRN_R1_G_2nd | Ray Hems ARPS, DPAGB, BPE3*, EFIAP | Salisbury Plain South Georgia |
| 3rd | 2023-24_PRN_R2_A_2nd | Bob Allen | Trick or Treat |
PDI of the Year 2024
| Position | League Result | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2023-24_PDI_R2_A_1st | Damon Elliott | The Three Headed Beast of Sidmouth |
| 2nd | 2023-24_PDI_R1_A_2nd | Terry Shipp | Castleton |
| 3rd | 2023-24_PDI_R5_I_1st | Lilian Hobbs ARPS | Landing Too Close |
All images eligible for the 2024 Picture of the Year competition
File name prefixes (where present) refer to the results on the night:
HB – Held Back
N – Not held back
O – omitted and not judged because
- the print was not available on the night
You can see the placed, commended and held back images from each round in the Internal Competition Archive
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Judge: Caroline Colegate ARPS, APAGB
Caroline Colegate is a longstanding member of Bracknell Camera Club where she was Programme Secretary for 17 years and President from 2008 until 2019.
Caroline is a senior (Level 3) judge on the SCPF circuit and a member of the Judging Advisory Team. She was awarded an SCPF Roll of Honour in 2013. She writes
I am passionate about the quality of images and play an active role in coaching people to achieve both RPS and PAGB distinctions. In 2002 I became a judge for the Southern Counties Photographic Federation (SCPF) and in 2017 I was accepted onto the PAGB list.
I am currently a member of the SCPF Judging Sub Committee and am involved with the vetting and assessing of applications from potential new judges
She was on the panel of three judges for the 2019 Winchester National Exhibition and for the 2023 Annual Print Exhibition, and was the judge for our Set of Three/George Walsh competition evening in December 2022.
Caroline is a frequent and welcome visitor to Winchester.
Last updated 8 July 2024
