Best of the Best 2025
(also called Picture of the Year2025)
Tuesday 6 May, 2025. 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.
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 6 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 Mark Whitlock for The Colours of a Mallard
Winner of St. Giles’ Cup for PDI of the year is Corinne Kozok for Battling Eagles in the Snow
Print of the Year 2024
| Position | League Result | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2024-25_PRN_R4_I_1st | Mark Whitlock | The Colours Of A Mallard |
| 2nd | 2024-25_PRN_R4_G_1st | Pete Whieldon ARPS DPAGB | On the move |
| 3rd | 2024-25_PRN_R1_A_1st | Simon Merryman | Sami Kota and the Northern Lights |
PDI of the Year 2024
| Position | League Result | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2024-25_PDI_R5_G_1st | Corinne Kozok CPAGB EFIAP/p | Battling Eagles in the Snow |
| 2nd | 2024-25_PDI_R1_G_2nd | Mike Lane CPAGB EFIAP/p | Red Crowned Cranes Dance |
| 3rd | 2024-25_PDI_R3_I_2nd | Peter Henderson | Hampshire Hunt – Alresford |
All images eligible for the 2025 Picture of the Year/Best of the Best 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: Carl Reeve LMPA DipPP
About Carl Reeve
image copyright Onsite Photos
reproduced by permission
Carl Reeve is a member of Locksheath and Sarisbury Camera Club.
Carl is a Level 2+ judge on the SCPF circuit.
He joined the SCPF panel of judges in December 2018 and was upgraded to a Level 2 in September 2019.
In 2012 he achieved his Licentiate of the Master Photographers’ Association in Portrait Photography.
Carl runs his own business, Onsite Photos, covering Wedding, Event, Portrait and Model & Fashion photography.
For more information see:
- Onsite photos
- Master Photographers Association Qualifications
- The MPA is a body for working professional photographers with qualifications at Licentiate, Associate and Fellow level.
Last updated 8 July 2024
