Spring 2007

The Spring competition was held on April 17, 2007, hosted by the Gateway Camera Club. The competition was directed by Shiv Verma with assistance from Paul Smith and Steve Spiegel. Twenty-four clubs participated with 96 entries.

The judges for the competition were:

• Diane Robertson, Cape Cod Viewfinders Club,
• Jacob Mosser, FPSA, HonNEC, Greater Lynn Photographic Association, and
• Daniel Charbonnet FPSA , Stony Brook Camera Club

Boston West Photographic Society earned 93 points which put us in 5th place. This was the last competition of the year, and Boston West finished in a tie for 4th place with Greater Lynn with 265 points. Full results tables are shown below.

The Best in Show photograph was Roseat Spoonbill by Chris Fisher from the Simsbury Camera Club, which earned 28 points.

Final Standings after Spring Competition

Spring Rankings

BWPS Winter Individual Scores

Congratulations to Erik and David for their Honorable Mentions!

Thank you to all who have allowed your images to represent our club at the NECCC interclub competitions this year. Next year's competitions will be here before we know it, so get some great shots this summer so we can give those top three clubs a run for their money!

Winter 2007

The Winter competition was held February 15, 2007, hosted by the Upper Valley Camera Club in Hanover, NH. There were 27 clubs competing and the judges were Phil Sargent, Merlin Lacy, and David O'Neill.

Boston West earned two Honorable Mentions, one by Bill Northup and the other by Erik Samwel, who each were awarded 22 points. You can tell this was a low scoring competition with a number of images scoring 12 or 13. Despite our HMs we only managed to come in 6th place which leaves us in a two-way tie for 5th place.

The top scoring clubs this competition were Merrimack Valley 89 points and 1st place, Charter Oak 87 points, and Photographic Society of RI 83 points and 3rd place. Greater Lynn and New Haven tied for 4th with 82 points.

The top three scoring images earned 27, 26, and 25 points, and HMs ran from 21 to 24 points. Congratulations to our own Bill Northup for his image "Bee" and Erik Samwel for his image "Julia Lying Down" on their Honorable Mentions!

Here are the top clubs with their cumulative scores and our club's entries.

Cumulative Standings after Winter Competition

Winter Rankings

BWPS Winter Individual Scores

For a full report and a look at the winning images click here.

Fall 2006

The Fall Competition was held November 27, 2006, hosted by the Photographic Society of Rhode Island. The three judges were Ray Guillette, Shiv Verma, and Mike DiStephano.

Boston West had a good showing, finishing in 3rd place with 92 points, behind 1st place Stony Brook CC (97 points) and 2nd place Charter Oak Photographic Society (94 points). Seacoast CC is close behind with 90 points, and there are four clubs tied for 5th with 89 points each.

The 1st place image scored 26 points (out of a possible 30) and belonged to Jim Fenton of Merrimack Valley CC. There were 7 images tied for 2nd at 25 points each. And there were 14 images that scored 24 points and earned Honorable Mentions. Two of those were from our club: Mike Goodman's Dolomites #1 and Ian Dicker's Portland Head. Congratulations Ian and Mike!

Fall Rankings

BWPS Individual Scores

To see the full report or all of the award and Honorable Mention winners, click here and follow the links in the Competition table on the Fall line.

Michael Roman, NECCC Rep