Spring 2008

The Spring competition was held on April 2, 2008, hosted by the Greater Bridgeport Camera Club and the Connecticut Association of Photographers.

The judges for the competition were:

• Jim Dionne is a member of the New Haven Camera Club, the Castle Craig Camera Club, and the Connecticut Association of Photographers. Jim is also on the Executive Board of the New England Camera Council.
• Hazel Meredith is a member of the Greater Bridgeport Camera Club and the Huntingdon Camera Club. She is the Vice President of the Connecticut Association of Photographers and is Editor of the Camera Club column in the PSA Journal.
• Harold Insley is a former member of the Greater Bridgeport Camera Club, engineer, inventor, and well respected photographer.

Boston West Photographic Society earned Second Place with 101 points. First Place went to New Haven CC for their 105 points. Wallingford CC took Third with 100 points. Congratulations to all four entrants this competition. They each earned an Honorable Mention!

For the full year, Boston West finished in fourth place overall with a score of 275 points.

The Best in Show photograph was Male Anna's Hummingbird on Ocotillo by Gary Prestash of the New Haven Camera Club, which earned 29 points.

All award winning images for this competition can be found here.

Award winning images for the year can be found here.

Class A Final Standings after Spring Competition

Class A Spring Rankings

BWPS Individual Scores

Winter 2008

The three top placed finishers in the Winter competition were: Gateway in 1st with 91 points and Cape Cod Viewfinders and Candlewood in joint second with 87 points. Boston West finished in a disappointing 3-way tie for 16th place out of the 27 clubs competing.

Congratulations to Frank Forward for his Honorable Mention for Lion in Side Light.

Boston West currently stands in 7th place with 174 points. New Haven is in 1st with 192 points. Gateway is 2nd with 187, and Nashoba Valley is 3rd with 182.

Class A Cumulative Standings after Winter Competition

Class A Winter Rankings

BWPS Individual Scores

Fall 2007

The three top-placed clubs in the Nature section for the Fall competition were: New Haven in 1st place with 106 points, Boston West in 2nd place with 100 points and Greater Lynn in 3rd place with 97 points.

Congratulations to Ed McGuirk for his 2nd place and to Jim Brady for his Honorable Mention.

Here are the top finishing clubs and our club's entries.

Class A Fall Rankings

BWPS Individual Scores