Kim SignoretPaar – Poly Photo Club

2025 Year-End Winners

2025 Year-End awards were presented at the Poly Photo Year-End Awards Banquet on January 10 at the La Jolla Country Club.

- Image of the Year: Whooo’s Chillin In the Snow by Debbie Porter
- Van Nostrand Best of Nature: Going for a Drink by Allan Pakett
- Bob Rittenhouse Most Creative: Straws Blowing Bubbles by James Woodward

To see all the winning images, go to the website menu — Photo Gallery > Year-End Winners > 2025 Year-End Winners. The direct link is: https://polyphotoclub.com/competition/winning-images/2025-year-end-winners/

2025 Year-End entries – 345 images: 245 Realistic, 67 Altered Reality, 33 Project – were judged in December by a panel of three guest judges: Lois Fong-Sakai, Greg Klamt, Jenny Wolf.

To view the year-end program and video, click the following:

Poly 2025 Year-End Awards Program – A look back at the activities of 2025
Poly Best of 2025 – All the best images entered in the year-end competition, video produced by Frances Schnall
Link to Poly Flickr album of event photos by Beverly Brock

New Mexico Trip Oct 2025

A group of nine, which included seven members, made the trip to northwestern New Mexico for four+ days of photography, coordinated by Lacey Horner. Lacey mapped out times and iconic locations. Thank you, Lacey!

Government closures threw a wrench in our plans for some places, but fortunately plenty was accessible and photoshoots were part of the road trip coming and returning.

We found ourselves in four different states — AZ, UT, NM, CO! Locations included Monument Valley, Mexican Hat, Four Corners, Mesa Verde National Park, Durango, Ship Rock, Bisti Badlands (Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness), Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon.

Thanks to everyone who submitted images for the Poly Flickr site. The album is at https://www.flickr.com/gp/polyphotoclub/26d4q6GR2C

2024 Year-End Winners

2024 Year-End awards were presented at the Poly Photo Year-End Awards Banquet on January 25 at the La Jolla Country Club.

- Image of the Year: Dance of the Butterfly by Heidi Gauthreaux
- Van Nostrand Best of Nature: Dancing Petals by Adrienne Myers
- Bob Rittenhouse Most Creative: Seeking Eggs by James Woodward

To see all the winning images, go to the website menu — Photo Gallery > Year-End Winners > 2024 Year-End Winners. The direct link is: https://polyphotoclub.com/competition/winning-images/2024-year-end-winners/

2024 Year-End entries – 318 images: 229 Realistic, 59 Altered Reality, 33 Project – were judged in December by a panel of three guest judges: Lois Fong-Sakai, Eileen Mandell, Jenny Wolf.

To view the year-end program and video, click the following:
Poly 2024 Year-End Awards Program – A look back at the activities of 2024
Poly Best of 2024 – All the best images entered in the year-end competition*

Video produced by Charlie Breese*

Link to Flickr album of event photos by Beverly Brock.