The 2017 Picture of the Year was won by Peter Hughes with his photo entitled ‘Winter Light’. This photograph will appear on the front of our 2018 handbook. (Heidi accepted the award on Peter’s behalf as he was unable to attend).

The runner up was ‘Steampunk’ by Lynda Beynon. The photo will appear on the greetings card we present to judges and lecturers.

Below is a list of the top three photographs in each section.

Prints
Steampunk – Lynda Beynon – 8 votes
On the Dockside – Chris Tidman – 5 votes
Childhood Dreams – Rob Beynon – 4 votes
Mirage Fighter Jets – Steve Littlewood – 4 votes

DPI
Winter Light – Peter Hughes – 19 votes
First Light at Llanddwyn Island – Heidi Stewart – 9 votes
Lady in Blue – Terry Donnelly – 3 votes

Congratulations to everyone who had a photograph get through to our ‘Picture of the Year’ competition.

The following awards were also presented during our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening.

Chris Tidman – Special Merit Award
Gwynfryn Jones – Special Merit Award
Linda & Edgar Gibbs – Special Merit Award
Lynda Beynon – Colour Challenge
Gwynfryn Jones – The Colin Williams Trophy / Monochrome Challenge
Heidi Stewart – The Freespirit Images Shield
Gary Welsby – The President’s Trophy
Alan Hoskins – The Jim Davies Award
Alec Stewart – Monthly Trophy – January
Chris Tidman – Monthly Trophy – February
Meryl Natt – Monthly Trophy – March
Chris Tidman – Monthly Trophy – May
Gwynfryn Jones – Monthly Trophy – September
Chris Tidman – Monthly Trophy – October

Heidi Stewart won the 2017 Freespirit Images shield with her DPI entitled ‘First Light at Llanddwyn Island’ which can be seen below.

Second was Gwynfryn Jones with his print ‘Defying Gravity’ and third was Meryl Natt with her DPI ‘Window Shopping’.

All three photos go forward to next week’s ‘Picture of the Year’ competition.