Fallbrook Camera Club presents annual awards

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Camera Club recently had an online meeting and presented awards for 2020. This has been a very different year for the Camera Club, as it has been for many people and groups. Early in 2020, the Club started online meetings. The Club completed the year with an online awards meeting instead of the usual banquet.

Awards were given in the following categories:

Projected Images – Color

First place: Here Comes The Sun, Heidi Gauthreaux

Second place: Sunset Over An Oregon Beach, Gary Freeman

Third place: Prelude To Blossom, Bill Carnahan

Honorable Mention awards were given to: Judy Jobe, Adrienne Myers, Rick Gauthreaiux and Ken Quigley.

Monochrome

First place: Illuminated Curves, Barbara Altevers

Second place: A Cold Day On The Prairie, Dennis Brown

Third place: Curves, Heidi Gauthreaux

Honorable Mention awards were given to: Rick Gauthreaux, Mike Reardon and Lin Craft.

Nature Open

First Place: Kiss Of Sunlight, Heidi Gauthreaux

Second place: Iceberg Arch, Jokulsarlon Lagoon, Lin Craft

Third Place: Early Morning Light, Rick Gauthreaux

Honorable Mention awards were given to: Mike Reardon, Patrick Christman and Dennis Brown.

Nature Wildlife

First place: Blending In, Ken Quigley

Second place: Rough And Tumble, Heidi Gauthreaux

Third place: Successful Hunt, Rick Gauthreaux

Honorable Mention awards were given to: Bill Carnahan and Lin Craft

Travel

First place: Norwegian Village Under The Aurora, Lin Craft

Second place: Ahh, Denali: Dennis Brown

Third place: Golden Gate, A Different Perspective, Heidi Gauthreaux

Honorable Mention awards were given to: Rick Gauthreaux, Mike Reardon and Bill Carnahan

Dr. Paul Kovach For Best Composition: Many Contrasts, Bill Carnahan

Neil Lakata award For Best Landscape: Winter Sunrise on the Firehole River, Yellowstone, Lin Craft

Fallbrook Camera Club Image of the Year: Blending In, Ken Quigley.

Judge’s Choice Awards: Desert Path, Barbara Altevers; Tiny Bells, Heidi Gauthreaux; Grazing Alone. Barbara Altevers.

Projected Images High Points

First place: Heidi Gauthreaux

Second place: Rick Gauthreaux

Third place: Lin Craft

Mike Reardon was awarded a president's plaque for his 5 years as president of the Fallbrook Camera Club. Rick and Heidi Gauthreaux and Lin Craft were given Hero’s Awards for their Outstanding Service to the Camera Club.

The Fallbrook Camera Club meets two Mondays each month between February and November. The meetings are online and will be for at least the next several months. For additional information of the club, contact club president Lin Craft at 951-235-1339.

Submitted by the Fallbrook Camera Club.