Photography Competition

Friendly, Moose, Spyglass and Steve by Sandra Nicol, overall winner of the 2008 Photography Competition.

Introduction

An annual tradition from the start of the VOC Journal (1958) until the mid-90's, the VOC Photography competition has always been a popular event where the winners actually get trophies (or what is left of them) !

Rules

Each person can submit six photographs. These can be broken up however you wish within the categories. You may submit one photo to each category, six pictures to one category, or any combination you wish.

Categories

• A) Landscapes – Waterfalls, mountains, sunsets, etc. People are not the focus of the shot.
• B) Action Shots – Photos of people outdoors and in action, usually climbing, skiing, or mountaineering.
• C) Flora and fauna – Plants and animals only. A good place for macro's.
• D) Club Activities – Parties, longhike, winter longhike, glacier school, and all other club activities.
• E) Portraits – Portrait of a person. Preferably in an outdoor setting, and of someone in the club.
• F) Misc – Anything that doesn't fit in the other categories.

In addition, there will be a photo chosen as the best overall entry.

2009

Judging: Photos will be judged by five members of the Executive – judges TBA

Prizes: The photograph chosen as best overall entry will be given a full colour page in the 2008/2009 VOC Journal. Other categories will have prizes for first place, and acknowledgements for runners-up. All winners and runners up, as well as other notable mentions will replace the current pictures on the VOC homepage. The winners and prizes will be announced during the VOC Banquet.

Submission: Photos will be accepted only via the VOC gallery on the website. To submit your photo's click “edit” on the photo you wish to submit, and under “keywords” add “a-contest2009” for category A pictures (landscapes), “b-contest2009” for category B pictures (climbing, skiing, mountaineering), and so on. Due to the large numbers of photos, this will be the only accepted method. If you've never used the VOC photo gallery, you can follow the instructions to get started.

Captions: Please ensure that you include the name of the photographer in the caption, as well as an actual caption. Having some kind of description is important because the judges would like to know what is going on in the photograph, as would the readers of the journal is the photo is a winner! (name is important because the person who took the photo isn't necessarily the person who posted it)

Note: If you submit too many photos, we will remove them from the contest. If a photo is not in the correct category, it will be removed from the contest. Due to the large number of submission, the judges will not move incorrectly categorised photos to the correct category.

Deadline for submissions: All submissions must be submitted via the photo gallery by February 23th at 4pm, due to publishing deadlines for the VOC journal.

Questions? Contact Sophia (Toft Moulton).

History and past winners

Best Overall Entry

• 2008 - 2009 Nick Matwyuk
• 2007 - 2008 Sandra Nicol

Class A

Best Alpine Pictures
Note: It seems that this award was merged with with Class A in the mid-60's. See Edwin Ker Trophy

• 1958 Don Lyon
• 1961 B. Foster
• 1964 D. Hewgill
• 1965 Bruce McKnight
• 1966 Dave Olson
• 1968 Ken Lefever
• 1969 Ron Kot
• 1974 Fred Theissen
• 1989 Andy Pacheco
• 2006 - 2007 Oker Chen
• 2007 - 2008 Eric Degiuli

Class B: Jean Sharp Memorial Trophy

Jean Sharp Memorial Trophy

Named for Jean Sharp, an active number for many years, who died on December 30,1962 in an avalanche on Mount Whaleback while skiing in Yoho Park. Accident report from ACC UBC Archives (pdf file) This award is dedicated for Best Climbing and/or Ski Mountaineering Pictures

• 1958 Dave Kennedy
• 1961 G. Broatch
• 1964 Bruce McKnight
• 1965 Bruce McKnight
• 1966 No Winner
• 1968 Harry Bruce
• 1969 No winner
• 1970 No winner
• 1974 Jacques Bilinski
• 2006 - 2007 Holger Feser
• 2007 - 2008 Richard So

Class C

Class C Trophy (what's left of it...)

Best Alpine Natural History Pictures

• 1958 J.J Fairley
• 1961 B. Foster
• 1963 Richard Russel (Black & white)
• 1964 D. Phelps
• 1965 Ian Stirling
• 1966 No Winner
• 1968 Frank Baumann
• 1969 Ron Kot
• 1970 No winner
• 1974 Chris McNeill
• 1989 Ken Legg
• 2006 - 2007 Ben Watt-Meyer
• 2007 - 2008 Andrew Silversides

Class D

Best Club Activities and Portraits Pictures

• 1958 Don Brown
• 1961 Sue Tatum
• 1964 D. King
• 1965 Axel Kellner
• 1966 No winner
• 1968 No winner
• 1969 Rick Price
• 1970 No winner
• 1974 Bob McMechan (awarded as Best Portrait)
• 1989 Jeff Greenwood
• 2006 - 2007 Michael Fuller
• 2007 - 2008 Richard So
• 2008 - 2009 Scott Nelson

Class E

Best Mountain Portraits

• 1963 Byron Olson
• 1964 D. Higging
• 1965 Bruce McKnight (awarded as Best Club Activity)
• 1968 No winner
• 1969 Ron Kot
• 1970 No winner
• 1974 Jacques Bilinski (awarded as Best Club Activity)
• 2006 Oker Chen (awarded as Best Portrait)
• 2007 - 2008 Sandra Nicol

Class F

Best Miscellaneous

• 1964 D. Phelps
• 1965 John Hembling
• 1966 Randy Harrison
• 1968 No winner
• 1969 No winner
• 1970 No winner
• 1974 John Leighton (awarded as Best Humor, Hero shot)
• 1989 Tom Baumann
• 2006 - 2007 Ben Watt-Meyer
• 2007 - 2008 Seth Adams

Black & White

Best Black & White Pictures

• 1958 John Fairley Jr.
• 1961 A. Zoltay
• 1963 Byron Olson & Richard Russell
• 1969 Peter Macek
• 1970 Roland Burton

Frank Koch Memorial Award

Frank Koch Memorial Trophy

Created in 1958, this trophy was named for Frank Koch, an old VOCer, who died in 1955 while on a VOC climbing trip in the Rockies on Mount Blaine near Banff as the result of either getting hit by falling rocks or having fallen and struck his head in a ravine. This award is dedicated for best coloured slide of the annual photography competition.

1958 Don Lyon 1959 Robin Leech 1960 John Fairley 1961 Bristol Foster 1962 Huch Naylor 1963 Byron Olson & Richard Russell 1964 Dave King 1965 Ian Stirling 1966 Dave Olson 1967 Bert Port 1968 Harry Bruce 1969 Ron Kot

1970 Art Neumann 1973 Bob McMechan 1974 Fred Theissen 1983 Pat Maclachlan 1984 Jay Page 1985 Alan Dibb 1987 Richard Howes 1988 Richard Howes 1989 Eric Clemson 1990 Eric Clemson 1991 David Williams 2006 Boris Khramstov

Edwin Ker Trophy

Created in 1958, this trophy is named for Edwin Ker, an avid skier, who was instrumental in introducting skiing to the VOC in the early 1930's and initiated the Damn Downhill. This award is dedicated for the best group of four coloured slides during the annual photography competition. Note: It seems that this award was merged with Class A in the mid-60's

1958 Dave Kennedy 1965 Axel Kellner 1966 Dave Olson (??)