NECCC News

The Connecticut Association of Photographers is a member of the New England Camera Club Council. They recently informed us of two items that that are of interest to CAP members.

The Fall 2020 issue of the NECCC Bulletin has just been posted. Click on this sentence to download your copy. This issue contains a lot of information on New England photographers (including some CAP members) and their accomplishments.

Every year NECCC enters the Council Challenge sponsored by the Photographic Society of America. This year NECCC took first place. A video showing all the images entered can be found here. It is a chance to view outstanding images from NECCC and other councils that entered.

Tops in Connecticut Winners Announced

The Connecticut Association of Photographers announces the winners of the 2020 TOPS in CT competition. 84 Photographers submitted 392 photos in 9 categories. Due to the pandemic, the event took place virtually and was live streamed on Youtube. Thank you to the judges Darrell Gulin, Lisa Langell and Peter Baumgarten who did an outstanding job and provided insightful commentary while narrowing down their choices.

At this time, plans for a Sping awards dinner are on hold due to the pandemic. The 2020 TOPS in CT committee will be meeting to discuss the options for the top 100 images slideshow.

The winning images in each category are listed below. Congratulations to the winners.

• Best in Show: Snowy Egret with Catch by Matthew Collen
• Best Cityscape: To Infinity and Beyond by Jean-Marc Bara 
• Best Creative: Flight of Inspiration by Mark Battista 
• Best Landscape: Mistaya Canyon by Darrell Harrington
• Best Monochrome: Desire by Chuck Fleischman 
• Best Nature: Looking for Lunch by Janet Donch
• Best Open Subject: Travel Back in Time by Athina Bellios 
• Best Photojournalism: Stretching for Every Inch by John McGarry 
• Best Portrait: Livestock Trader by Jean-Marc Bara 
• Best Waterscape: Grey's Beach by Cynthia Gosselin 
• Judge's Choice: Peggy's Cove 287 by Bill Hoikala 
• Judge's Choice: Grist Mill in the Rain by Tom Cuchara 
• Judge's Choice: Looking Back by Colleen B. Reilly

The wining images can be found at https://cap.photocomp.org

A recording of the judging has been posted on YouTube at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSzYeF95n6M. Tune in and watch all or part of the competition.

Tops in Connecticut Judging Announced

 The Connecticut Association of Photographers announces that this Saturday, Nov 7th, starting at 9:30am, the judging of the 2020 TOPS in CT competition will be broadcast live on YouTube. Watch as almost 400 images are judged in 9 categories by three top photographers Darrell Gulin, Lisa Langell, and Peter Baumgarten. A total of 13 Awards will be decided.

To view the event go to https://cap.photocomp.org/ and click on the link to watch the live stream.

This is a great opportunity to see beautiful images created by photographers from Connecticut.