Our meeting on Tuesday was our annual ‘Best of Year’ competition where each member can submit up to three photographs that they have taken in the past year (2011 – 2012). Four trophies are awarded for the following categories:

• Best colour print
• Best black and white print
• Best digital image
• Most unusual photograph

Our judge was Charles Hallsworth from Bridport Camera Club. As usual, the prizes were hotly contested and Charles had his work cut out to judge a total of 30 prints and 13 digital images.

As he went through the entries, the judge commented on each one, pointing out the good bits and diplomatically mentioning where the bad bits could be improved. His commentary was very informative and his experience as an artist was clear from his remarks.

After selecting shortlists of both prints and digital images, Charles chose the winning entries. The trophies were awarded as follows

• Best colour print – Linda
• Best black and white print – Michael
• Best digital image – Gillian
• Most unusual photograph – William

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to Charles Hallsworth for being such an excellent judge!