2025 L&CPU Individual Competition
Stadarstadur Church Iceland By Carol Watson (Commended)
The 2025 L&CPU Individual competition was judged on the weekend of 10th/11th May, and once again LSAPS scored some notable successes. Overall there were 691 Prints and 1916 digital images entered, which was unfortunately slightly down on last year.
The scores are decided by three judges each scoring between 2 and 5 points, similar to an Exhibition. In general, a 2 indicates something wrong with an image, 3 is a competent image, but not good enough to be accepted. 4 is good enough to be accepted and 5 means it may be good enough for an award (though awards are only decided at the end in a final review by all three judges). In an exhibition, an image is usually accepted if it scores 12 or above.
All the LSAPS scores can be viewed in the pdf document below. This year LSAPS had 16 members achieving at least one image scoring 12 and above, plus 4 members with at least one Commended image:-
| Member | Images Scoring > 12 | Commended Images |
|---|---|---|
| Gordon Watson | 19 | |
| Carol Watson | 13 | 4 |
| Mary Kirkby | 12 | 2 |
| Sheila Giles | 5 | |
| Peter Darby | 4 | |
| Keith Orr | 3 | |
| Mike Williamson | 3 | |
| Andy Ogilvie | 2 | |
| Brian Clark | 2 | 1 |
| Elaine Cook | 2 | |
| Martin Christensen | 2 | |
| Peter Flegg | 2 | |
| Anthony Hull | 1 | |
| Janet Parker | 1 | |
| Joy Swarbrick | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Halstead | 1 |
In the overall Photographer Of The Year, of those LSAPS members who entered the full quota of 24 images, Gordon Watson placed 5th equal, Carol Watson was 8th equal, Mary Kirkby was 14th equal and Sheila Giles was 23rd. The full standings for Print, PDI and Overall Photographer Of The Year are shown in the pdf document below.
