The Event

Thanks to Darryl Neill and Mike Shaefer for setting up our 2024 awards banquet, January 7th (2025) at Athens Pizza in Decatur. We all had a blast talking photography. And it was great fun seeing several very interesting examples of vintage camera equipment.

Best Images of the Year

Congratulations to Steve Director and Darryl Neill who respectively came away with 1st Place for Color and Monochrome images!

1st Place Color - Icelandic Dream by Steve Director

2nd Place Color - Blue is the Color of Calm by Darryl Neill

1st Place Mono - Intent by Darryl Neill

2nd Place Mono - Kinetic Energy by Mike Shaefer

Please view these and all the Masters Competition winners full screen in our 2024 Masters Competition Gallery.

Photographers of the Year

Mike Shaefer - Creative Photographer of the Year & Mono Print Photographer of the Year

Darryl Neill - Mono Digital Photographer of the Year & Color Print Photographer of the Year


Steve Director - Color Digital Photographer of the Year

Other Big Awards

Congratulations to Emily Helms, our Rookie of the Year, to Darryl Neill (pictured above) who received the club's Helene Mewborn/Ed Calhoun Service Award , and to Jim Harrison who was bestowed the club's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Emily Farley - Rookie of the Year

Jim Harrison - Lifetime Achievement Award

We had tons of great images from our talented photographers during 2024, and we are looking forward to many more during 2025.