2025 SMCC Competition Awarded Images

Photographs displayed here are among the award-winners. Only winning images submitted for posting on this web site are shown. Other printed winning images may be seen in the Santa Maria, CA Public Library.

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November 2025

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Judged By: Stephanie Secrest

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Color 1st Place
Wild At Heart
Janine Bognuda

Color 2nd Place
He Thinks He's Royalty
Janine Bognuda

Color 3rd Place
Tranquil Tableau
Ed E. Powell

Color Honorable Mention
Avocet
Frank Tromp

Color Honorable Mention
Utah Buttes at Sunrise
Janine Bognuda

Monochrome 1st Place
Riders Bringing in the Bulls
Harold Litwiler

Monochrome 2nd Place
Calla Curves
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome 3rd Place
The Storm is Coming
Ron Calvert

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Glen Rio New Mexico
Ed E. Powell

 

 

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October 2025

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Judged By: Zander Fieschko (zander.fieschko@gmail.com)

 

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Color 1st Place
Lets Dance
Harold Litwiler

Color 2nd Place
Harvest Supermoon Over Picacho
Cheryl Decker

Color 3rd Place
Taking Terns
Frank Tromp

Color Honorable Mention
Racing to the Fishing Spot
Chuck Uebele

Color Honorable Mention
HAHAHA
Jeanne Sparks

Monochrome 1st Place
Walking Through Slices of Time
Penni Powell

Monochrome 2nd Place
Sundial Bridge #2
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome 3rd Place
Calla Lily #2 2013
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Alcatraz Suicide Door
Gregory Doudna

 

 

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September 2025

Theme - Intentional Camera Movement

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Judged By: Alla Arutcheva (alla.arutcheva.photography@gmail.com)

 

Color 1st Place
Mustangs on the Run
Janine Bognuda

Color 2nd Place
Trees at Ragged Point
Ron Calvert

Color 3rd Place
The Plane
Harold Litwiler

Color Honorable Mention
Blood Moon Omen
Cheryl Decker

Color Honorable Mention
Racing the Storm
Cheryl Decker

Monochrome 1st Place
Observing Caravaggio's Medusa at Iffizi
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
Ascending a Staircase
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 3rd Place
Overdrive
Timothy Towne

 

 

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August 2025

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Judged By: Dan Holmes

 

Color 1st Place
Western Kingbird
Elaine Calvert

Color 2nd Place
The Dredded Vole
Frank Tromp

Color 3rd Place
Tanager and Spider
Frank Tromp

Color Honorable Mention
My Feathered Friend
Jeanne Sparks

Color Honorable Mention
Three Bridges
Janine Bognuda

Monochrome 1st Place
Mission Santa Ines
Ron Calvert

Monochrome 2nd Place
Winter Pond
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome 3rd Place
Performer #2A-1
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Performer with Balls
Jim McKinniss

 

 

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July 2025

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Judged By: Stepanie Secrest

 

Color 1st Place
Wild Abandon
Janine Bognuda

Color 2nd Place
Give It Up Ma - We're Hungry
Jeanne Sparks

Color 3rd Place
Sunrise in the Badlands
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
Cachuma
Jeanne Sparks

Color Honorable Mention
Red-Crested Tuaco
Harold Litwiler

Monochrome 1st Place
One Child Left Behind
Ed E. Powell

Monochrome 2nd Place
Cruising Malign Lake
Gregory N. Doudna

Monochrome 3rd Place
Woman in a Crowd
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Performer With Two Tear Drops
Jim McKinniss

 

 

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June 2025

Theme - Celebrate What is Right in the World

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Judged By: Zander Fieschko

 

Monochrome 2nd Place
Reunion
Frank Tromp

Monochrome 1st Place
Walking Baby on the Beach
Jim McKinniss

Color 2nd Place
Tritonia
Frank Tromp

Monochrome 3rd Place
4 Little Birds
Penni Powell

Color Honorable Mention
Dance Will Set You Free
Ed E. Powell

Color 1st Place
Sunrise
Frank Tromp

Color 3rd Place
Celebrating One Less Mosquito in the World
Cheryl Decker

Color Honorable Mention
Dance will Set You Free
Ed E. Powell

 

 

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May 2025

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Judged By: Christopher Broughton Email: christopherbroughtonphoto@gmail.com

 

Monochrome 1st Place
Horse on the Beach #12
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
People on Pismo Beach #1
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 3rd Place
Denise 2008-05-23#14
Jim McKinniss

Color 1st Place
A Promise on the Prairie
Ed E. Powell

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Wishing
Nyla James

Color 2nd Place
Pink Rose
Cheryl Decker

Color Honorable Mention
Dinner Time
Rosie Brancacio

Color 3rd Place
Sunset Stroll
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
That's Not a Drawbridge
Janine Bognuda

 

 

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April 2025

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Judged By: Alla Arutcheva

 

Monochrome 2nd Place
Man in Black with Dragonflies and Spheres
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 1st Place
Eye of the Ram
Penni Powell

Color 2nd Place
Rocket Launch and Booster Return
Chuck Uebele

Monochrome 3rd Place
Tammy, Alex and the Sailboat
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Bath Day at Kestner Homestead
Ed E. Powell

Color 1st Place
Uprising
Frank Tromp

Color 3rd Place
Toadstools in the Night
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
Not Quite a Swallow
Timothy Towne

Color Honorable Mention
A Beautiful Textured Rose
Rosie Bancacio

 

 

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March 2025

Theme - Altered Reality

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Judged By: Theresa Gingras (theresagingras.com)

 

Color 1st Place
Moon Dance
Elaine Calvert

Color 2nd Place
Morro Bay
Alan Upshaw

Color 3rd Place
The Clown
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
A Lighthouse in the Sky
Rosie Brancacio

Color Honorable Mention
The Place Doesn't Seem Reality
Janine Bognuda

Monochrome 1st Place
Rachelle #3A
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
Vision of a Peyote Ceremony
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 3rd Place
A Time Continuum to the Past
Cheryl Decker

Color Honorable Mention
Wishfull Thinking
Chuck Uebele

 

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February 2025

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Judged By: Dan Holmes (danholmesphoto@gmail.com)

 

Color 1st Place
Ferndale Church
Rosie Brancacio

Color 2nd Place
Grandma's Tulips
Janine Bognuda

Color 3rd Place
Nature's Art
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
Daffodil Days
Elaine Calvert

Color Honorable Mention
Greater Yellowlegs
Frank Tromp

Monochrome 1st Place
Rochelle #2
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
Istanbul Late Night Dinner
Harold Litwiler

Monochrome 3rd Place
Ox and Anchor
Alan Upshaw

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Hat Shop
Alan Upshaw

Color Honorable Mention
Launch Over Cal Poly Pier
Chuck Uebele

 

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January 2025

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Judged By: Zander Fieschko (zander.fieschko@gmail.com)

Color 1st Place
Nap Interrupted
Penni Powell

Color 2nd Place
White Sands
Jeanne Sparks

Color 3rd Place
Purple Skies Tonight
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
In the Spotlight
Elaine Calvert

 

Color Honorable Mention
Taking a Break from Fishing
Rosie Brancacio

Monochrome 3rd Place
Headed to the 1064 Homeless Haven
Cheryl Decker

Monochrome 2nd Place
The Big Dune
Gregory N Doudna

Monochrome 1st Place
Two Calla Lillies
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Kelp
Ron Calvert

 

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