Thank you for making the 2022 TPS 20th Annual Spring Fair Photo Salon Competition a success!
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- There were a total of 187 images entered.
- Make plans now to enter next year’s competition and tell your friends about us.
- Watch for news of next year’s competition and other photography events on the TPS website: www.tacomaphoto.org.
- We look forward to seeing you and your prints next year.
- This page will be updated with links to images of the winning prints, as those come in to us.
- Acknowledgements Thank you for kindly displaying entry forms and accepting entries.
- Tacoma Photographic Society would like to thank:
- Robi’s Camera Center – Lakewood, WA
- Speedy One Hour Photo – Parkland, WA
- Kenmore Camera – Kenmore, WA
- Glazer’s Camera – Seattle, WA
- Washington State Fair – Puyallup, WA
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Here are the awards, followed by a list of all participants and image titles.
| BEST OF SHOW | WILLIAM HARRIS – | Circular Stairs | $150 Award |
| 1ST PLACE | MICHAEL HRANKOWSKI – | Rocks in Still Water | $100 Award |
| 2ND PLACE | GUY BRALLEY – | Fall Colors at the Event Horizon | $75 Award |
| 3RD PLACE | MICHAEL HRANKOWSKI – | Clematis Seed Head #1 | $50 Award |
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE – BEST OF ...
| Abstract | Lauren Heerschap – | Inside a Fractall Ball |
| Architectural | Eric Randall – | Convergence |
| Floral | Dorinda Wills – | Dreamy |
| Landscape | Michael Hrankowski – | South Georgia Coastline In Summer |
| Monochrome | Dorinda Wills – | Quiet Lunch |
| People | Richard Price – | Almost Awake |
| Photojournalism | Maria DeKoker – | Forming the Ice Glass |
| Creative | Larry Michelson – | Bulls Eye |
| Nature | Bruce Severeid – | Backflip |
| Animals | Bruce Benson – | Pyrrhuloxia vs Cardinal |
| General | Maria DeKoker – | Memories |
JUDGES CHOICE
| Bruce Benson – | Red Fox Kit |
| Douglas Hall – | A Grandmother’s Hug |
| Douglas Hall – | Writing Letters #6 |
| Douglas Hall – | Bluegrass |
| William Harris – | Bubbly Rose |
| Bruce Severeid – | A Break in the Storm |
| Chrystine Westphal – | Warm Sunny Day |
HONORABLE MENTION
| Jack Broom – | Foggy Marina at Ilwaco |
| Stanley Buchmiller Sr – | Misty Memories |
| Douglas Hall – | The Fiddle #3 |
| Peg Hanson – | Blowing Bubbles |
| William Harris – | Lighted Stairs |
| Michael Hrankowski – | Global Warming |
| Trinda Love – | Everybody Dance |
| Sam Ruljancich – | Buses at Rest |
| David Scott – | Autumn Sparrow |
| Dorinda Wills – | Two Gerberas |
ENTRIES
Kathy Admire – After The Harvest, View from Abandoned Room, Ranch in a Snowstorm, New Orleans Tomb, At Rest in the Desert
Kristina Allums – Forgotten, Martini Explosion, You Looking at Me?, Seattle Night Sky Reflection, Swing In Snow
Bill Ballard – Waterfront Shop, Old Gaucho, Canals of Bruges
Bruce Benson – Pyrrhuloxia vs Cardinal – Best of Animals, Red Fox Kit – Judges Choice
Ellen Bogenschutz – Bee And Lamb’s Ear, Hood Ornament, Grapes In Pedestal Bowl, Short Eared Owl on Post, Salt Creek Sunset
Guy Bralley – Moonrise at Canyon Lands, Fall Colors at the Event Horizon – Second Place, Take Off, Sunset Skyline, Short Eared Owl
Jack Broom – Juniper Tree, Mojave Desert, In a Sunflower,Foggy Morning at Olympic Sculpture Park, Four Peaks, Arizona, Foggy Marina at Ilwaco – Honorable Mention
Stanley Buchmiller Sr – Spring Ahead, Broken limb, Misty Memories – Honorable Mention, Onyx, My Best Friend
Thomas Cannuli – viper drift, mary’s prayer, lupin fields, self portrait (purple heart), not Willie
Bruce Carpenter – Egret Stare, Is That A Puddy Tat?, Osprey Landing, Woffie, Working Hands
Sylvia Cornette – Sunrise Over Smokey Yellowstone, Flying Into the Future, You Looking At Me?, Magnolia Spring Blossom
William Cornette – Waiting for Godot, Great Blue Heron as Dracula, Great Blue Heron Sunning Himself
Jerry Coupe – Eagles On The Chilkat River, Rail Fence – New Mexico, Amidst The Redwoods, Autumn Dogwood, Cherry Tree Blossoms
Maria DeKoker – Memories – Best of General, Neglected, Laundry, Elephant Ice Sculpture, Forming The Ice Glass – Best of Photojournalism
Sue Dietz – Twilight, Kaleidoscope, “You want some of this?!!”, “Storm’s a comin’”, Tattered
Melodi Downs – What You Lookin’ At?, On Top of the World, Saltwater State Park, Sunset at the Wind Farm
Douglas Hall – A Grandmother’s Hug – Judges Choice, The Fiddle #3 – Honorable Mention, Writing Letters #6 – Judges Choice, Bluegrass – Judges Choice, Creative Lights #178
Peg Hanson – The Humble Hunter, Welcome to the World, Hawkeye, Outdone by Autumn, Blowing Bubbles – Honorable Mention
William Harris – Circular Stairs – Best of Show, Bubbly Rose – Judges Choice, Solo Lady, Cold Bench, Lighted Stairs – Honorable Mention
Henry Heerschap – Twitter, Explained, Homestead, Wall Silo, The Mountain, Mandarin Emerging
Lauren Heerschap – Salvation Mountain Paint Cans, Desert Landscape, Cheetah, Inside a Fractall Ball – Best of Abstract, Shelf Lichen
Michael Hrankowski – Rocks in Still Water – First Place, Global Warming – Honorable Mention, South Georgia Coastline In Summer – Best of Landscape, Oregon Coast Afternoon, Clematis Seed Head #1 – Third Place
Debbie Klosowski – Desert Window, Brooklyn Bridge, I’m All Ears, Dark Fortress, Cavern Chandelier
Judi Kubes – Colors by Nature, Desert Swirls, Dramatic Coast, Eerie Passageway, Tulip Bouquet
Trinda Love – A Walk With Dan, Dreams of Going Home, Everybody Dance! – Honorable Mention, Memories of You, Welcome to Oz
Dana Martell – Tropical Sunset, Mountains with Cloud Shadows, What Big Teeth You Have, Holiday Bridge, Circles from Above
Peggy McClure – Another World, Winter on the Dosewallips
Larry Michelson – Bull Eye – Best of Creative, Honest Days Work, End of a Great Night, Les Davis Pier, Marched Across Germany
Julia Narvaez – Approaching Storm, Enchanted Forest, Potpourri, Splendid Memories
Loren Parker – An Afternoon In The Serengeti, Does Life Get Better Than This?, I Know You Lion!, Nala Vibes
Richard Price – Forest Stream, Big Sky Country, Moon Over Ranier, Almost Awake – Best of People, Tree
Eric Randall – Undaunted, Sign “O” the Times, Face in the Crowd, Convergence – Best of Architecture, Solo in Seattle
Mark Rehberg – The Pride of Juanita Bay, Neowise at Sunrise Point, Great Blue in Golden Light
Sam Ruljancich – Palouse Relic, Stump, Buses at Rest – Honorable Mention, Science Fiction
David Scott – Autumn Sparrow – Honorable Mention, Comfy Cow Dog, Mouse on a Palm, Pines in the Canyon, Under a Cottonwood Tree
Bruce Severeid – Backflip – Best of Nature, Fleeing the Chaos, A Break in the Storm – Judges Choice, Gig Harbor, Colliding Currents
Sharon Styer – A Winter’s Mist at Titlow Pond
Richard Thomas – Nose Job, Git “Em, Christine Falls, Transit Architecture, Oakesdale Mill
A. Chrystine Westphal – Warm Sunny Day – Judges Choice, Rogue Elephant Meeting, Heat of the Day, Not My Baby, Mama’s Lunch Date
Lorryn Whisnant – Burroughs Mountain Loop Trail, Sunset at Chambers Bay
Tedd Wilkinson – Sunset on the Harbor – Oceanside, CA, Mount St. Helens – First Snow
Bob Wills – Purple Flowers, Waterfront Reflections
Dorinda Wills – Beyond, Dreamy – Best of Floral, I Wanna Be a Cowgirl, Quiet Lunch – Best of Monochrome, Two Gerberas – Honorable Mention