Congratulations to Paul Hill on becoming our ‘Photographer of the Year’ for the 2022-23 season. He achieved 317 points, beating Peter Robinson by 3 points. Wallace Baxter came a close third with 309 points. Paul won the trophy on the strength of his excellent landscape images. He also did well with his detailed nature and well seen street photographs.
Paul won the Print Colour General League by 5 points securing 94 points in total. Keith Mulliner came 2nd, with 89 points. Judge Bill Preston ARPS DPAGB BPE5 awarded his inspiring ‘Springtime Walk’ top marks in our second Print General competition and 19 marks for his atmospheric ‘Whitby at Sunrise’. Paul’s ‘Rydal Mere Boathouse’ also scored 19 marks in our third Print General Competition. Paul also won the Print Mono League with 93 points, while Peter Robinson came 2nd with 92 points. Paul has a great eye for a mono composition and specialises in creating supreme mono conversions. In our Print Mono competition, he scored 20 for his relaxing ‘Lone Tree and Pen-y-ghent’ and ‘Wintery Scene’ that made me shiver!
In the Print Nature competition, Paul scored 88 points, but was narrowly beaten by Peter Robinson’s 92 points and Wallace Baxter’s 90 points. He had a hattrick of 18s with his ‘Northern Gannet’, Red Deer Stag’ and Common Kestrel’. However, he gained 2nd place in the PDI General and Mono competitions.
Paul came third in the PDI league with 130 points. In the PDI General competition he scored 20 for ‘St Ives Fisherman’ which balanced a warm sunset against a cool sea with the fishing boat bobbling home. Also, in the Colour General, Paul scored 19 for harmonious ‘Blue Biker’ and 19 for ‘Peak District farm in Winter’ in the Mono section. In the Annual print Competition, Paul’s ‘Peak District Farm in Winter’ was Highly Commended.
The slideshow above shows Paul’s images that scored 18 and over in our league competitions.