Print image awards
Rosanna Photographic Club Inc.
We encourage all members to enter competitions to challenge themselves, but it's not mandatory to do so.
An external judge will comment on your image and offer constructive feedback.
Competitions & awards
Competition awards
Awards are given at the end of each competition night held during the year.
Annual awards
Trophies and awards are presented at the December end of year celebration.
Annual print image awards
John Harris Award
The aggregate print award trophy is given to the member with the highest total scores for printed images over the year. It is named in recognition of John Harris, a founding and life member, and a highly skilled photographer who won many VAPS and RPC awards.
Handicap Trophy
The Handicap print image award trophy is given to the member with the highest total scores, after the application of a "handicap" score, for printed images over the year.
Annual digital image awards
Jack Lanagan Award
The aggregate digital award trophy is given to the member with the highest total scores for digital images over the year. The award is named in recognition of Jack Lanagan, a long term club member who experienced great changes in photography from monochrome prints to digital images and who won many Club awards.
Handicap Trophy
The Handicap digital image award trophy is given to the member with the highest total scores, after the application of a "handicap" score, for digital images over the year.
Other annual awards
Roy Porter Award
The Roy Porter Award is given to the member with the highest scores in a fun competition, judged by fellow members. Roy is a long time Honorary Life Member who worked for Kodak and developed a chart for taking photos that was included in every box of Kodak film.
Screwball Award
Initiated by Life Member, Ray Bradford, this award is for a humorous image taken by a club member. Members vote for the winning image.
Extreme Mobile Phone Photo Award
Started in 2020, this award is given to the member that has captured the most interesting "extreme" image using one of the array of settings available on modern mobile phones.
Viewers' Choice
The Viewers' Choice is for a printed image submitted over the course of the year and is voted on by members as part of the Club End of Year event.