Park City Photographers shine at 2025 IPPA Competition

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The Intermountain Professional Photographers Association (IPPA), an affiliate of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), introduced the winners of its 2025 annual photographic competitors. This yr’s competitors featured roughly 25 artists getting into 205 photos in 11 classes. All photos are judged by 5 PPA-trained Master Judges exterior of Utah utilizing the rigorous 12 Elements of a Merit Image, which consider areas akin to visible affect, composition, lighting, technical excellence, storytelling, and extra.

Park City photographers win 13 awards

Five members of the Park City Photography Club entered the competitors and all 5 earned a number of awards, underscoring the distinctive photographic expertise throughout the Park City inventive group. The 5 Park City photographers who received are Liz Dranow, Howard Meltzer, David Winegar, David Breslauer, and Bill Tafuri.

The occasion was supported by Pictureline Camera Store positioned at 305 West, 700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, which hosts many instructional pictures occasions all year long.

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If you have an interest in pictures, be a part of the Park City Photography Club that welcomes residents of any stage of expertise. They meet on the second Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m. on the Park City Library. This proficient group of photographers loves sharing their data.

Competition Highlights & Award Recipients

Liz Dranow earned the title of General Photographer of the Year, primarily based on the common rating of her high 4 photos. All 4 of her entries featured canines and included:

• 1st Place — “Symbiosis” (Animal Portrait) — magical picture of a canine at sundown
• 2nd Place — “Warmth on Winter Shores” (Animal Portrait) — compelling night picture of a canine alongside a seashore
• third Place — “Lift Off” (Animal Portrait) — mountain scene of a canine leaping within the snow
• 1st Place — Male Portrait — a person in a loving embrace together with his canine

Howard Meltzer — Multi-Category Award Recipient

• 1st Place — “Winter’s March” (Wildlife) — bison photographed in Yellowstone
• 2nd Place — “Where’s Waldo” (Landscape / Cityscape) — a colourful fishing village in Faroe Islands
• third Place — “Reflections on a Cold Night” (Landscape / Cityscape) — captured in Yellowstone
• Judges Award — “The Hippo” — a sandstone face formation close to Kanab Utah

David Winegar — Awards in Fine Art / Illustrative and Reportage

• 1st Place — “Windswept” (Fine Art / Illustrative) — phragmites blowing within the wind / Bear River Bird Refuge
• 1st Place — “Into The Inferno” (Reportage) — a DC-10 dropping retardant on a Utah wildfire
• 2nd Place — “Shades of Summer” (Fine Art / Illustrative — Black & White) — umbrellas on a seashore in Camogli, Italy

David Breslauer — Wildlife Recognition

• 2nd Place — “Ground Clearance” (Wildlife) — a bald eagle photographed in Alaska

Bill Tafuri — Rookie of the Year

• Rookie Award — “SLC Library S Wing Night” — a dramatic black-and-white nighttime architectural picture of the Salt Lake City Library South Wing

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