Round 39 Overall Winner
is…..
Sandy Davis!!!!
Judge’s Winners
R39 Judge Jim Tang’s Winner
Judge Jim Tang's Overall Winners are Sandy Davis & Jackie Johnson! (we love ties!!) Sandy Davis' album Jackie Johnson's album
R39 Judge Robin Griggs Wood’s Winner
Judge Robin Griggs Wood's Overall Winner is Jackie Johnson!
R39 Judge Laurie Aiello’s Winner
Judge Laurie Aiello's Overall Winner is Dianne Maguire!
R39 Judge Nat Weaver’s Winner
Judge Nat Weaver's Overall Winner is Debbie Debaeremaeker!
Bonus Winners
The bonus phrase this round was “Break the Rules”
Photographers could interpret this in any way they chose. We then gave everyone who signed up for Round 39 the chance to vote on the images.
Congratulations to
1st Place – Bretta Elmore
2nd Place – Angela Migliore
3rd Place – Dawn Ellen Miller & Patt Dickson (tie!)
See (all puns intended) the entire album
Round 39 – Bonus
BREAK THE RULES After making the Scavengers follow all sorts of rules and guidelines, we gave them an optional bonus category - "Break the Rules". They could compose an image any way they wanted. Everyone in Round 39 was given a chance to vote on their favorites....
Category Winners
R39 Category Winners – Space
NEGATIVE SPACE Winners of the Negative Space Category Featured Image by Lora Lee ChapmanRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Sandy Davis2nd • Stephen Maddox3rd • Chris GoldthorpeHonorable Mentions: • Christa Joyner Moody • Lora Lee Chapman • Bretta Elmore • Wade Brooks • Marilyn...
R39 Category Winners – Frame
FRAME Winners of the Frame Category Featured Image by Walter DuvallRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Jackie Johnson2nd • Doug DeLong3rd • Christa Joyner MoodyHonorable Mentions: • Lora Lee Chapman • Walter Duvall • Kathleen Kent • Chris Goldthorpe • Rebekah LarsonNat Weaver 1st...
R39 Category Winners – Ratio
GOLDEN RATIO Winners of the Golden Ratio Category Featured Image by Heather SzarkaRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Marilyn Benham2nd • Heather Szarka3rd • Debbie DeBaeremaekerHonorable Mentions: • Debbie Clayton • Wade Brooks • Jackie Johnson • Rebecca Hagberg • Frances...
R39 Category Winners – Key
HIGH / LOW KEY Winners of the High/Low Key Category Featured Image by Lydia ScheschonkRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Sandy Davis2nd • Jackie Johnson3rd • Eva RyanHonorable Mentions: • Lora Lee Chapman • Christa Joyner Moody • Lydia Scheschonk • Debbie Clayton • Julie...
R39 Category Winners – Lines
LEADING LINES Winners of the Leading Lines Category Featured Image by Karen DunhamRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Rainie Mills2nd • Lora Lee Chapman3rd • Chris GoldthorpeHonorable Mentions: • Doug DeLong • Isabelle Hurbain-Palatin • Marilyn Benham • Karen Dunham • Charlotte...
R39 Category Winners – Silhouette
SILHOUETTE Winners of the Silhouette Category Featured Image by Sandy DavisRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Christa Joyner Moody2nd • Chris Goldthorpe3rd • Sandy DavisHonorable Mentions: • Angela Migliore • Jackie Johnson • Wade Brooks • Heather Szarka • Rebekah LarsonNat...
R39 Category Winners – Framing
FRAMING Winners of the Framing Category Featured Image by Jeff SmithRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Kathleen Kent2nd • Rainie Mills3rd • Marilyn Benham Honorable Mentions: • Sarah B Wolfe • Christa Joyner Moody • Dianne Maguire • Mary Wardell • Cathy Custer Donohoue Nat...
R39 Category Winners – Hour
BLUE HOUR Winners of the Blue Hour Category Featured Image by Dianne MaguireRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Walter Duvall2nd • Chris Goldthorpe3rd • Debbie ClaytonHonorable Mentions: • Angela Migliore • Christa Joyner Moody • Debbie DeBaeremaeker • Mary Wardell • Sandy...
R39 Category Winners – Pattern
PATTERN Winners of the Pattern Category Featured Image by Jackie JohnsonRobin Griggs Wood 1st • Jackie Johnson2nd • Chris Goldthorpe3rd • Stephen MaddoxHonorable Mentions: • Lora Lee Chapman • Charlotte Thérèse Björnström • Doug DeLong • Rainie Mills • Marilyn...
All Round 39 Winners
The gallery below consists of all the images that earned a nod from the judges.
Congratulations again to all that participated and made the Judge’s job so tough!
R39 All the Winners
ALL WINNING IMAGES Want to see all the winning images from Round 39 in one spot? Here they are. Congratulations to everyone! Featured Image by Chris Goldthorpe
Category Reveals
Round39 Reveals Silhouette
Silhouette This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. Silhouettes are all about shape and form. They can be a powerful way to evoke an emotion since all other...
Round 39 Reveals – Framing
Framing This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. Framing your subject within a photograph highlights your subject just like a picture frame separates your art from...
Round 39 Reveals – Pattern
Pattern This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. Patterns can be a fun way to emphasize the subject. They can be identical repeating objects, or a group of similar...
Round 39 Reveals – Ratio
Golden Ratio This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. The golden ratio is the subtle cousin to leading lines. In this case the spiral is based on a specific ratio....
Round 39 Reveals – Lines
Leading Lines This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. Leading Lines leave no doubt what your subject is! They are a tool to draw the eye in and often further back...
Round 39 Reveals – Key
High Key / Low Key This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. This category we gave photographers the choice between creating a High Key or Low Key image. As the...
Round 39 Reveals – Blue Hour
Blue Hour This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. This category is Blue Hour. While not a composition tool, it offers a unique lighting opportunity. The blue hour...
Round 39 Reveals – Frame
Fill the Frame This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different composition tools/rules/guidelines. This category is Fill the Frame. This traditionally means that your subject fills the entire area. In can...
Round 39 Reveals – Space
Space Did you know that the Romans believed that if the figure of a frog were carved on an aquamarine, it served to reconcile enemies and make them friends? This round we through an extra challenge at the Scavengers. One word for all categories, but with 9 different...
Meet The Judges
We are always grateful for the time and care our judges take.
Please have a look at their bios and visit their websites for more inspiration and incredible photography knowledge.
Nat Weaver
Nat Weaver is a native Missourian living just outside St. Louis. He started writing at a very early age but took years to get good at it. After writing short stories for years, and thinking he’d never have what it took to write novels due to undiagnosed bipolar, he committed himself to starting the Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories series and wrote Sweet Sixteen Killer. Something he never would have been able to achieve without treatment of his mental health: a combination of medication, therapy, and more.
In addition to writing books, Nat has also put his experience and skill in cinematography to good use by directing indie films and tv shows.
He is currently a stay-at-home dad to a teenager and full-time student at Southern New Hampshire University where he is majoring in English Language and Literature.
Laurie Aiello
Laurie Aiello has loved photography since her first darkroom experiences in Junior High and High-school. She has been mostly self-taught, with a few weekend classes until Covid when she jumped into the courses at the local community college and has since earned her AA in Art Photography. She is continuing to take classes in film photography, exploring medium and large format along with learning a variety of printing techniques. She is also currently a teaching assistant in the Studio-lighting class working with people from all ages. As a freelance photographer, she does event photography for various non-profits in her community, photography for a local magazine, portrait sessions, sports photography, and horse events but her passion is mostly capturing nature along the ocean and forest community on the central coast of California. While her focus is often learning technical aspects of the various forms of digital and film photography, she is also trying to work on her own creativity and storytelling through images.
One of the best aspects of photography has been becoming part of inspiring communities of creative people. She was on the OpenShow Santa Cruz team that curated and facilitated in-person and online (during Covid) photography showcases in which selected photographers of different levels could present a series of their images and discuss them with an audience of other photographers. Because it was more of a dialogue than straight presentation, the events were unpredictable and often inspiring in ways that you don’t get from a gallery show. OpenShow is a global group dedicated to helping photographers get their work seen in various countries and across the US.
The Scavenger Hunt is yet another fun community that Lora Lee introduced her to in round 34. It was so much fun that she has participated in every round since. Much to her surprise she was the overall winner in Round 38, so now she is excited to see what’s it’s like to participate as a judge.
Robin Griggs Wood
Robin Griggs Wood is a photographer, multimedia artist, and creative mentor and our resident judge at the Photography Scavenger Hunt. Robin is adept at photography, compositing, post-processing and traditional media—including acrylic, oils, watercolor, inks and much more.
She has been championing “The Myth of Talent” as well as mentoring and helping people find their creative selves for close to 15 years.
Jim Tang
Jim Tang is a storm chaser and a landscape photographer currently residing in Oklahoma City, OK, having previously resided in Denver, CO and San Francisco, CA. During the spring he chases tornadoes over the Great Plains and during the summer he chases lightning from monsoonal thunderstorms in the desert southwest. He was the Storm Photographer of the Year in 2022 in the Storm Photo Contest, and his work has been featured in media outlets such as NBC News and FOX weather. When he is not chasing storms he is busy coding personal projects for fun and for his profession and continuing to learn how to better forecast the weather.
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