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Photo Contest Winners

2025 Q2 Singles

Khai Le

Points for Q2 PPAGLA Quarterly Contest 2025

Ringo Chiu                                                                              360 points

Robert Gauthier                                                                    340 points

Gina Ferazzi                                                                            320 points 

Cristina Salvador Klenz                                                        280 points

Jill Connelly                                                                             260 points 

David Swanson                                                       220 points

Mike Goulding                                                                        180 points

Robert Hanashiro                                                                   130 points 

Michael Coons                                                                         100 points 

Patrick Fallon                                                                            90 points

Terry Pierson                                                                             90 points 

Thomas Cordova                                                                       90 points 

Keith Birmingham                                                                     90 points 

Ghawam Kouchaki                                                                    80 points

Brandon Richardson                                                                 70 points 

Scott Mitchell                                                                             70 points 

Genaro Molina                                                                          60 points 

Mindy Schauer                                                                           50 points 

William Liang                                                                               40 points 

Amy Gaskin                                                                                   30 points 

Daniel Dreifuss                                                                             30 points

Paul Rodriguez   30 points

Dana Rene White                                                                          20 points 

Sarah Reingewirtz                                                               20 points

Quarter 2 judges: K.C. Alfred, Nel Cepeda, Meg McLaughin

General News

First was nice graphic image with mural and police. There were a few of these images, but this was the cleanest. Second, nice clean graduation event moment. Third, person holding a mirror with Marine reflected had several clean layers. HMs were both nice moments.

Feature

First young Green Day nice side moment to the main event. Second was a nice graduation moment with layers. Third was good pictorial type feature with good light.

Portrait

First, nicely lit, nice moment from what could have been a boring assignment. Second, another nice, graphic portrait with good light and pictorial qualities from another average assignment. Third, haunting image with great graphic qualities and light. All of the winners + HMs in this category make you want to read the stories that go with them, which is not always the case when you think about a portrait category. 

Pictoral

First place was a great, graphic graduation and a nice all around photo with true pictorial qualities. Second is another nice graphic photo with a nice moment. Third, the classic plane through full moon photo well done. Size of plane works well. 

Spot News

This was the strongest category with all the historic protest photos. A lot of great photos in this group. First and second were top peak action photos from the downtown protest. They were done differently, but both were clean and told the story. Third at first look seems busy, but after looking at it for a while it has so many layers. Would need to run big to get full effect. Another really nice clean frame from the big event. HM1 Another nice clean photo and peak moment from protest. HM2, nice graphic scene with great light at the protests. There were a lot of great photos in the category and many could have won. 

Entertainment

This category was slim on entries. Winners all had nice moments and light. 

Sports Features

First, super nice tightly cropped, graphic photo of hands and basketball. Very unique photo. Second, another great photo. Four players lined up nicely with graphic nature. Third, nice, clean game-winning photo. Great moment. HM, nice tight crop of emotional play. 

Sports Action

First, great moment and clean photo of race winner. Second, nice tight crop and graphic image with player looking at ball. Third, great peak action moment with light and background working for the photographer. HM, dang those Dodgers throwing at our star player again. Nice moment. 

Fire

No awards given for the fire category. Judges felt the images were too weak.

Meet our judgeS

K.C. Alfred

Meg McLaughin

Nel Cepeda

The group has collectively been staff photographers at The San Diego Union-Tribune for over 50 years. They have traveled to photograph the Olympics, Super Bowls, NCAA basketball, political conventions, disasters and conflicts overseas.  In San Diego they photograph all the regular events like wildfires, Comic-Con, SDSU basketball, the border, the military, everything along the coast and soon-to-be World Series Champions Padres.