 Ninth year sponsored by the Photographic
Society of Chattanooga
 Youth Photography Showcase is a program
of the Photographic Society of America
 YPS Committee: Pat Gordy, Angela Dillard,
Mary Mclain, and Jim Mears
Judges: Mark Gilliland, Mickey Rountree,
and Joe Reynolds
Schools Represented in Digital
 Academy Northwest
 Baylor School
 Boyd-Buchanan
 Center For Creative Arts
 Chattanooga Christian
 East Hamilton High School
 Home School
 LaFayette High School
 Maine Central Institute
 McCallie School
School
 Ringgold High School
 School for Arts & Sciences  Silverdale Baptist Academy
 Dade County High School  Walker Valley High School
Prizes for Winning Digital Images
2015 Youth Photography Showcase
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Honorable Mentions (HM) – Ribbon
Third Place Winners – Ribbon
Second Place Winners - Ribbon
First Place Winners - Ribbon
Best of Show Winners – Ribbon & $100
All students who entered receive a year’s
membership in the Photographic Society of
Chattanooga and may attend PSC meetings, field
trips, socials, and workshops.
Architecture
Architecture can be a building or structure
of any type, or any part thereof, including
windows, doors, roofs, stairways, steeples,
towers, domes, etc.
One entry per person
Winners in Architecture: (l-r) 2nd Place – Blakely Shuptrine, Chattanooga Christian
School; 3rd Place – Stephanie Van Horn, Chattanooga Christian; HM – Madison
Huston, Chattanooga Christian School; and HM - Sharon Kim, Baylor School. Not
present were: HM - Ajay Romeo, McCallie School; HM - Jake Shelton, McCallie
School; and 1st Place - Emily Miller, Home School.
Honorable Mention
Sharon Kim
Baylor School
“A Splash of Color”
Honorable Mention
Madison Huston
Chattanooga
Christian School
“Cathedral”
Honorable Mention
Ajay Romeo, McCallie School
“Dilapidated Peanut Shack”
Honorable Mention
Jake Shelton
McCallie School
“Venice Evening”
Third Place
Stephanie Van Horn, Chattanooga Christian School
“Let the Lights Down”
Second Place
Blakely Shuptrine, Chattanooga Christian School
“Windows”
First Place
Emily Miller
Home School
“Criss Cross Applesuace”
People and/or Animals
An individual or a group of people and/or
pets or other animals including birds,
fish, reptiles, or insects, a combination
being acceptable
One entry per person
Honorable Mention
Alison Qu, Baylor School, “A Relaxed Afternoon”
Honorable Mention
Erika Lopez-Durel, Baylor School, “Grace”
Honorable Mention
Bailey White, Center for Creative Arts, “Daydreaming”
Honorable Mention
Hannah Parrish
LaFayette High School
“Butterfly”
Honorable Mention
Cassondra Long
LaFayette High School
“Looking Behind
the Camera”
Honorable Mention
Louis Lu
McCallie School
“Wide Smile”
Third Place
Emily Miller, Home School, “Blindfolded”
Second Place
Caleb Miller, Boyd-Buchanan Schoool
“Dancing Through The Night”
First Place
Brooke Goldyn, Center for Creative Arts
“Now I Am The Lonely One”
Scapes
A scene as of land, sea, city, clouds, etc.
can be part of scapes.
One entry per person
Honorable Mention
Caleb Miller, Boyd-Buchanan School
“Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold”
Honorable Mention
Emily Drew, Center for Creative Arts
“Mountain Overlook”
Honorable Mention
Jonathan Fowler, Home School, “Serenity”
Honorable Mention
Savannah Ross, Home School, “Three Sisters Springs”
Honorable Mention
Cassondra Long
LaFayette High
School
“Catching the Flag”
Honorable Mention
Dean Liu
Maine Central
Institute
“Tulip”
Honorable Mention
Robert Noble, McCallie School, “Sunset Rock”
Honorable Mention
Benjamin Worsham, McCallie School, “Somport”
Honorable Mention
Isabella Sweat, Ringgold High School, “The Lonely Boat”
Third Place
Christopher Powell, Academy Northwest
“Journey To Half Dome”
Second Place
Alison Qu, Baylor School, “A Morning In Antarctica”
First Place
Stephanie Van Horn
Chattanooga Christian
School
“Reflection”
Photojournalism
A photo recounting a story or news item
generally dealing with news events, human
interest, sports, disasters, etc., are acceptable.
(Cannot be manipulated in any way)
One entry per person
Honorable Mention
Allie Bickel, Chattanooga Christian School
“Window Models”
Honorable Mention
Ajay Romeo, McCallie School, “The Blue Angels”
Honorable Mention
Duncan Moore, McCallie School
“The Fury Of A Dismal Scene”
Third Place
Alison Qu, Baylor School
“The Conversation”
Second Place
Louis Lu
McCallie School
“Waiting”
First Place
Christopher Powell, Academy Northwest
“Costa Rican Mother Watches Over Her Children”
Color Photographer’s Choice
This category can be a photo of any subject.
(This is an open category, and use of any
photographic technique, photo manipulation,
or software is acceptable.
NOTE: Monochrome digital images and prints
will be disqualified in this category.)
Two entries per person
Honorable Mention
Alison Qu, Baylor School, “A Walk in the White World”
Honorable
Mention
Willard Daniel
Center for
Creative Arts
“Lid Bands”
Honorable Mention
Hallie Blair Quatro, Chattanooga Christian School
“Breaking the Ice”
Honorable Mention
Lucas Liu, McCallie School, “Somersault”
Honorable Mention
Ajay Romeo, McCallie School, “The Ocoee”
Third Place
Christopher Powell, Academy Northwest
“Frozen Falls”
Second Place
Christopher Powell
Academy Northwest
“Milky Way Rises Over
Joshua Tree”
First Place
Alison Qu, Baylor School
“Nature Artworks”
Monochrome Photographer’s Choice
This category can be a photo of any subject.
(This is an open category, and use of any
photographic technique, photo manipulation, or
software is acceptable.
NOTE: Color digital images and prints will be
disqualified in this category.)
Two entries per person
Honorable Mention
Christopher Powell, Academy Northwest
“San Blas Child”
Honorable Mention
Christopher Powell, Academy Northwest
“Mount Rainier Portrait”
Honorable Mention
Scout Parker, Center for Creative Arts, “Kaitlin”
Honorable Mention
Scout Parker, Center for Creative Arts, “Annie”
Honorable Mention
Skylar Laman, Center for Creative Arts, “Unmasked”
Honorable Mention
Lucas Liu, McCallie School, “Puddles”
Honorable Mention
Callie Hauss, Chattanooga Christian School, “Chalice”
First Place
Alison Qu, Baylor School
“Two Worlds Collide”
Second Place
Alison Qu, Baylor School
“Friends”
First Place
Erika Lopez-Durel, Baylor School, “Fungi”
Best of Show - Digital
Best of Show - Digital is the image that
accumulated the most points from the
judges in the Digital Division.
Best of Show
Emily Miller
Home School
“Cross Cross Applesuace”
Thanks to all high school
students who entered the
2015 YPS!
Keep photographing and
enter again next year!