Photo Club – I’m Number One*

In April, my photo club saw the end of its “fiscal year,” which means we had a shuffling of the leadership AND we tallied up the points earned throughout the year to choose an overall winner and two runner-ups. And, after months of fretting over whether I should even stay in the club, I came out number one! Kind of. Because, actually, it was a three-way tie between me, the old club chair (who takes beautiful bird pictures) and the new club chair (who takes beautiful train pictures). The two of them then decided arbitrarily to make the final ranking based on age, youngest to oldest. And, well, I’m by far the youngest member of the club.

So. I’m number one*!

In all honesty, that was my third year in the club (I think? It’s all blurring in my old age) and it marked a big turning point in my approach to taking pictures for the monthly meetings. I went from trying to guess what would please the teacher/judge and just being more mindful of taking the pictures I wanted to take.

And, apparently, it worked. Everyone in the club has commented on how recognizable my “style” is (even though I don’t see it) and I’m generally just happier with the whole thing.

Anyway.

Here are some of my favorites of the pictures I took in FY2025.