Stores Near You:
Camera House - Photographer Of The Year
Joshua Shearer - Photographer of The Year Award
Winner - Landscape
Jong Kim: Camera House - Launceston
Winner - Architecture
Jong Kim: Camera House - Launceston
Winner - Portrait
Sue Wilson: Camera House - Sale
Winner - Shoot Local
Sue Wilson: Camera House - Sale
Winner - Sport
Pat Hoelscher: Camera House - Carindale
Winner - Wildlife
Peter Chalmers: Camera House - Fremantle
We are incredibly proud to reveal the winners of the Camera House Photographer of the Year Awards! This year has truly been one for the books, with a record-breaking 362 outstanding entries, submitted by 47 exceptionally talented Camera House staff members. With representation from 21 of our stores, the sheer quality and diversity of this year’s submissions have set a new standard, making the selection process more challenging and rewarding than ever.
Joshua Shearer Photographer of the Year


2024
Jong Kim | Launceston
Category Winners
Animals


1st
Jong Kim | Launceston
JUDGES COMMENTS
This simple image from photographer Jong Kim is proof that the old saying, “the eyes are a window on the soul”, plainly doesn’t just apply to humans.


2nd
Dani Webb | Croydon
JUDGES COMMENTS
It is the mark of a skilled photographer to be able to capture one of the world’s most ubiquitous pet animals in a way that reveals an individual’s distinctive personality.


3rd
Floyd Jones | Launceston
JUDGES COMMENTS
Swallows are one of the most difficult bird subjects to photograph in action, but Floyd Jones managed to do it in this vivid in-flight shot.
Architecture


1st
Jong Kim | Launceston
JUDGES COMMENTS
Great use of graphic shapes, light and shade, and an intense tonality. The vertical framing and tight composition bring it all together with the effect that you really just can’t stop looking.


2nd
Paul Tidey | Coffs Harbour
JUDGES COMMENTS
The obviously carefully considered framing and composition just pulls you into the heart of this image while the shadowy lighting creates mood and mystery.


3rd
Lisa McKinlay | Croydon
JUDGES COMMENTS
The Sydney Opera House been photographed millions of times so it’s hard to find something new, but this graphic study uses symmetry, shape and colour – enhanced by being shot at night – to create plenty of visual impact.
Astrophotography


1st
Joel Frankham | Lismore
JUDGES COMMENTS
Everything comes together beautifully in this image with the classic ‘leading lines’ composition taking you right into its heart and drawing attention to dramatic night sky. And the green light adds a nice little touch… definitely points for not being tempted to edit it out.


2nd
Andrew Murrell | Erina
JUDGES COMMENTS
The mysteries of the universe compellingly represented in an image that just draws you into its depths.


3rd
Simon Gregory | Hobart
JUDGES COMMENTS
There have been numerous images of this particular geomagnetic event, but this image really amps up the drama thanks to the reflections and is completely mesmerising.
Aerial


1st
Christian Byrt |Bunbury
JUDGES COMMENTS
The aerial perspective is always eye-catching, but here great composition makes this image even more compelling… and the little man-made element that jumps out at you when you suddenly spot it.


2nd
Tommi Pitkin | Broadbeach
JUDGES COMMENTS
Great photographs are always meant to ask a question of viewers and, for a moment here, it’s not obvious what you’re looking, but then you get it and find that there’s so much to look at… so it keeps you interested which is another aspect of a good image.


3rd
Simon Gregory | Hobart
JUDGES COMMENTS
The blurring of the moving waves adds a dynamic element while also creating a nice visual contrast with the static rocks.
Macro


1st
Michelle Kennedy | Erina
JUDGES COMMENTS
A tiny drop with an iridescent pattern on its surface might just as easily be a strange planet orbiting some distant star.


2nd
Jamee Van Den Brink | Toowoomba
JUDGES COMMENTS
This improbably leggy little fly’s jaunty look is sure to induce smiles.


3rd
Gary Brown | Erina
JUDGES COMMENTS
The details make this image, especially those droplets acting as magnifiers on the surface of the subject’s eyes.
Portrait


1st
Brando | Launceston
JUDGES COMMENTS
The shallow depth-of-field puts the focus on the subject’s intriguing and ever-so-subtle expression.


2nd
Paul Bulley | Adelaide Central Market
JUDGES COMMENTS
Photographer Paul Bulley poses some interesting questions in his immaculately composed study.


3rd
Michelle Kennedy |Erina
JUDGES COMMENTS
A quirky, beautifully styled picture that asks the question: “What’s going on here?”
Street


1st
Lachlan Cooper | Lismore
JUDGES COMMENTS
Street photography is often about interesting juxtapositions such as this well-spotted moment by Lachlan Cooper.


2nd
Peter Morris | Cairns
JUDGES COMMENTS
It looks like photographer Peter Morris found a particularly fruitful location out of the driving rain.


3rd
Simon Gregory | Hobart
JUDGES COMMENTS
A quirky, beautifully styled picture that asks the question: “What’s going on here?”
Landscape


1st
Lisa Frost | Bentleys Pacific Fair
JUDGES COMMENTS
This panoramic scene would be dramatic in its own right, but the tiny, exuberant figures perched at the edge of rocks really make Lisa Frost’s image “pop”.


2nd
Jong Kim | Lanceston
JUDGES COMMENTS
A well-crafted composition and a perfectly calculated exposure that encompasses both the foreground detail and the moon among the clouds, which have come together beautifully.


3rd
Ayden Cook | Croydon
JUDGES COMMENTS
Finding both tension and mystery in a landscape is no small ask, but Ayden Cook road picture manages to strike the balance.
Video
1st
Jonathan Ormandy | Launceston
JUDGES COMMENTS
A brilliant little piece of documentary-making and a very clever idea given this is a Camera House competition. There’s real scope for this to be a longer doco with TV appeal.
2nd
Ayden Cook | Croydon
JUDGES COMMENTS
Great camera work, good sound and sharp editing make for a very watchable – and enjoyable – clip.
3rd
Tatyana Stanishevskaya | Bunbury
JUDGES COMMENTS
Beautifully executed with the story succinctly told in a very compelling way.
Many thanks to our external judges for 2024
Don Norris | PHOTO REVIEW EDITOR
Paul Burrows | EDITOR OF CAMERA & PRO PHOTO MAGAZINES
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