Winning Images 2025
30th Annual Photography Contest
June 18, 2025
Winning Images 2025
Thanks to our sponsors
Winning Images 2025
Thanks to our judges
Peggy Mesler Jayson Mellom Stephanie Seacrest
People
Honorable Mention
Blonde Ambition
Kevin Medici
Third
Witch on the Water Gale Owen
Second Place
Michael V Messina
First Place
Terrace Hill Friends
Richard Jackoway
Travel
Honorable Mention
River Lodge Motel
Mica Gross
Yosemite Grandeur
Jared Weintraub
Second Place
Casting a Shadow
Ron Mead
First Place
Thierry and Carmela at the Doges Palace #1
Jim L. McKinniss
Landscape/Seascape
Honorable Mention
Third Place LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE
Cayucos Front Street
Danna Joy Dykstra-Coy
San Simeon Pier
Andrew Waldrion
The Drive Past Windy Cove
Marlin Harms
In Motion
Honorable Mention
Cutting Wave
Tim Bennett
Third Place
Sunset Whoosh
Marlin Harms
Second Place
Oak Leaf in Motion
Gary O’Neill
First Place
Wish I Could Do This!
Wayne Angeloty
Open
Honorable Mention
The Escape
Michael V Messina
Third Place
Stop and smell the flowers
Andy Samarasena
Second Place
Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog
Dan Baum
Two Tulips
Jim L. McKinniss
Youth
Honorable Mention
Third
Stacks
Isabel Huls-Hutton
Second Place
Spring in the Carrizo Plains Wyatt Stapp
First Place YOUTH
Heron Flying
Isabel Huls-Hutton
Flora
Honorable Mention
Petra Stevenson
Third Place
Queen of the Night Cactus Flower
John Mandeville
Second Place
Gladiolus @ SLO Public Works
Mica Gross
First Place
Rain Drops as Magniing Glasses
Marlin Harms
Animals
Honorable Mention
Third
Do Whales Smile?
Second Place
Closer Look
First
You Otter Do Yoga
Jeanne Sparks
BEST OF SHOW
Two Tulips
Jim L. McKinniss
On the streets tomorrow…
Winning Images 2025 Sun and New Times covers for Thursday, June 19, 2025
Winning Images 2025 On the streets June 19, 2025
Thanks again to our sponsors and to all the talented photographers who entered this year’s contest.
All images will be on display at The Photo Shop at 1027 Marsh St., SLO (across the street) through the month of July.