PhotoClub247 Photographer of Year – Heat 1 Judging

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Webinar number 233 - First broadcast on Thursday 19th February, 2026
Webinar hosted by Paul Crawford and featuring guest Jim Bennett
Tags: Judging, Photo Contest

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This Webinar replay is available for everyone until 9am on Monday 23rd February, 2026 After then, exclusive access to this and all previous webinars will be available to PhotoClub247 Members only

Group of photographers with professional cameras

In this webinar, we will be watching the judging of the first heat of our PhotoClub247 Photographer of the Year 2026 Contest. The theme is Scapes

The judge will be Jim Bennett.

Even if you have not entered the contest, this is a great opportunity to listen to an experienced judge critique the entries – you will always learn something!

If you have entered – Good luck!!

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What a great start to our search for the PhotoClub247 Photographer of the Year 2026 competition – a brilliant set of images and thanks to everyone who entered!

A word of thanks to our judge, Jim Bennett – great and very fair comments on all the images – and his enthusiasm for photography really comes through when he speaks about the images.

Congratulations to all the winners – first place image was by Katarina Holmstrom with an image titled “Facades“

You can see all the winning images on this blog post {Results} PhotoClub247 Photographer of the Year 2026 – Heat 1

All the winning images will go forward to the grand final in December 2026.

Details of Heat 2 can be found on the PhotoClub247 Photographer of the Year launch blog post – heat 2 opens 9am on the 26th March 2026 (email will go out to members at that time with a link to the entry form)

Here is the full replay of the judging…

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This Webinar replay is available for everyone until 9am on Monday 23rd February, 2026.

After then, exclusive access to this and all previous webinars will be available to PhotoClub247 Members only.

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