The city of Lompoc announced the winners of this year’s 2021 Lompoc Valley Photo Contest in the beginning of November. Participant Darrell Tullis’ photo, Train Over Still Waters, won Best of Show. Tullis also scored both first and third place in the Amateur Adult Photographer category (the latter for Tullis’ additional entry, Holding Up the Train), alongside fellow winner Sue Doran (who scored second place for Table for Two With an Ocean View).
Participant Doug Gorham also scored multiple wins in the contest, taking home first place in the Faces category (for Butterfly on a Patio Bloom), third place in the Nature Landscape category (for Lompoc Harvest Moon), and both second and third place in the Animals category (for Hummingbird Breakfast and Another Missile in Rocket Town, respectfully).
Additional contest winners include photographers Jim Spaulding, who won first place in both the Animals and Landscape categories (for Looking at Me and Tribute, respectively), and Nancy Aguirre, who won second place in the Nature Landscape category (for Bee on Lavender).
Visit cityoflompoc.com for more info on the 2021 Lompoc Valley Photo Contest and future updates on next year’s event.
This article appears in Nov 18-25, 2021.
