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2020 Photography Prize Winners
*Please note this list is not indicative of place winners, entries have been listed in alphabetical order. Prize winners will find out the outcome of their entry at the Presentation Ceremony.
Prize Winners
- R-2 Prize Winners
- 3-4 Prize Winners
- 5-6 Prize Winners
- 7-8 Prize Winners
- 9-10 Prize Winners
- 11-12 Prize Winners
Highly Commended / Encouragement Awards
- R-2 Highly Commended
- 3-4 Highly Commended
- 5-6 Highly Commended
- 7-8 Encouragement Award
- 9-10 Encouragement Award
Click on 'more information' to view written statements and photos for each project.
R-2 Prize Winners
Isaac Powell
Grange Primary School
Project: Science of Celebrations
Written Statement:
My Dad helped me crop a couple of the photos and put them on a USB so they could be printed. My Mum printed them at Kmart for me. It was my sister's birthday at the start of August so we used some of her party things for the photos. Foodland let me take some photos of their flowers
I used an iPad 2017 to take a photo of the cake. I used a Samsung s10 Plus for the other photos.
Alice Schammer
Hawthorndene Primary School
Project: New Life
Written Statement:
I used an Apple iPhone 11 to take my photographs. I had my photographs printed at Big W. My Mum helped me type the words for my captions and written statement.
Zachary Summerton
Crafers Primary School
Project: Sports Science
Written Statement:
I used my Dad's Nikon D5300 with a 50mm lens to take these photos. We went to Officeworks to print them. Before we printed them we cropped the photos a little to make them better. My Dad helped me crop the photos and print them.
3-4 Prize Winners
Bonnie Cabot
St Andrew's School
Project: Camouflage
Written Statement:
The camera used was an iPhone 8 Plus. The photos were edited using the 'photo' app on the MacBook Pro. The prints were processed at Atkins Photo Lab, using a traditional wet chemical process that utilises silver halide light-sensitive paper. Mum took me to the zoo and ordered the prints.
Joshua Clothier
Immanuel Primary School
Project: New Life
Written Statement:
To capture the 'miracle of metamorphosis', I used two models of cameras - an Apple iPad 7th generation and an Apple iPad Mini Four.
My photographs were captures through using the time-lapse lends. I then chose which photos best reflected the process of metamorphosis. I used the cropping tool on the MacBook Air to edit the photographs.
Dad and I went to Officeworks to print off my photographs. My Mum, Dad and brother helped me with setting up the iPad and gave me inspiration for wanting to enter in the Oliphant Science Awards and for entering the photography category.
Sullivan Koenig
Vale Park Primary School
Project: Sports Science
Written Statement:
The camera that I used was an iPhone XS. I used Microsoft PowerPoint to put on the arrows and Microsoft Publisher to make the labels. Photos printed at Officeworks.
My science teacher helped me with the force information. My football (soccer) coach helped me with the direction of the foot. My Step-Dad let me use his phone and computer. My brother let me use him for the foot model.
5-6 Prize Winners
Mia Luppino
Loreto College
Project: New Life
Written Statement:
I used the inbuilt camera of a 2016 iPhone SA, set on auto HDR. No special effects were used. Photos were printed at Kmart with a matt finish on Kodak Moments photo paper.
I would like to acknowledge the help of my Uncle Simon Young, for lending me an iPhone, teaching me the camera function and driving me to Cudlee Creek. I also acknowledge my parents for their assistance printing the photos.
Violet Newell
Salisbury Park Primary School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Written Statement:
The camera used was a Canon 6D-35mm for four images and a DJI drone phantom 4 Pro camera for the remaining two imagines. These images were printed at Kmart. The images were cropped, the vibrancy and saturation were increased in each image. The shadows and highlights were reduced to enhance the images.
I want to thank my Mum, my Dad, Makayla, Kaidence and Miss Tinney for helping me with my project including transportation, research and science content.
Caitie Wroniak
Vale Park Primary School
Project: New Life
Written Statement:
Camera Used: iPhone XS
Developing / Printing: Officeworks
Special effects or manipulation: Snapseed App for black/white and colour highlights
My Mum helped with the transportation to Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens, Adelaide Botanic Gardens and Gorge Wildlife Park to take photos, and assisted with printing photos at Officeworks.
7-8 Prize Winners
Callum Klein
Kangaroo Island Community Education
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Written Statement:
Camera: Panasonic Lumix G85 (4/3), Panasonic 12-60mm lens and Olympus 75-300mm lens and iPhone 11
Acknowledgments: Mr Marlow for printing my photos. My Dad for giving me photography tips and discussing the biodiversity of birds in the wetlands. My teacher Mr Cooper for classroom support. My Mum for helping me get to the wetlands and showing me how to format my photos using Picasa 3 software.
Printer: all photos were printed using a Canon Pro1000 series.
Coco Nelson
Mitcham Girls High School
Project: Camouflage
Written Statement:
Camera equipment: Lumix digital camera DMC-FT5 and a 45 metre waterproof marine case with an Inon strobe flash 5-2000 underwater ultra compact 100. Strobe settings - STTL, 2.8. White balance was adjusted underwater on the day.
Processing: colour increased and brightness decreased to reduce glare from the strobe making it clearer.
Summer Winwood
Concordia College
Project: New Life
Written Statement:
I used a Nikon Coolpix P600 for two of my photos and a Nikon D80 for the other four. I then cropped them all to size and then fixed a problem with over exposure on the broken-open cocoon. I correct the white balance on the mature pupa to bring back the correct colours. I printed the photos on glossy photo paper. My Dad helped me with using the cameras and showed me how to edit the photos using photoshop.
9-10 Prize Winners
Savin Dissanayake
Glenunga International High School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Written Statement:
The main camera used to capture the images was a Nikon D3100. A secondary camera of an iPhone XS was also used in the process.
The final images were printed at a store known as Officeworks.
The images were edited using the desktop version of Adobe Lightroom. In terms of special effects, a filter was used on some occasions.
I would like to acknowledge my parents for accompanying me to visit Greenfields Wetlands, Oaklands Wetlands and Belair Wetlands.
Kasimir Kellermann Williams
Glenunga International High School
Project: Camouflage
Written Statement:
For this Oliphant entry, I used my Nikon D3300 with either an 18-55m Nikon DX lens or a 50mm Nikon DX lens. Some post-processing was applied with Adobe Lightroom CC, to help balance some of the contrast, brightness and colour. No other alterations were made. I would also like to thank my family for their ongoing support with my photographic endeavours, as well as Ms Tolios who coordinates the SASTA Oliphant Science Awards at Glenunga International High School
Caitlin Wood
Eynesbury Senior College
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Written Statement:
Cameras used:
Nikon D500 - Misty wetlands, Mallard cross Pacific Black Duck, Australian Pelican, Australian Pied Cormorant
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT30 - Pobblebonk, Green Skinhead
Special effects used: none
Manipulations: auto correct, cropping
Processing was completed by Atkins Technicolour
11-12 Prize Winners
Syme Aftab
Glenunga International High School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Written Statement:
On the topic of Life in the Wetlands, the six photographs presented in this exhibition were taken utilising the Nikon D7100 camera. This 24.1-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera possesses a high-definition focus capability, and thus no special editing was necessary. Nonetheless, all photos have been re-sized as appropriate, and minor lighting corrections have been applied to the photo of the hard-head duck using the Photoshop Software.
The printing process was carried out at Officeworks, with the photographs being printed in high-definition resolution with dimensions of 8 by 6 inches (20.32cm by 15.24cm)
Isabelle Lilburn
Loreto College
Project: Sports Science
Written Statement:
Images taken with an iPhone 11 and printed at Officeworks.
Acknowledgements: Netball SA Stadium Management, Supplements Warehouse, Main North Road, Medindie and Fresh Produce sourced from Tony & Marks, Glenunga.
Akshara Radhakrishnan
Glenunga International High School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Written Statement:
The camera used to take the images of the wetlands was the D-SLRs NIKON, model number AF-S DX18-55/3.5-5.6G VR. The images of the microscopic life was taken with an iPhone 6s camera, through a light microscope. The printing process for the photos of the wetlands was done at Officeworks with photography paper. The microscope images were printed on regular paper with Kyocera printers. No special effects or manipulations were used.
2020 Photography Highly Commended / Encouragement Awards
R-2 Highly Commended
Ginevra Betti
Annesley Junior School
Project: New Life
Vivienne Childs
Wilderness School
Project: New Life
Faye El-Sayed
St John's Grammar School - Junior
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Mikayla Erceg-Braid
Immanuel Primary School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Natasha Koh & Charlotte Koh
St Andrew's School
Project: New Life
Aayan Kumaria
Rose Park Primary School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Nitya Vishwasrao
Magill School
Project: New Life
Ma (Emma) Zuo
St Andrew's School
Project: Camouflage
3-4 Highly Commended
Isla Balestrin
Wilderness School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Nathan Koh
St Peter's College
Project: New Life
Lachlan Laver, Brian Gribble & Curtis Tham
Scotch College
Project: Camouflage
Jarrah Skinner
Immanuel Primary School
Project: Science of Celebrations
Sebastian Trento
Immanuel Primary School
Project: Camouflage
5-6 Highly Commended
Olivia Bednarczuk
Colonel Light Gardens Primary School
Project: Camouflage
Ruby Gosnell
St Thomas School
Project: Camouflage
Zac Grice
Prince Alfred College
Project: Sports Science
Aazeen Haider
Mawson Lakes School
Project: Camouflage
Micaela Jaksa
St Thomas School
Project: Sports Science
Bella Walden, Madelyn Govan & Liv-Tillie Kereti
Kangaroo Island Community Education
Project: Camouflage
Hope Williamson & Isla Beaney
Grange Primary School
Project: New Life
7-8 Encouragement Award
Isabel Brumfield, Isabelle Pirakis & Josie Hughes
Brighton Secondary School
Project: Science of Celebrations
Evie Desento
St John's Grammar School - Senior
Project: Camouflage
Ruby Jenkins
Mitcham Girls High School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Willem Koehne
St Andrew's School
Project: Camouflage
Sequoia Pitt
Mitcham Girls High School
Project: Camouflage
Abella Seaman
St John's Grammar School
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Mia Tonkin, Sara Birt & Zoe Quirk
Brighton Primary School
Project: Sports Science
Cynthia Zhao
Glenunga International High School
Project: New Life
9-10 Encouragement Award
Chelsea Adams
St John's Grammar School - Senior
Project: Camouflage
Isabel Bennett
St John's Grammar School - Senior
Project: Sports Science
Kymberly Croft, Lauren Voda & Tia Sierat
Prescott College Southern
Project: Science of Celebrations
Mia Drake
St John's Grammar School - Senior
Project: Life in the Wetlands
Encouragement Awards are proudly sponsored by Rowe Scientific