Sioux City Camera Club members brought home an impressive collection of awards from the North Central Camera Club Council’s 2026 convention in Medora, North Dakota. The N4C Best of the Best competition recognizes outstanding work from the past season.

Doug Conrad led the club’s medal winners, earning two first-place Gold Medals: “Hummingbird Moth” in Nature Print and “Echoes of Time and Light” in Travel Print. He also received two second-place Silver Medals, for “Yearling” in B&W Pictorial Print and “Choreography in the Clouds” in Digital Journalism.

Other medal-winning SCCC members included Shane Monahan, who earned a Gold Medal for “Hawaii From the Lava Tube” in Print Travel, and Ron Nicolls, who received a Gold Medal for “Glacier Lake Reflection” in Panorama Digital. Ed Hohenstein won two third-place Bronze Medals: “Unforgotten” in Print Pictorial B&W and “Condo By the Sea, Mexico” in Print Pictorial Color. Carl Hardy earned a Silver Medal for “Sioux City Scope” in the Newsletter Contest.

Honorable Mentions went to Doug Conrad for “Ulysses S. Grant” in Travel Print, “Robin Nest On Our Patio Ceiling” in Video Essay, “Website Design” in Website Contest; Tom Schoening for “Easter Egg Hunt in Sioux City” in Video Essay; Mitch Keller for “View From the Citadella” in Panorama Digital; Peg Gilbert for “Safe” in Digital B&W and “Bella Eleaser” in Print Altered Reality; and Ed Hohenstein for “January 1938” in Print Pictorial B&W.

Congratulations to all of the Sioux City Camera Club members recognized at the N4C convention. Their accomplishments reflect the creativity, skill, and enthusiasm our members bring to photography throughout the year.