Visit Lake County Announces its 2024 #LetsSnapLakeCounty Photo Contest Winners

By: Jonathan Jones 07/26/2024

The phrase, “take a picture; it’ll last longer,” takes new meaning as you take your impressive imagery of Lake County.

The fourth installment #LetsSnapLakeCounty Photo Contest ran from April 1-June 20. By utilizing our third-party gallery aggregator Crowdriff and the #LetsSnapLakeCounty hashtag, we received myriad submissions. For the 2022 version of the contest, click here to look at the the winners. Continue here to view the 2021 photo contest winners. To see the 2020 winners, click here.

Your friends at the Lake County Convention and Visitor Bureau were astounded by our visitors’ and residents’ photography talent. We asked you to showcase where you live, work, eat, play and shop, and you did not disappoint. The snaps were downright #InstaGood.

The Visit Lake County staff voted on your submissions, and in this announcement, and we will reveal the winners of the following six categories: “Grand Prize Winner,” “Outdoor Photos,” “Family/People Imagery,” “Dining/Libations,” “Lake County Event Photography” and “Other Travel Culture (including architecture, downtown areas, photo manipulation, shopping, drone, etc.) and Video. In this year's edition, there were no dining entries. Visit Lake County would like to thank the winners and those that took the time to enter a submission. Continue scrolling to see our winners.

Honorable Mention

While we loved all of the snaps you submitted, there were a few more sparking lengthy debates to win in several categories. Visit Lake County would like to revisit, highlight and commend those shutterbugs that submitted beautiful and inspiring imagery.

By Ashli Macias at University of St. Mary's of the Lake in Mundelein

By Lynn West at Rosewood Beach in Highland Park

By Jennifer Schmidt at Hastings Lake Forest Preserve in Lake Villa

By Christopher Chong at Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods

By Marsha Jancsovics at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve

By Nicole Cooney at Loch Lomond in Mundelein

 

Winners of the #LetsSnapLakeCounty Photo Contest

Continue scrolling below to view the winners of the #LetsSnapLakeCounty Photo Contest voted on by the Visit Lake County staff. Great job, land of lakes shutterbugs, and keep up the camera snapping work. 

Short Video Winner

By Karla Ibarra Demopolous at Great Wolf Lodge Illinois in Gurnee

Lake County Event Photography Winner

By Cheryl Falk-Novak at Wauconda Memorial Day Parade with sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes

Other Travel Culture Photo Winner

By Jess Medina at Sun Lake Forest Preserve in Lake Villa

Family/People Imagery Winner

By Ashlie Macias at Libertyville Nature Preserve Path

Outdoor Photography Winner 

By Lynn West at Open Lands/Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve

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And your #LetsSnapLakeCounty Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner is…

Grand Prize Winner

By Amit Bodhani at Century Park in Vernon Hills

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Thank you again to all of the individuals who submitted imagery for the #LetsSnapLakeCounty Photo Contest. For more information about everything going on in the land of lakes, continue here.