 | I Won!!! I won, I won, I won!!! |
I’m just a little excited…can you tell?
Tuesday at the Professional Photographers of California’s annual Print Competition I was awarded Children’s Photographer of the Year 2009 along with my friend, the fabulous, Jennifer Wilson! It was an exciting, nerve racking day. This is my second time receiving this title in 3 years!
The image below, entitled, But You Promised, received a score of 86, anything above 80 is worthy of a merit, but anything above 84 is considered Superior! And let me tell you, those scores of 85 and above don’t come easy…of over 370 images, only 17 scored above 84!
Anyway, according to the rules the 5 highest scoring images come back to compete for the Photographer of the Year award, and after much deliberation by the judges they decided they couldn’t possibly decide between my image and that of my friend, so they awarded us both the title of Children’s Photographer of the Year! I am so happy to share this with Jennifer…even though earlier in the day, I had threatened to kill her for bringing that amazing image in to compete with mine…I wouldn’t have it any other way. Had I won by beating her I wouldn’t be as giddy writing this now as I am! And I know Jen feels the same.
After the Category Photographer of the Year awards were all chosen there were some more awards to give out and I am so pleased to say that my image also received the President’s Choice Award, a Judges Choice award and a Kodak Gallery award! It was a really exciting competition!! My image was also in the running for the Best of Show award…made it to the last 2 out of 20, which to me is an award in itself.
and no…I didn’t pinch her!
This image received the ever coveted “Jennifer Wilson’s Choice Award”…
