wow. just wow. i was SO honored this past week to be a part of the state convention in pasadena – and SO SO SO excited to have received such amazing awards! I was very fortunate this year to have one of my photographs chosen for THREE different awards! I was awarded (insert drum roll here…)
*Best of Show* (ummmm- YAY!)
*Kodak Gallery Award* (given to only 5 prints in the entire state – AND I will be eligible to win a Kodak Gallery Elite award in Nashville at the national convention!!!)
and lastly
*Children’s Photographer of the Year*!!! (for the second time – I won in 2006 also!) It was fun to have my husband and children there – and even more amazing to have Alex’s (my award-winning subject!) family there. Her mom told me that while they were walking around the print exhibit, people kept recognizing Alex and coming up to her telling her how beautiful she is -she felt like a movie star!! Isn’t that the BEST? That makes my heart happy :) Awards and recognition are great, but hearing that story??? THAT is why I am a photographer….
…and of course, being a photographer, one would ASSUME I would have a CAMERA at the convention!?!? well…. you would be wrong :) i had to make do with the iPhone to take this first shot of my photo hanging!! many thanks to Art Suwansang of Wedding 64 in Santa Barbara for the photo of me with my kiddos! (Jake loved holding the crystal Kodak Gallery award because he said it looks like a “Star Wars trophy”!)
One last thing…
The convention festivities were made a little more challenging by the fact that I am still hobbling around on crutches! I am ALMOST ready to go back to work – I can’t wait to start shooting again! I have been putting my *down time* to good use, though…so STAY TUNED for some exciting WORKSHOP announcements in the near future!!
tagged: California Children’s Photographer, award-winning photographer, children’s photography workshop, children’s photography seminar, baby photography workshop, Kodak Gallery Award winning photographer, Best of Show, photographer of the year
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