Each year I enter some of my work into the APPAs (the Australian Professional Photography Awards) and the SAPPAs (the South Australian Professional Photography Awards). And each year I attend most, if not all of the three days of judging. It really is some of the best continuing education available to listen to the judges, all master photographers, discus and critique the images entered no mater which category they happen to be judging. It’s even more informative to hear one of your own images discussed!

This year I have been so busy that I was not able to attend the whole event, but I did manage to drag myself away from my computer long enough to watch part of the judging of the Family category. I saw three of my four newborn portrait entries judged and was truly delighted to each of them receive awards – a Silver (the family of five at the top) and two Silver Distinctions!

I am truly grateful to my beautiful clients for choosing me to help them capture their newborn babies and working patiently with me on the day to make those portraits something really special. Two of these images are already hanging as Canvases on the family’s walls and the third was ordered to be printed as a Custom Art Print – which is what I should have been doing when I was watching the judging!