Finalist in the Wellington Photographer of the Year

I am so very excited! This year the Wellington Chapter of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers decided to host the inaugural "Wellington Photographer of the Year" award. Members were requested to submit up to 4 of their best images for critique. This was in preparation for the National competition which will be held in Wellington this year. The winner was selected based on which photographer scored the highest on his or her best two prints.

There were over 30 photographers competing and it was so exciting. My son Sam was with me and every time one of mine would come up his eyes would get big and he would elbow me and do everything he could to stay silent....which is hard when you are a chatty 10 year old.

So in the end I got scores that would have given me 2 bronzes and 2 silvers. The top two both received 82 which put me in the finals with 4 other photographers. The judges then selected from these the grand winner. I didn't win but I was so incredibly excited to have been placed in the same ring as these others who have had so many years of experience. I was massively humbled and honoured to be there.

Sam was buzzing and so was I when I came back over the Hill from the Wairarapa where the judging took place. I could barely sleep an woke up with my head buzzing with more ideas that I could use for the National print competition. Fingers crossed. Stay tuned I will update you at the end of August as to how this part went.

Gallery of Submissions