I'm over the moon to tell you, I received my first SILVER award for the 2019 Portrait Master Images Awards along with five Bronze awards. The images were judged by some of the world's most highly acclaimed portrait photographers and creative artists. All the images I submitted over the last two years accumulated 27 points and I'm finally accredited a Portrait Master Associate.
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The Portrait Masters Competition 2017: Award and Accreditation
I'm very proud to announce that one of the most highly respected industry panels and international accreditation programs awarded five of my six images a Bronze medal, namely The Portrait Masters Competition 2017.
I received these five awards in the Children's Portrait category. Relative to the Portrait Masters Competition's grading scale, the bronze award stands for "High Professional Standard". The professional judging was based on styling, composition, focus, lighting, connection (i.e. between photographer and model), posing, post production and overall technique and presentation.
The judges are an incredible panel of highly respected international professionals, who collectively hold over 100 years of experience in both winning similar contests and judging comparable competitions, as well as running successful photography businesses.
The judges were:
Richard Wood (New Zealand)
Pippin Schembri (Sydney, Australia)
Kelly Brown (Brisbane, Australia)
Susan Stripling (New York, United States)
Ray Schembri (Sydney, Australia)
Alycia Savage Alvarez (Texas, United States)
Michele Celentano (Arizona, United States)
Sue Bryce (New Zealand & USA)
My original goal for 2017 was to become a professional portrait photographer and I’m more than proud that I accomplished that! My goal for 2018 is to get my new studio up and running and to become an accredited portrait master!
Glamour Photo Shoot: Stefanie
These are “Before” and “After” photos of my recent session with Stefanie. We had a great time experimenting with various outfits as well as with hair and makeup styling for the shoot. Interestingly, Steffi’s last name means “Beauty” in German, from where she hails. And she truly showed all her beauty during the session.
By the way these are the first photos shots at my new studio, which will be finished soon.
Are you still looking for a Christmas gift? Why not have some beautiful portraits done for your loved ones or partner, or even give them the special gift of a private shoot. Contact me today to reserve your spot or get a gift card!
Palm Springs: The Portrait Masters Conference 2017
Ohhh, what an incredible experience I had! In early September of this year, I was extremely lucky to attend The Portrait Masters Conference 2017 in Palm Springs, CA. Together with 400 other students and professional photographers from around the world, we spent three amazing days learning, practicing and absorbing valuable tips and in-depth knowledge from seven speakers, all world renowned photographers and top notch educators including Peter Hurley, Lindsay Adler, Susan Stripling, Kelly Brown, Michele Celentano and Joel Grimes. Each speaker covered his or her own genre from portraits and headshots, to newborns and family photography, and more. We listened to powerful presentations which were combined with live shooting demos. Beyond the presentations, we could practice in several indoor and outdoor shooting bays, which I loved, because I had to push myself out of my own comfort zone. The conference also included a trade show with great vendors. I loved seeing, touching and finally choosing the very products I'm planning to offer my clients. And along the way I made new photographer friends and was able to see and talk to my mentor, the incredible and inspiring Sue Bryce.
These are some of my images I took at the shooting bays
Sarah's fun photo shoot
This little redhead rascal always reminds me of Pippi Longstocking! She totally owned her session and couldn’t sit still for a second. She had so much fun showing me all of her funny poses and silly faces, while her Mommy was getting a little upset. Nevertheless, at the end her Mommy had tears in her eyes when she saw the Photos of her daughter for the first time. Love her freckles and beautiful red hair!
Sarah, 6 years August 2017
