2009 National Print Awards AIPP

The National Print Awards were held in Sydney this year and
as much as I would have liked to attend I had more than
enough to keep me at home.
And so I gently packed up my four entries and sent them off
to Sydney where they would be judged by the best photographers
this country has to offer..

And so I'm proud to announce the entrants and their scores ...

Nicole & Chris - entered into the Wedding Photojournalism Category

Silver Award

Michael & Sam - entered into the Wedding Open Category

Silver Award

Lucinda & Stephen
entered into the Wedding Photojournalism Category
Just missed out on an award ! But I know Lucinda & Steve have already given this a Gold !
I Love it too guys !

Wendy & Scott - entered into the Wedding Photojournalism Category

Silver Award

So what does this mean I hear you ask ?? Well it means that I
now have my Associate Membership with the AIPP.
The next step will be getting my Masters ..

Holidays - well sort of ..

It's the quiet season for weddings at the moment and I've
actually managed a few free weekends !
So it's been great to head away with the family and even photograph my own kids.
McKenzie who's almost 8 and Dominic who's almost 4.
This pic below of McKenzie, Dom wasn't all that interested and had his cranky pants on ..

We also played tourists and went for a nice drive up to Tamborine Mountain.
We took the kids on the Sky Walk and walked around Gallery Walk,
bought some yummy fudge and watched the hangliders take off !
Now I had left my camera at home on purpose wanting to enjoy a
weekend without shooting, and for the most part I was happy
letting my wife (who also shoots) take
all the photos of the kids etc ..

I did however steal her 5D away for just a minute when the temptation became
too much for me, I managed to shoot this shot below while visiting curtis falls.
Anyone that knows ANYTHING about photography knows that to really shoot waterfalls you have to have at least a tripod, a cable release & decent light, I of course had none of these things.
But I was reasonably happy with the result. Not the most perfect shot I've taken, hand held at about half a second (holding really really still).