Competition Results

We have been members of the Professional Photographers of Iowa association for several years now, and one of the highlights of the convention is the print and album competitions. Of course, there are several speakers workshops and a trade show where we can update equipment and learn more about photography in general, but the competition is where we pit our work against our peers', basically to see if it's any good. :)

Jodi and I entered two of our wedding albums this year, and we entered them together as "multi-maker" albums. We're honored to report that one of our albums (click here to view Jeff and Rachel) scored the highest of any wedding album OR print! So it got 1st place, plus a Fuji Masterpiece Award (our first one!) and a Memorial Award for being the highest scoring wedding album. So now, we'll send it to regionals and nationals and see what happens on a bigger stage. We also received the second place award with Chris and Marcie's Album, and I somehow made the top ten of non-master photographers in Iowa!

Also, I got third place with this print called "Love Rocks"....

The most special part of the whole deal is that Jodi and I get to share all of these honors and achievements with each other. That's the part that we love about working together. Not only do we get to work together thru the normal routines of our job, but we get to celebrate our accomplishments together. I know it's cliche, and everyone says it, but we are so blessed. We thank God all the time for the life He's given us, and we pray that we'll reflect some glory back to Him in the process.

I know we're not the best photographers out there. We know we have a lot to learn. But I know that we are exactly where God wants us in February of 2009, and that He is letting us be a small part of His story. And that, my friends, is far superior to any award that photography could ever bring us.