Guild Print Competition!

As I've mentioned many times before, I really love print competition. It gives me a chance to grow as a photographer and an artist. I can see how my work is being judged, what I could do better, and how I am evolving as an artist. For the Fall Print competition at GPPDV (Guild of Professional Photographers of Delaware Valley -- which includes a lot of the northern east), I was awarded Four out of four blue ribbons and Best of in the Category for Women!

Envision

Model: Jessamyn

Makeup: Darya

Wardrobe: Scarlet Fairy

Hair: Me

Set Design: Me

Assistant: David Star

**Awarded Best of Woman Category**

Blue Butterfly

Model: Amy Schmoldt

Makeup Artist: MRS Beauty

Hair: Me

Cirque Du Lauren

Model/Styling: Lauren WK

Makeup: Me

Sunny Days

Model: Tara Mariea

Makeup Artist: Me

Since I don't think I ever posted about the spring competition, I submitted the same images as I did for PPA(Professional Photographers of America) print competition 

http://serena-star.blogspot.com/2010/06/ppa-print-competition.html

You can view those at the link above, minus the album. Instead of the entire album I submitted one of the images in it!

"Longing" was awarded a Blue Ribbon, "Behind a Dream Like Mind" and "Curtains Please!" scored Red Ribbons (I believe that's what they are called,) they were both 2 points away from Blue Ribbons! 

(You can view them all from the link above!) The image that I submitted instead of the album also Blue Ribboned:

Despair

Model: Christine Von Rose

Makeup Artist: Me

PPA Print Competition

I'm a huge big fan of the Professional Photographer's of America print competition that they hold every year. You can submit up to 4 images (or albums) and they judge each image based on it's own account vs most competitions that judge one image against another. The competition forces me to really take a look at my work and push to become a better artist. If your images Merit, they go towards earning your PPA Masters Degree. You also have a chance once your image merits to be judged for the International Traveling Loan Collection. If your image "goes loan" you get an additional merit for the print and it is displayed at different traveling exhibits and is published in their Loan collection book! I have had the honor of having two of my images make loan in the last two years!

Well, the results are finally in =)! I took a risk this year and submitted a few images, including an album for the first time that I wasn't sure about! I received Merits for three out of four of the images I submitted this year! I have 9 out of the 13 print competition merits needed to get my Masters! Next year my goal is to get those last 4 needed! Wish me luck!

Curtains Please!

Model: Rathana Sin

Makeup: MRS Beauty

Styling: Scarlet Fairy Designs

Photographer/Set Design: Me =D!

Longing

Model/Actress: Angelina Aucello

Makeup: MRS Beauty

Hair & Styling: Me

Photographer/Set Design: Me

Christine Von Rose - Skin Tight

Model: Christine Von Rose

Makeup & Hair: Me

Styling/Set/Photographer: Me

Album Design: Me

(You have got t see this album in person... it rocks)

This last image did not Merit, but I still love it ^_^

Behind a Dream Like Mind

Model & styling: Rachel Dashae

Makeup/Hair: Me

Photographer/ Set: Me