Winner winner blackened chicken dinner..!

What a week…we just got back into the offices late Monday after returning home from attending the NOBS Inferno in Nashville Tennessee at the Preston Hotel (home of the greatest blackened chicken sandwich I have had in a long while).  What a great time we had, seeing old friends, making new ones, alot of fun was had by all!  I have always appreciated my NOBS family so it’s always a pleasure to get a chance to see them all in person, hang out and spend some time talkin Photography!

We were lucky enough to come home with some booty this year after winning some contests.  We entered 3 images in the print competition, in 3 different categories.  We were stunned to find out we won 1st place in both the Group Category and the Wildcard Category.  We also took a 2nd place in the Senior Category.  We also won the Grand Prize for the highest scored image in the competition.  How cool is that?  We couldn’t believe it!

Later on I was part of the Shoot-out Competition where they paired 7 shooters with 7 re-touchers to try and come up with the best single image.  They gave each shooter a model, 2 lights and 1 prop that must be used in the shot.  They then gave the shooter 5 whole minutes each to get a great shot and the retoucher 15 minutes to work the image.  I was luck enough to get paired up with the talented Josh Carter from LifeCaptured Photography who rocked his 5 minuters and got a great image for me to work.  We were voted the winning image and won some really great prizes-Thanks a ton Josh, I had a blast!

All in all a pretty great time-I even got to award my buddy (and freakishly mustached) Clem (a.k.a The Dirty Squirrel) an Achievement Award.  Good times.  Below are the 3 images I entered, the shootout pic as well as a couple others.  Thanks Rob & James, Andy, Clem & Cathy, Riff, Alison, Josh, Jason, Steve & Shelley, Sarah, Bob, Neil, Gabi, Julie and many many others…it was a great time-see you all at WPPI.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

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