Australian Professional Photography Awards 2009
We have returned from our exciting week in Sydney! We stayed in a beautiful apartment near Darling Harbour where the awards took place. The weather was lovely (better than Perth from all accounts) and we managed to fit in a bit of shopping and sightseeing.
We were very sucessful this year earning a total of 6 awards including one Gold! It was a very exciting time for both of us. Here's the photos that the judges loved.
First up Diane's gold winning print from a wedding she assisted Peter Hasson at earlier this year:
There were over 2,400 entries and only 65 golds so it was pretty exciting! Diane ran around like a headless chicken after it was announced as she was so happy.
Next up is Amber's adorable kids photo taken at Kristie & Adrian's wedding, she's an expert in crying babies, this one got a silver award:
Diane got this funny photo of a groomsman ironing at Katie & Michael's wedding in January (silver award):
Here's a shot that has featured on the blog a couple of times from Elisha & Niall's wedding that earnt Diane a silver with distinction award:
Amber got another silver with this quirky kid photo from Pia and Rod's wedding in January, the judges debated this image for a really long time:
Lastly Diane got a silver for this adorable photo of baby Michael:
A very friendly photographer from Canberra called Thierry Nguyen took this photo of Diane moments after her photo got the gold award:
Amber received her Associateship ribbon at the awards night along with our friends Jane Bennett and Erica Serena. We were also excited for our lovely friend Tina Urie who gained her Master of Photography.
We really have to thank Anita our Photoshop whiz for all her help with our entries and Paul Maietta from Fitzgerald Photo Lab for his advice and wonderful printing. Also our wonderful framers Norm and Blair from Preservation Framers for their matting.
Thank you also to our generous clients who were happy for us to use their images in the awards.
A very tired but very happy Diane & Amber xx