Back from Las Vegas WPPI Photography Convention...

SO Excited! Well, after 9 days in Vegas I am finally home. I can hardly talk. My voice is gone, I have had very little sleep, taken tons of classes and had a LOT of FUN! To say the least I am a bit run down. However, the good news is that three of my images received "Accollades of Excellence Awards" and hung in the show room. It is a definite honor especially when I had the opportunity to be a print handler this year and personally got to see how difficult the judges were this year. They raised the bar which I am realizing is a good thing. It helps to push us as artists to be better and better. I am so grateful to have such incredible clients who allow me to make images like those that hung in the print room. Thank you for letting me photograph you and your children and for giving me the opportunity to share my gifts. Here are the three images that received awards: "Cecilia...Your Breakin' My Heart" This one was called "COOLIN' OFF" And finally "To Love and To Cherish" I had a few other fellow photographer friends also get prints hung. You know who you are. Congratulations to all of you and thank you for sharing your work for all to see. It is always nerve racking to enter into an international print competition because you never know for sure what the judges will think of your work. There were several different categories and several different print rooms for judging. I know that in the room I was a print handler in alone, there were over 1500 prints judged. Overall there were several thousand prints entered this year. Only a small handful(between 500-700) of those got to hang in the showroom. An honor for sure indeed. ~Niki

Comments

[Daniela Berkhout]

Congratulations Nikki. It comes to no surprise - your photos are gorgeous and definitely award winning material. I'm so sad I didn't make it to Vegas this year.

[Nichol Krupp]

You were VERY missed for sure. Plan on next year. Thank you so much for the kind words. I always respect your thoughts as one of my awesome peers. I am very excited that these images hung and learned so much about what I would do differently next year. Miss you! XOXOXO, Niki

[Carley Mac]

congrats!! i can certainly see why those photos were honored - theyre breathtaking!

[Nichol Krupp]

Thank you so much Carley. I appreciate you taking time to comment and love the kind words. It is very exciting.

~Niki

[corey civetta]

Congratulations! They are all beautiful!!

[Jess VanLue]

Hi Niki! HUGE congrats to you!! I watched the twin photo being judged. How cool that it was yours! It was wonderful meeting you briefly at the Rain Forest Cafe. I'll give you a ring next time I swimg through BC. :)

[Bree]

Ok, so I commented on this several days ago, but for some reason my comments are always lost on your stuff! Congrats again on a huge accomplishment! Knowing how critical the judging was this year, this is a great honor to have anything score so high!

[Nichol Krupp]

Thanks again Everyone for taking the time to comment. I greatly appreciate it.

Jesse~ Feel free to give us a call and come by the studio sometime.

Bree~ Thanks a bunch for that. I am glad you went to convention this year and that you also got to get an idea of what the print judging is all about. Very exciting indeed and now you see why I fly out early every year. I would not want to miss it. XOXOXO! Niki

[Jana Kunz]

That first image is just stunning!