Award Winning Photography Studio, Kindle the Heart® Photography

PPA’s International Print Competition and Annual Exhibition of Professional Photography is known worldwide for setting the standard by which photographic imaging is judged for both artistic and commercial appeal. Earlier this week, a panel of eminent jurors from across the United States selected the top photographs from more than 4,000 submitted entries at Gwinnett Technical College in Georgia. Among those entries were two images created by Kindle the Heart® Photography. Judged against a standard of excellence, over 1,500 images were selected for the General Collection, and just over 600 (15 percent) were selected for the Loan Collection—the best of the best. Loan Collection images are on display throughout the year at PPA headquarters in Atlanta, and at various events worldwide, and will also be published in the much-anticipated “Loan Collection” book.

One of my images has been selected for the esteemed Loan Collection. “My Peeps”, the image of my children and our dog! I am still in shock to be counted among the best of the best!

A small number of entries each year are also chosen for the honor of being included in the “Showcase Book”. This is a book of exemplary work created by photographers all over the world and is published each year. At the beginning of the competition, each judge is given a certain number of tokens – usually between 6 and 10. When an image is considered for the Loan Collection but ultimately is not chosen, any judge that feels it SHOULD have gone into the Loan Collection can select it for the “Showcase Book” by surrendering one of their tokens. Because each judge only has a limited number of tokens and thousands of images to judge, they do not make the decision to use their tokens lightly.

This image I created of Autumn, a 2011 senior from Cannon County during her senior portrait session, entitled “Smitten” was selected for the “Showcase Book”!

My images, as well as all the other images chosen for the General and Loan Collections will be on display at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, January 15-17, 2012, in New Orleans, La. This exhibition is held in conjunction with Imaging USA, an annual convention of professional photographers and several photographic associations. These images constitute one of the world’s largest annual exhibits of professional photography gathered simultaneously under one roof.

Needless to say, I will happily be purchasing a copy of the Loan Collection book, as well as the Showcase Book as soon as they become available

Until next time…

~Michelle