[IS] takes home WPPI 2009 International Competition Awards

We’re back from our 2nd annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas!! Wow!! What a week it’s been for us! So much has happened, we don’t even know where to begin! We made some great friends (even some folks down in Calgary!) and to our surprise even took home a 3rd Place Award and 5 Accolade of Excellence Awards for the International WPPI Print and Album Competition.

This is our first time entering in any photography competition. This year there were over 2900 print entries from over 35 different countries. We entered into the competition with full intention of receiving constructive feedback from world-class photographers in the industry. To tell you the truth, we still feel surreal from this whole experience. =P

Just to put this into perspective, the annual WPPI Competition is like the World Cup of Soccer…The Oscars…The Grammy’s of Photography!!! Never did we expect to receive such honours from our peers in such little time since we started our business less than a year ago.

We’d like to thank all our friends, family, clients and our mentors…Tina Chang, Eleanor Lazare, Louise Asselstine, and Roberto Valenzuela for helping us get this far.

So without further ado, here are our award winning entries:

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Title: Creation of Audrey
Award: 3rd Place Award, Accolade of Excellence – Premier Categorycreation-of-audrey

Title: Light under the Bridge
Award: Accolade of Excellence – Premier Categorylight-under-the-bridge

Title: Elevator Romance
Award: Accolades of Excellence – Bride and Groom : Wedding Categoryelevator-romance

Title: Concrete Love
Award: Accolade of Excellence – Engagement Categoryconcrete-love

We also received an Accolade of Excellence award for our wedding album in the multi-shooter category.
Please feel free to check it out on our Facebook.

Comments

11 responses to “[IS] takes home WPPI 2009 International Competition Awards”

  1. Michelle Wells Avatar

    Oh my goodness, are you serious? Congratulations, how exciting for you. It was very well deserved. You have gotten so far in such a short time, your hard work has paid off.

  2. Karen Chan Avatar
    Karen Chan

    Oh my god, that is really good news!! Congratulations, a job well done!! Hope to talk to you soon. 8)

  3. Claire Cocheme Avatar

    Congrats!!!!! This is so awesome!! … er… when did you guys started your photo business again?

  4. Anthony Avatar

    Hey Michelle + Claire!! It was so awesome meeting wonderful photographers like you at WPPI! We’re still inspired by the amount of talent here at the convention! Thanks for all your support guys!!

    We’ll be sure to catch up when we’re in Calgary! =)

  5. Maureen Avatar
    Maureen

    WOW!!! Congratulations guys, that is fantastic! Well done! Can’t wait to see these pics in March! xo

  6. Erin Solano Avatar
    Erin Solano

    Rina and Anthony,

    Congratulations on your tremendous success! Adrian and I were so happy that the picture you shot of us won the third place award… you guys are amazing! We’re so proud of you both!

    Erin, Adrian and Audrey Solano

  7. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Hey Congrats Guys! Can’t wait to hear all the “other” stuff that happened haha. Next year there should be a one armed camera self portrait category. Minimum 2 people, bonus points for more. The heavier the camera the higher the points. The bigger the lens the higher the points. Hmm who should I talk to to make this happen?

  8. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Congrats! 🙂 How exciting. 😀

  9. Rina Avatar

    Erin, Adrian and Audrey. We want to thank you for being there to helping us out. You guys made it so easy to shoot. Your love for each other was the magic that made this shot…we were just there to witness it. :o)

    Maureen, Alex, Geoff. You guys rock! Thanks for supporting us. When we are more free… we can finally sit down and have BBT.

  10. Jason Avatar
    Jason

    Hey! Just wanted to say congratulations on your awards. You guys really take very innovative and beautiful photos. Hope the convention has inspired your creativity even more!!

  11. Angus Avatar
    Angus

    Congratulations Rina and Anton! This is absolutely fabulous to see!