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2011 Australian Professional Photography Awards

Adam Cavanagh — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:38:46 +0000

Entering photography awards is a really nerve-wracking experience for me. You shoot a bunch of weddings and then you look through your portfolio for a few images that you think might do well. You get them printed on the right paper… get them printed again because you chose the wrong paper… and get them properly mounted. And send them away to the competition. Well a couple of weeks ago I sent the some images away to get judged in the annual Australian Institute of Professional Photography awards called APPA (Australian Professional Photography Awards) and these awards were just held in Sydney over the weekend.

There were over three thousand entries from some of Australia’s best photographers and each image is carefully judged by a panel of five photographers… and for me… this is the really nerve-wracking part. Your image is presented to the panel of judges… the judges get up out of their seat and look very closely at it…. judging it…. studying it… looking for flaws… do they like it?… do they hate it?… why does that judge frowning so much?… it’s very nerve-wracking!! There may be some debate… and they each give it a score…

Anyway, this year we were in Fiji shooting a wedding while the judging was on… so my nerves were spared lol… although I was still a little nervous about the result.

Well we came away with a really good result which we are over-the-moon about!!!

1 x Silver with Distinction Award (Wedding Open)

2 x Silver Awards (Wedding Open)

Silver with Distinction:

Silver:

2010 International Aperture Awards

Adam Cavanagh — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:56:18 +0000

A while back, I entered a few images into the 2010 International Aperture Awards, wedding category, and I was lucky enough to get three silvers and one bronze award. Some amazing work was entered from ninety one countries worldwide. And over a thousand photographers entered the competition, so it feels great to have done so well and to have our work up there with the best. Entering these competitions really makes you want to continually improve your craft and grow as an artist.

The first three images below won Silver Awards and the last image won a Bronze

Awards – Sydney Award Winning Photography

Adam Cavanagh — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:51:46 +0000

I entered the International Aperture Awards a little while ago with a few of my favorite images from this year. And this year I was lucky enough to score four bronze awards and one silver award which is pretty cool. There were some amazing images entered this year from photographers from all over the world, so it was great to be part of it.

Entering wedding photography competitions is a great way for me to compare my work with my peers and also to push myself to continually create something special. Below are the images I entered.