So It has taken a while for me to post this. (sorry Selena) BUT as we can all see by the beautiful pictures we see on our blog, Selena is an AMAZING photographer.
In Highschool she was in yearbook. Then she graduated from NAU with a bachelors degree in photography. And now she is working at a studio in West Jordan UT and continues to amaze me at the beautiful pictures she takes.
About a month ago Selena Joined the PPA (professional photographers association) Since there is no such thing as a Master's degree in photography. They have created the PPA where through print competitions you earn "merits" Basically, they rate your picture 1-100 and if it scores above an 80 than your receive a "merit" after receiving so many "merits" you receive the Master Photographer award. It is very difficult to obtain and requires a lot of competing in competitions.
So there was a Intermountain Regional competition (kind of like a warm up for the national competition. You can enter your prints there and if they merit there then they will likely merit in nationals.) Selena and her boss Mark both entered 4 prints each. Of Selena's 4 prints 2 merited and a third received a 79. (Her boss only merited 1 of 4) One of her pictures won 3rd best wedding candid and perhaps more importantly, She was rewarded "ROOKIE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR" for the Intermountain PPA. Meaning of all the new members that joined this year, she is the BEST! Some people started calling her "ROY" down at work... "rookie of the year". I'm very proud of her. She is very talented and definitely has a gift for taking good pictures. So let's all tell Selena how amazing we think she is. She deserves it!
CONGRATS SWEETHEART YOU'RE THE BEST!!!
(This is Selena with her 2 plaques for the awards she won)
And here's some of Selena's amazing pictures we've all seen before on the blog but let's look at em again... cause she is so amazing.
I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART! YOU'RE THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER EVER!!
11 comments:
Aw! I'll second that, good job ROY!! :) You deserve it!
Seriously Selena you are awesome! The pictures you took of Hunter are still some of my favorites. Hopefully one day you move back to Az so you can take our pictures again :)
my parents and i were JUST talking about how amazing of a photographer you are, Selena. My mom said, "she was good even before she went to school for it." uh huh. we love you. You definitely deserved those awards
I;m not gonna lie... I have always LOVED your pictures, even before I loved you--ha ha Congrats girl!!!! I hope you danced on your table!!!
Congrats sis !!! That is so AWESOME..you will go FAR! Of course you know I ADORE all your pictures!! And that I have ALWAYS thought you were GREAT!! My friends are jealous I have a sis thats a photographer he he...and I am glad you love taking pics of Lana and you do such a good job at it...and the fact I dont have to pay a BUTT LOAD of money for good pics helps too- ha ha Love ya
you really are amazing selena. and what a sweet little post russell did for you! you are the best photographer i know...and thats saying a lot for all the "photographers" here in utah...hahah. hope you weren't too bored last night!
congrats ROY! that's so great!! did Russ post the pics that you won the awards for? i mean- all ur pics are incredible, but i'd love to know which ones got "merit"-ed.
That is so wonderful Selina! Congratulations! Robert and I love to look at your blog to see what great pictures you have added. We are so excited that you are getting recognized for your amazing talent!
i thnk it's time for a new post...
love the picture of you and Selena at the end...miss you guys! But I guess we can hold out till Christmas...and you'll get to see our "new house!" Selena is so talented...we are so lucky to have her in our family! (but not just because she takes great pictures!) Love you both!
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