This past weekend was TPPA's (Tennessee Professional Photographer's Association) annual convention. At the convention each year photographers across the state enter 6 images that best represents their work. These images are scored by other photographers from across the country. They score each print on: Impact, Creativity, Style, Composition, Presentation, Color Balance, Center of Interest, Lighting, Subject Matter, Print Quality, Technique, and Story Telling. Scores can range from 75 to 100, 100 being a perfect score. Once every print has been scored each photographer's top 4 scores are averaged. The photographer's are then rank by their averages and the highest average is Tennessee's Photographer of the Year.
Mom (Richard's wife, Deborah) and I are always so proud of him. He's awesome at what he does!! He'd kill me if he knew I posted this image of all his awards...he's a modest man. He won't let me display them in the studio so I just had to post them here. The only ones that get to be displayed are the Kodak Gallery Award, The Best of Show Award, and The Photographer of the Year Award, all others go in the cabinet. Take a quick look, your family photographer is one of the best talents in the business!! Not just across the state, but nationally as well!
This year's awards rank Richard with his 13th honor as being Tennessee's Photographer of the Year!