A huge congrats to PWP members Walter van Dusen and Matt Radlinski who both had images placed in the PPA Loan collection from the 2007 International Print Contest.

Walter will be receiving his PPA Master’s Degree at the PPA National Convention in Tampa, FL in 2008.

We’re pleased to announce the PWP Q3 2007 Image Contest. 

The theme for this contest is:  Motion.   Contest images may be from any event or situation (wedding, portrait, or even personal work).  Images submitted will be judged on technical merit and how well they demonstrate the theme of the contest. 

Prizes for this contest have been generously donated by Blurb Books 

1st Prize:  A coupon good for two 40-page Large Format 13×11 Landscape hardcover books with dust jackets.
2nd Prize:  A coupon for two 40-page 10×8 (landscape or portrait) hardcover books with dust jackets.
3rd Prize:  A coupon for two 40-page 7×7 hardcover books with dust jackets.

Blurb is a creative publishing service that enables professional photographers to quickly create beautiful, commercial-quality books, both for clients and for business promotion. Blurb’s free bookmaking software works on a Mac or PC and features hundreds of professionally designed magazine-style layouts and backgrounds, including elegant wedding themes. Books come in four distinct sizes, including gift-sized 7×7, Standard 10×8 Landscape or 8×10 Portrait, and Large Format Landscape 13×11. Hardcover books come with fully customizable dust jackets, and both hardcover and softcover book bindings are built to last. Blurb’s service includes a free bookstore where you can market and sell books via email invitations, book previews, and more. Set your own price, and then sell your books to clients in the Blurb Bookstore keeping 100% of the markup. There’s no minimum order quantity and books are delivered in 7 to 10 business days. 

Thanks to all the participants who made our Austin, TX seminar with Neil van Niekerk and Walter van Dusen a success!  One participant emailed us and said:

I wanted to thank you all for an awesome seminar, it exceeded my expectations 100 fold and I really enjoyed it. The extra time you took to answer my questions and cover the topics is really appreciated. Anytime you come guys come to Austin let me know, I’d love to provide hospitality and return the value. Cutting out of work for the day was so worth it, the day was an incredible value and mentoring. [Eric Glover]

We really enjoyed our time in Austin and are looking forward to coming back with other events!

We are pleased to announce the following top ten placements for the PWP 2nd Quarter Image Contest: 

1.) Kenneth Mason

2.) argo (Johnny Arguedas)

3.) Amy Pezz

4.) chr15w (Chris Williamson)
5.) Stephen Seward
6.) mintyeyes (Megan Dupuis)
7.) Heather Mason
8.) Stephen Seward
9.) StudioVitae (Crystal Wedel)
10.) MikeD (Mike Dickson)

The top three winners will be receiving generous packages from ProDPI.

All top ten placements are offered a PWP t-shirt or contest image credits to be used in the next year.

You may view all the winning images here: Q2 Pro Contest Winners.

Congratulations, all!