2009 IPA's entries

I was excited to find out that two of my images placed in the 2009 International Photography Awards for non-professionals. I received a 2nd place in Editorial Personality and 1st place in Pets. 6 other images received honorable mentions.

You can view the other winners here

These are the two that placed:

winning photo

One of my photos was recently chosen for Digital Photo Pro's "Emerging Pros" competition for 2009. I was very happy to be selected as an honorable mention of the competition.

You can read about the article here.




The background was shot in this gymnasium right outside of the Osaka Castle. I came back to the Bay Area with many great images of Japan. I wanted the image into a portrait. I contacted the San Francisco Kendo Dojo- and with their cooperation I was able to photograph one of their sensei's at their dojo. The image was later composited in.