Several professional photographers were honoured during the Professional Photographers of Canada national convention held last week in Vancouver.
"We all entered images in the National Salon and I'm so excited to share that three of our local photographers received first in class awards for their images for all of Canada," said Bobbi Carpino. "Susie Crichton received first in class for Fine Art, Wayne Carlton received first in class for Animals Wild or Domestic and Dana Friesen received first in class for Freestyle. All three, as well as local photographer, Debbie Malm, have their images in our National Loan Collection. These images along with all other accepted images are published each year in a gorgeous National Salon book."
Carpino and another local photographer, Jodi Schultz, received the designation of Craftsman of Photographic Arts, which was presented to them during the awards banquet last Wednesday, Carpino added.
"It's taken us about three years to achieve this through entering and having images accepted at a national level, as well as volunteering our time to the photographic community," explained Carpino.
Moira Neal, a local award-winning photographer, received her Master of Photographic Arts Second Bar during the banquet as well. This award recognizes her consistently high quality of work during the span of her lengthy career in photography.
