I decided this year that I wanted to challenge myself, to push myself outside of my comfort zone. I am working on this in every area of my life, including my photography. 

One new challenge I decided to take on this year was to enter my first ever photography competition. I chose The 2021 Portrait Masters Awards. I was nervous. I always love serving my clients by providing artwork of their beautiful families, but how would my work stand up to judging by five of the top photographers in the world? I took a deep breath and entered two images, just to see what would happen, and tried to forget about it while I waited a month for the results of the judging. 

I'm really proud to say that my efforts were not in vain. Each of my images received a Bronze Merit in the Teen & Senior Portrait category. I want to say a special thank you to my beautiful subject, Maddy, for giving me permission to use the images I took of her for the competition. I'm glad I decided to challenge myself in this way! 

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