WPPI 16x20 Print Competition

This unusual image received an Accolade of Excellence in the Photojournalism Humor category at this year's WPPI International Print Competition in Las Vegas. The image of Emi Takahashi titled Hang Loose was created with Kodak T-MAX 3200 film while she was getting ready for her wedding in Honolulu, Hawaii. The image was hand printed on fiber based paper by Robert Cavali of Still Moving Pictures in LA. Those edges aren't Photoshop, baby!

I hadn't thought of entering this image in a competition, but Robert made a print and sent it to me after stumbling upon it in the darkroom while printing another image of this wedding I had sent to him. Well, the judges liked it too. Thanks Robert!

$16,000.00 Wedding Album!!!!!

Yep, that's right! If the album is 16K, can you imagine what the wedding cost? Considering the groom's wedding gift from the bride was a new Ferrari, I'm guessing it was a bunch! The diamond studded monogram on the cover is set in a solid gold plate and surrounded by genuine ostrich leather. PictoBooks is pushing the envelope this year with custom designed albums in all price ranges.

Well, it wasn't all glitz and glamor at this year's WPPI convention and trade show at Paris in Las Vegas. With dozens of seminars, parties, print competition and gargantuan trade show, there was no time to stop for a breather before it was time to come home.

The trade show is always my favorite part of the convention. It is a photographer's paradise as you can imagine. It is exciting to be among the first to see the year's newest and hottest products, gadgets, and of course, new wedding albums! Can't wait for next year...