#90 … check! {enter WPPI Print Contest}

posted January 9, 2012 in About

I almost checked this goal off my 101 in 1001 list last year.

Turns out, my prints I sent via UPS and never made it to the Awards of Excellence 16 x 20 Print Competition at Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Convention (WPPI). UPS sent an insurance check to cover the costs and WPPI refunded my $140 entrance fees. I was thankful for this, but they still never got judged which is what I was really hoping for. I detailed the account in last year’s blog post, There’s always next year.

Well, that next year is now.

***UPDATE***

In November, I got a call from WPPI. The prints arrived at their doorstep, 10 months late! WPPI was kind enough to ship them back to me in perfect condition without charge. Thank you, WPPI !!!!

Steady persistence pays off, I tell myself. I made the effort the first time and it didn’t work out. I’ll do it again.

Today, I re-submitted these two prints in this year’s WPPI Awards of Excellence 16 x 20 Print Competition in the Premier category (my first time entering): Insured and guaranteed to arrive by January 9, 2012, my mounted metallic prints are packaged in a Fiberbilt P50 Print Shipping Case and ready to journey back to WPPI.

While I won’t be attending the WPPI in Las Vegas next month, I look forward to the judging results in February and will share what I hear. Wish me luck!