MPA and WPPI, these are the two organisers of the toughest photography competitions for wedding and portrait photographers, and looking at the previous winners from the different category, photographers like myself will probably spend days hammering out the prints, send them to USA or UK, and hope for the best.
Just received a congratulatory email from Master Photographer Association in London (MPA) that one of my images has made it to the finals for the Overseas Wedding Photographer of the Year Award!
That came together with an invitation to the awards ceremony in London come Oct 2009.
However, much as I would love to attend the awards ceremony, as well as see the other finalists and winner’s print next to mine, plus the chance to mingle with some of the veterans in this biz, I happened to have an assignment overseas. The biggest irony is, both the clients happened to be based in London, but their wedding will be held in their hometown back in Asia.
Good news and bad news come in a pair, usually.
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After working on the images for the annual MPA Master Photographer Award, life is slightly more normal now. Preparing for print competition is tedious, and doesn’t help that I procrastinate a lot when it comes to selection of images (entry fee is one, the printing cost is another thing altogether), and spending hours with the print guru to get the right print, and reprinting thanks the perfectionist nature of such competitions.
One of the FAQs when I discuss photoshoot venues with the couples is “Which is your favourite place in Singapore?” . Actually, there are no favourites, and as mentioned in my previous post, all venues are determined by my couples. Just that some venues tend to be the choice for many of my couples.
I must have visited this site more than ten times within the first half of 2009, and I make it a point never to repeat any shots or produce similar looking photos. After all, no one will pay big money for photographs that are easily replicated 
This is one that I really like, a lot.
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