The following print was named Desolate Determination and scored an 88. It was awarded a ribbon for judge’s choice and 1st place in women outdoor.
The following print was entered for score only, just to see how good it was. (It doesn’t count as part of your final score, but the judges don’t know which prints are for score only so that they judge everything the same.) This wedding image would have scored a 91 if I had entered it into the competition!
Finally, I swept the digital competition for the 2nd year in a row with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The images below each poster are some of the original elements I used to create the poster.
Killer work. Always inspirational to see! repeat next year?
Congratulations Ben! That's awesome. It's no surprise with your beautiful stunning images!
No surprise there! Your work is amazing!
CONGRATS! You earned it!
I was incredibly impressed with you work- I'm glad to see new and fresh stuff coming about- Adam hunter, Dan McLanahan, you, etc, etc… this last year was awesome. A few years ago it was much more traditional stuff, so I was excited and inspired to see work that was outside the norm- a bit edgier.
If you're ever in Cedar Rapids and want some cool places to shoot at lemme know, we still have tons of abandoned spaces from the flood I shoot at for fun.
I'm glad to see photogs pushing the media into a more visually-current-realm- not so much standard-portrait-traditional stuff of the past (although all of those rules still apply).
keep up the good work and keep in touch!
-craig volesky
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