This international photography competition sees thousands of entries in every category, so nominations are a huge deal! It’s like making the top 20 out of a thousand-plus entries! In this competition I received the nominations in the categories: People, Photojournalism, Sports and Fine Art. 

I went back in my files for the photojournalism category using one of my images from a stint in Israel for Blackstar Agency. 

Entering the dogs, Odin and Makai, in the Fine Art category was on a whim. There’s not an animal category, but I wanted to enter this image. Having it go this far was a complete surprise! 

More of my  dog and Holga Toy Camera photography can be found at: 

https://www.facebook.com/Colorado.Dog.Photographer on Facebook and

https://www.facebook.com/HolgaFotoMatt

(as soon as I can fix stupid java i’ll upload the photos!!!)  

During my second trip with Jayne, we drove up through the Moreno Valley, 35 miles east up Taos Canyon and over Palo Flechado. On a stop in Red River I had a great moment of serendipity.

While photographing at an artfest there I saw a familiar face. Asking if I could photograph him, he told me his name is Kermit. My knees went out from under me! I was friends with Kermit when I lived there – 26 years ago!

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While there we visited the Taos Farmers Market and I had the opportunity to meet and photograph Bob Paul with my Holga Toy Camera.

Here are my favorite two. Let me know which one you like better! My posts on facebook show a split on preference!

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This was a great opportunity to give up the paddle for the Nikon and shoot new lifestyle photography.

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This was a great opportunity to shoot images with my little Fuji X-10 camera. I recently got it back from repair after killing it shooting Tough Mudder! While this little guy is really a pain to shoot (it has very unique nuances which need to be managed), it produces amazing files. It’s f2.o lens is bright for low light, it’s JPEG files are quite stunning and, of course, it looks really cool!

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Kimberly and Doug were referred to me by prior clients Mary and Scott who were referred to me by Mary’s brother Mike (and Carolyn). I have a long history of working with this family! I photographed Mike and Carolyn’s wedding at Keystone Ranch in 1997! We have become good friends over the years and I’ve watched their family grow up!

Kimberly and Doug got married this summer in Boulder. The images are from the Hotel Boulderado and the Greenbriar Inn, north of Boulder.

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Yeah, who needs a studio with settings like this!

My favorites are the last two with an antique filtering from Lightroom. And, yeah, I shot them with this intent. Shot a few Holga Toy Camera images of these, too…those’ll take a bit longer!

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This Colorado Senior Portrait session started in “the backyard” studio using Buffalo Mountain as a backdrop. Black clouds, lightening and rain said otherwise.

We rescheduled for the next day and found ourselves at a small inlet to the Ten Mile River on the west side of Frisco. I’ve never shot here before, but really enjoyed the results!

These are for long-time clients, the Doblers.

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