First Place Winner!

I am happy to announce my first place finish in the "Emotional Impact" category of the ISPWP (International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers) Fall image contests. The winning image was taken at Crystal & Nick's wedding at Celebrations on the Bay in Pasadena Maryland.

The judge's comment reads: "Judges comments: Wow, look at her eyes. Serious emotion going on, and really well-framed to emphasize the moment."

I've placed in a lot of contests over the years, but it's always exciting to find out that I got top image in a category, especially when I only entered 2 images in the contest overall!

Check out the contest images here: Fall 2008 Contest
And the ISPWP site here: ISPWP

The ISPWP has a strict code of admittance for wedding photographers, as follows:

Membership Requirements

The application process helps to ensure that ISPWP members are established, experienced and have reached a high level of professionalism. The membership committee will evaluate applicants on the following criteria:

* At least 50 weddings as the principal photographer (not as secondary/backup)
* Sponsorship by an existing ISPWP member OR two email references from recent clients and two email references from fellow professional photographers
* Website review
* Agreement to operate your business in accordance with the Code of Conduct
* No unresolved complaints with the Better Business Bureau or other similar consumer protection organization

Frederick Area Bridal Networking - Fall Bridal Showcase

If you are planning your wedding, please come visit me TOMORROW at the Frederick Area Bridal Networking Fall Bridal Showcase. I am a member of FABNet, and am currently serving as Vice President of Administration for the group. I participated in this show last year, and can tell you it will be a valuable planning tool for any couple.

Visit premier local wedding vendors, register for hourly prizes, and be automatically entered to win our fabulous Grand Prize!

Sunday, October 26, 2008
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Holly Hills Country Club
Address: 5502 Mussetter Rd., Ijamsville, MD

Engaged couples will have a wide range of Maryland wedding vendors at their fingertips, including area wedding and reception venues, photographers, videographers, caterers, florists, clergy, cakes, cosmetics / makeup artists, decorations, event planning, invitations / stationery, limousines, jewelry, lodging, music, rentals and registries, among other services.

My booth will be in the main ballroom on the first floor - just go through the main doors of the ballroom and hang a left to find my space. See you there!

Holga Show, R. Coury Fine Art

My latest solo exhibit of Holga artwork is now hung and ready to be seen by the public at R. Coury Fine Art Gallery in Savage, Maryland. The photos above were taken with my point and shoot just after we finished hanging the show. There are 29 works in all, some of them never before exhibited, so I'm pretty excited! More info is as follows:

Please come enjoy the beautiful photographic images created by ERIN ANTOGNOLI through the lens of her Holga camera.

RECEPTION FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st at R. Coury Fine Art Gallery. The artist will be present for questions and conversation!

Feel free to bring the kids as there will be trick-or-treating throughout the mill.

Or if you're in the mood, there is a Halloween costume party at the Ramshead here in Savage Mill from 5:00 PM to Midnight.

R. Coury Fine Art Gallery is located in Historic Savage Mill in the Spinning Building suite 217A, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, MD 20763. The gallery is open by appointment, and is owned and operated by artist Jill Hackney.

The exhibit will run from October 13 to November 14, 2008.

Gettysburg

This is another image I shot a little while back but am just now getting to scanning / sharing. I headed up to Gettysburg for the day to meet my parents who took a mini-vacation there, and walked around the town a bit. We had taken one of those Civil War tours where we saw the battlefields and heard about the events that took place there, and then went to the historic part of town to walk around and look into some of the shops. This image is of some of the ornate doorways that I found there.