Kris wins 2019 AIPP Queensland Professional Photographer of the Year
Images by Anderson
Performing Arts Photography · Brisbane
Commercial work for Queensland Professional Photography Awards
At the 2019 Queensland Epson Professional Photography Awards, I was fortunate enough to be one of the finalists in the Commercial division. (Congratulations to the maestro himself Mark Duffus. I’m coming for you Mark!) Very excited to be able to submit commissioned work in to the Commercial category!
The pieces I submitted in my portfolio of four images were from the Queensland Theatresports Championships, Love Hurts, Around the Campfire, and Titanic The Movie The Play.
One little hiccup… For the original poster for Love Hurts, the tinder-like images were all supplied by Kat and Emily’s friends, so they needed to be replaced with photographs that I shot. With the gracious permission of some of our clients, and particular assistance from the most excellent Brisbane Arts Theatre, all of the images were swapped out for new (and generally cringeworthy) versions. That pulled it out of the Commissioned subcategory and over to Self-Commissioned, but that’s ok.
Actually, a second hiccup… For the original Queensland Theatresports Championships artwork, I used a lot of stock photography to turn the image around quickly for the client. I replaced all of that stock with nearly identical self-shot versions for the commercial piece.
WPPI 2019
Each year, thousands of photographers gather for the WPPI conference and print judging in Las Vegas. I’ve had a few goals related to WPPI… After submitting prints to WPPI for a few years, I’ve been super keen to speak at the conference, and someday judge there too. So I was overjoyed to be invited to speak there in 2019, and doubly-so to be invited to judge as well!
My session was a Masterclass titled Surefire Steps to Crafting an Effective Storytelling Image, and I’m pleased to say it sold out a few weeks before the start of the conference. Eeek! No pressure 🙂 The session went really well – lots of great feedback, and lots of people talking about ideas and going forth to great some excellent images.
Judging was a fantastic experience as well. This really is a world-wide competition, with some of the best prints in the world coming past us. Our team stayed together for the duration of the judging, so we got to know each other and work really effectively as a unit. Much respect for my fellow judges! I think we did the prints proud, judging fairly and always with respect for the entrants, the prints, the other judges, and the community. Huge thank you to Luke Edmonson for trusting me and giving me a run as a judge.
WPPI 2020? I hope so 😀
Thank you to Forough Yavari for the photos during my presentation. She went on to win a WPPI Grand Award, because she is a dead-set legend.
