We honored our amazing CIPPA photographers on Friday night with our annual CIPPA Awards Gala- Safari Style!
A big Thank you to Bonnie and Mike Mercadante for coordinating the gala and hosting it in their beautiful home.
A very Special thank you for all the extra help provided by Kim and Steve Destler & Karen Hoyle.
Below are the winners of CIPPA’s 2015 Image Competition:
CIPPA Photographer of the Year 2015: Darrel Priebe
Photographer of the Year Award is awarded to the individual with the highest aggregate score of their four (4) best scores in three different categories. An individual must have entered at least six (6) entries spanning at least two (2) separate competitions to be eligible for this award.
Category Winners for 2015 are:
The category award is given based on the highest aggregate score of an individual’s four (4) entries in a single category. Only a photographer’s four (4) highest scores are totaled if more than four (4) entries were submitted. If there is a tie between two or more photographers in any category, the photographer with the highest scoring image will be the winner of that category.
Animal – John Grusd
Architecture – John Grusd
Commercial/Industrial – Steve Roosa
Illustrative – John Grusd
Landscape- Dan Holmes
Photojournalism – Robert Lloyd
Portrait Environmental – Larry Skibiski
Portrait Studio – Larry Skibiski
Wedding – Alex Neumann
New Artist – Mike Mercadante
Photos Courtesy of Bonnie Mercadante
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