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Award Winners

  • Awards Gallery 2009
  • Awards Gallery 2008
  • Awards Gallery 2007
  • Awards Gallery 2006
  • Awards Gallery 2005
  • Awards Gallery 2004
  • Awards Gallery 2003
  • Previous Awards Gallery
  • EPSON Aerial Photographer of the Year
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Innovation Awards
  • PAPA Master Awards
  • Covershot Winners

Print Competition Award Winners 2009

The Professional Aerial Photographers' Association Annual Print Competition is a popular event, giving our members the opportunity to show their best work. On this page, we showcase the 2009 Award Winners for: People's Choice Best of Category, as voted by the members present at our Annual Conference, Judges' Choice Best of Category, as voted by our panel of judges, and the individual Judge's Choices. A description of the categories can be found at the foot of the page

Photographs on this page are copyright of the respective photographers.

Cessna Award - Aerial Photograph of the Year


Cessna Aerial Photograph of the Year Award: Bleeding Heart by Kevin Butts

Cessna Award: Aerial Photograph of the Year
Artistic of the Year - Judges' Choice
Best of Category: Artistic - Judges' Choice

Title: Bleeding Heart
Photographer: Kevin Butts
Red Wing Aerial Photography
© Kevin Butts

Best of Show - People's Choice


PAPA Best of Show Peoples Choice Award Winner: Desert Drawing by David Sievert

Best of Show - People's Choice

Best of Category: Commercial - People's Choice

Title: Desert Drawing
Photographer: David Sievert
Airphoto Designs
© David Sievert

People's Choice Best of Category Awards


Best of Show - People's Choice

Best of Category: Commercial - People's Choice

Title: Desert Drawing
Photographer: David Sievert
Airphoto Designs
© David Sievert

PAPA Best of Category Scenic - People's Choice: Neon Nightfall by Lane Swainston

Best of Category: Scenic
- People's Choice


Title: Neon Nightfall
Photographer: Lane Swainston
Swainston Digital Imaging
© Lane Swainston

PAPA Best of Category Air-to-Air - Peoples Choice: Fast & Low by Stan MacBean

Best of Category: Air-to-Air
- People's Choice
- Judges' Choice

Title: Fast & Low
Photographer: Stan MacBean
Photographic Solutions

© Stan MacBean

PAPA Best of Category Artistic - People's Choice: Bora Bora by Mark Segal

Best of Category: Artistic
- People's Choice


Title: Bora Bora
Photographer: Mark Segal
Mark Segal Photography
© Mark Segal

PAPA Best of Category Construction Progress - People's Choice: The Swan and the Bridge by Tore Oftness

Best of Category: Construction Progress
- People's Choice


Title: The Swan & the Bridge
Photographer: Tore Oftness
Tore Ofteness Photographer
© Tore Ofteness

Judges' Choice Best of Category Awards


PAPA Best of Category Commercial - Judges Choice: Opening Day by Yvonne Sanderson

Best of Category: Commercial
- Judges' Choice


Title: Opening Day
Photographer: Yvonne Sanderson
Focal Plane Photography
© Yvonne Sanderson

PAPA Best of Category Scenic - Judges Choice: Mt Whitney by David Sievert

Best of Category: Scenic - Judges' Choice

Title: Mt. Whitney
Photographer: David Sievert
Airphoto Designs
© David Sievert

Best of Category: Air to Air
- People's Choice
- Judges' Choice

Title: Fast & Low
Photographer: Stan MacBean
Photographic Solutions

 


Cessna Award: Aerial Photograph of the Year
Artistic of the Year - Judges' Choice
Best of Category: Artistic - Judges' Choice


Title: Bleeding Heart
Photographer: Kevin Butts
Red Wing Aerial Photography

PAPA Best of Category Construction Progress - Judges Choice: Nu Construction by Marty Sellers


Best of Category: Construction Progress - Judges' Choice

Title: Nu Construction
Photographer: Marty Sellers
Sellers Photo
© Marty Sellers

Individal Judge's Choice Awards


Judge's Choice Award
Judge:
Debbie Hooper

Title: Wingman
Photographer: David Byrne
Focal Flight

Judges Choice Award for Hunter Harris: The Colors of Spring by Tore Oftness

Judge's Choice Award
Judge:
Hunter Harris

Title: The Colors of Spring
Photographer: Tore Oftness
Tore Ofteness Photographer
© Tore Ofteness

Judge's Choice Award
Judge:
Todd Quam

Title: Frozen Splendor
Photographer: Allen MacBean
Photographic Solutions

Judges Choice Award for Allen MacBean: Transamerica Pyramid peers through Fog by Mike Sedlak

Judge's Choice Award
Judge: Allen MacBean


Title: Transamerica Pyramid peers through Fog
Photographer: Mike Sedlak
Digital Sight

© Mike Sedlak

Judges Choice Award for Curt Waltz: Nirvana by Veronica von Allworden

Judge's Choice Award
Judge: Curt Waltz

Title: Nirvana
Photographer: Veronica von Allworden
Sky and Sea Photography
© Veronica von Allworden

Description of Categories

Commercial Described as shot on the job, your best view for the client, an image of commercial value
Scenic Described as images that show a broader view, a landscape or cityscape, good stock shots, panoramic views. No digital manipulation of the scene is allowed besides normal corrections (contrast, saturation, color casts, sharpening, cropping and straight horizons).
Air-to-Air A photo taken of an aircraft FROM an aircraft. Photographers are urged NOT to attempt this type of photography unless schooled in safe practice techniques. Formation flying experience and or instruction are vital for a successful and safe air-to-air shoot.
Artistic Described as Fine Art photography; pictorial, stunning, original images. Images that push the envelope. Photos that hang on walls of not just your clients.  Digital manipulation is allowed.
Construction Progress Aerial photography as a way of documenting the work of a client construction project. It can be a single shot, a progress shoot photomontage of several pictures taken over a period of time, or even a one day photomontage of several images.
 

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