Award of Excellence!

This is the first year that I submitted some work to the WPPI Photo Competition and I won an award of excellence for what I titled “Modern Bride”. Cat and Adi from Next Exit Photography thought I should submit this image and I took their advice (it’s so hard to judge our own work, you know?) This was from Tamara and Zachary’s wedding and it’s a photo of her nursing her son (with Zachary) before the ceremony in her wedding dress. Obviously, it’s provocative on many levels, but now the image is especially dear to my heart because I’ve been nursing MY little one all year. I do want to thank all my brides and grooms who have been so understanding about my need to “express milk” during the wedding. I mean, never in a million years when I got pregnant did I envision that! I guess I figured that I’d nurse for a few months and be done with it, but we are 9 months, 100% breastfed and going strong. Wow, who ever thought I’d be a lactavist! Anyway, back to the image. I just love Tamara’s expression. It’s so “Mona Lisa-esq!” Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go to the convention this year to see it hanging but Heather said she took a snap of it so I’ll post that as soon as I get it!