Out of the 80 or so photos from 20 students who submitted in the school’s first annual photo contest, I found some beginner’s luck and took home a second-place cash prize (waiting for the exchange rate to be really bad to get some good Dollars out of it)!  Just as everyone liked the Garlic Merchant, so did the judges.  The first-place prize went to a sunset shot by a body of water with the face of a girl lit-up in the shadows of the right-hand corner of the frame.

Since my five submissions were all digital, the school printed and framed them all for a mini-exhibition of the entrants.  Never before had I seen one of my shots developed, so it was exciting to see the cross-over from digital to print.  They looked pretty good at their large size, especially compared with the resolution and clarity of the other photos.  Though I have surrendered any rights to the photos, I was told that I will be able to take home my five framed images at the end of the semester.