3 Silver Awards at the APPA awards
October 15th, 2009
Recently, I was honoured by having 3 of my images awarded with a silver award at the Australian Professional Photography Awards. I have never entered any images before and it was quite mindblowing for me that the first time I enter I come back with this result. I had considered entering before, but I was too chicken to!
The first image was taken at Alex & Danika’s Wedding, which took place about a year ago in Armidale at St Peters Cathedral. This moment was quite special when the bride’s grandfather (or Poppy as they call him) called his newly married granddaughter over for a photo. He was very proud and obviously very excited to be taking a photo of her on her wedding day!

The next image that won a silver award was this image of Mick & Terri at their wedding last year. It was quite incredible having the two Alpacas (or Llamas, or whatever they are!) pose so perfectly for us!

This image of grandparents is from Nick & Emily’s Wedding which was a sweet little moment that I happened to capture.


October 15th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Love the picture of Poppy! and the two lovebirds, aww
October 15th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Love these images James! Especially the one of Poppy! The awards you received for them are totally well deserved.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I love all these images James. I bet the Poppy one will be treasured by the family forever!
October 15th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Love them James! The one of Poppy is a beautiful moment. Great to see you blogging again too.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
It’s all about capturing the moment, right? You’ve done that tremendously with these. Well deserved.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:54 am
the top picture is my favorite. such a great moment captured.
October 16th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Awesome work JD! You deserve awards for these!
October 16th, 2009 at 9:53 am
The one of Poppy has always brought tears to my eyes- congratulations on awards well deserved!
Chicken no more!!
October 16th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Any Royalties or Commission for the “Poppy” shot can go to SU Northern Territory. He’s worth a fortune that man!!!!!
October 18th, 2009 at 10:25 am
gorgeous James I love them all but I especially love the middle one awesome images xx
October 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Hi James
We’ve just sent a framed copy of the two love birds pic to them for their Diamond wedding Anniversary next week! They are chuffed about the award…
Emily & Nic x
January 13th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
When I saw that photo of Poppy my eyes filled with tears as I could just “feel” the pride and joy he was experiencing at that moment. This is what photography is all about….getting priceless moments like this. Love Love Love
October 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Well done. Love the top pic the best.