Fair Photos…

Living in Puyallup, we are fortunate enough to be able to visit the “Puyallup Fair” a couple of times during it’s 17 day run. This is the largest single attraction in the state of Washington and one of the top 10 fairs in our country…quite an accomplishment for Puyallup! Each year they hold a photo competition and three years ago they added a new category…Washington State Photographers. This year I entered four photos and was fortunate enough to have all of them accepted. There were around 700 photos entered and approximately 1/3 were accepted. Of the four photos I entered, two were of my granddaughter, Jayden, who is of course my favorite photographic subject! The others were of EMP (Experience Music Project) and Slide Rock, outside of Sedona, AZ. Shortly before the fair opened, they posted the results online and I was shocked to receive Best of Show for my EMP photo (as well as first place) and a first place on one of Jayden’s photos…quite an honor since there were so many amazing and beautiful photos…I was humbled! Here are the photos I entered:

Hmm, what to enter next year…guess I’ll see what the year holds in store for me and decide that next summer…but I certainly couldn’t expect anything like this year…I’m happy with it! OH…and I must add that my husband also entered four photos…and had all of his accepted as well!