I am thrilled to announce that one of my portraits received a merit recognition in the National Association of Professional Child Photographer's International Image Competition. It is such an honor to be featured amongst so much talent! You can see all the entries and winners here. This portrait of my child and one of my horses was taken in the spring, when buttercups take over parts of fields. The horse photographed here came over to check on what his little girl was doing - if you look closely you can see that she had picked some flowers and put them on his head :)

The National Association of Professional Child Photographers describes it's International Image Competition as:

“designed to recognize the world’s most successful child photographers, the NAPCP Image Competition called for images across a range of category subjects including Maternity, Newborn, Babies, Children, Siblings, Toddlers, Tweens, Seniors and Family. Image submissions were carefully judged by a blue-ribbon panel of experts based on impact, technical merit, composition and creativity.”

— NAPCP