our promise to you:

these awards demonstrate our commitment to you that your images will be technically perfect, exceptionally crafted, and capture your four-legged friend perfectly.

Awards and Publications

  • 2022 Awards

    1. Winner; Voted Maine’s Best Pet/Dog Photographer of the Year, Downeast Dog Magazine ‘Maine’s Best of the Best’ competition.

    2. Winner; Maine Pet Photographer of the Year, Maine Professional Photographers Association Print Competition

    3. Winner; AIM Image Recipient for Top Scoring Animal Image produced in the State of Maine Print Competition, MPPA

    4. Winner; Client Image Award for Top Scoring Image produced for a client in the State of Maine MPPA Print Competition

    5. 2x Winner; Judge’s Choice Award for State of Maine Print Competition, MPPA

    6. Winner; First Time Entrant Recipient for Top Scoring Image produced of a first time entrant into the State of Maine Print Competition, MPPA

    7. Winner; Best of Show and Highest Scoring Image in the State of Maine Print Competition, MPPA

    8. AIM Print Competition:

    ~ Top 10 Equine Portraits.

    9. WPE International Print Competition First Half of 2022 Results:

    ~8 Silver badges, 1 Bronze

    ~Ranked 35th in the USA of all photographers

    ~Ranked 194th in the World of all Photographers

    10. Professional Photographers of America Districts Print Competition; North East District

    ~3 Merited Imaged

    ~3 Placings within the Top 10 Images of the North East District

    11. The Pet Photographers Club

    -Top 25 placing People and their Pets Category of over 4,000+ entries

    12. WPE First Half of 2022 Awards

    -8 silver pins

    -Achievement of Expert Photographer status for WPE awards

    -194th World-Ranked Photographer of 10,291 total members of WPE.

    -35th USA-Ranked Photographer for WPE Awards.

    13. WPE Second Half of 2022 Awards

    -3rd place winner

    -20 Silver Pins

    -Advancement to 106th World Ranking

    -12th USA-Ranked Photographer for WPE Awards.

    14. International Print Competition (IPC)

    -4/4 Merited Images

    -2 Imaging Excellence Images resulting in a Gold Medal Case

    -2 Grand Imaging Award Nominations (Top 1% of all images entered (100 total) nominated for this out of over 5,200 entries).

    15. Winner; Downeast Dog News Magazine Best of the Best Pet Photographers 2022

    -Previous winner for 2021.

    16. Winner; The Portrait Masters Pet Portrait Category

    17. WPE 2022 Final

    -6 Silver Pins

    -2 Bronze Pins

    -2022 Final World Ranking: 95th place

    -2022 Final USA Ranking Photographer: 17th place

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  • 2021 Awards

    1. Animal Image Makers annual Print Competition. Over 2,500 images entered internationally.

    ~Judges Choice Image - Eye of the tiger

    ~Top 10 Image, Dog Category

    ~Top 5 Image, Cat Category

    ~Top 5 Image, Equine Category

    ~Top 5 Image, People and their Pets category

    2. Professional Photographer’s Association annual Districts print competition. South-East District.

    ~4/4 Merited Images

    ~Top 10 Image in Southeast District

    3. PPA’s International Print Competition.

    ~2 Merited Images

    ~2 Imaging Excellence Images - Images to be published Internationally and displayed at Imaging USA Convention

    ~Gold Medal Winner

    4. State of Georgia Print Competition

    ~Georgia’s 2021 Annual Print Competition

    ~Top 10 image, all categories

    ~Top Pet Portrait

    ~Judge's Choice award

    ~Elliot's 1st Timer Award

    ~Best of Show Award

    5. The Pet Photographer’s Club Annual Pet Photographer of the Year Award

    ~Winner 2021 Emerging (less than 1 year in business) International Pet Photographer of the Year

    ~Top 10 Portrait Category

    ~Top 10 open category

    ~Top 10 pets and their people category

    ~Top 25 action category

    6. That Photography Spot Monthly Photo Challenge

    ~June 2021 Winner - Golden Hour Challenge

    ~October 2021 Winner - Connection Challenge

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  • Publications and Press Releases

    Magazine Publications:

    1. Orvis Cover, March 2021: The Dog Issue

    2. Savannah Magazine, ‘Animal Instinct’ article

      https://www.savannahmagazine.com/animal-instinct/

    Online Publications:

    1. The Advertiser, 2021 Emerging International Pet Photographer of the year. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/home/pets/most-stunning-pet-photos-of-2021/image-gallery/611105b878a97d9e7c0572e17a66182c

    2. NY POST, 2021 Emerging International Pet Photographer of the year. https://nypost.com/2021/08/10/bow-wow-the-international-pet-photographer-of-the-year-awards/

    3. The Click Community, Top 100 Photographers to watch in 2021. https://www.theclickcommunity.com/blog/100-photographers-to-watch-in-2021/gina-soule-main/

    4. The Pet Photographer’s Club, Pet Photographer of the Year Awards. http://thepetphotographersclub.com/2021-winners

    5. Sony Alpha Females, Photographer Feature. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTnAxwRL0VI/

    6. The Telegraph, 2021 Emerging International Pet Photographer of the Year. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/10/international-pet-photographer-year-awards-2021/gina-soule-america/

    7. Rediff.com, 2021 International Emerging Pet Photographer of the Year. https://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/the-best-pet-photographs-of-the-year/20210816.htm

    8. SLR Lounge. 2021 The Global Dog Art Gallergy. https://www.slrlounge.com/the-global-dog-art-gallery-creates-connections-with-pet-photography-as-image-therapy/

    9. TogTalk Quarterly Magazine.

    10. Downeast Dog News: The Best of the Best Edition

      https://issuu.com/rfbadvertising/docs/downeastdog_november_2022

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