CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS in the Star Shooter Photo Contest

The Star Shooter Photo Contest was a complete success! Hallelujah!  We received 198 photo submissions from 33 different states and 8 different countries!  Discover the incredible winners HERE.  And thanks to the eleven judges who did a fantastic job!  (I’m glad I wasn’t a judge, it was tough stuff!  So many great images!) Here is the Grand Prize Winning Photo (below)… “Hippi Steve” from Matthew Freund, an incredibly humble guy that supported this contest from the very beginning five months ago, by printing and passing out contest flyers all over Los Angeles!   This shot was actually taken with a film Hasselblad camera in Topanga Canyon, CA – a small, beautiful mountainous part of Los Angeles.  Check out more of Matt’s incredible work HERE.  

It was really fun calling Matt on speaker phone tonight in a room full of photographer’s here in Myrtle Beach to congratulate him.  And I found it especially intriguing that when I asked Matt what prize he preferred, “the camera or some cash?” …he replied “What’s the camera?”   Again, I will say… this man is humble and gifted.  What a great combo for success!  We wish you the best, Matt!

Thank you to ALL who participated in the Star Shooter Photo Contest!  Without each of you, it wouldn’t have been made possible!  Subscribe to this blog (by clicking HERE) to be updated on next year’s photo contest… as I think this could most definitely be an annual thing for Star Shooter!  God Bless to All!