Mama bragging rights…

Zach has always had an eye for taking photos. He went to a photography camp several years ago, and then also purchased his own DSLR camera.

He loves to take photos and I love that he loves to because together we get about 3000 photos on every trip! Lol.

I love seeing all his photos on trips he takes without me too, and I love seeing him carry his camera around in his knapsack on outings with his friends where he captures some awesome moments on their adventures.

So when my dear friend Larissa told him about a youth photography contest, he decided that maybe he’d find a few photos to submit. Larissa came over one night to help him select his submissions (and edit them a tiny bit as well). There were so many to choose from, but he ended up submitting these ones:

Love that these are all nice samples of his travels too; another passion we share!

These ones below were close contenders (but we figured that these are less original; still beautiful, but Angor Wat has been photographed way more than those little boys on the cliff up there, or that rad frog, or the boat in Cambodia, the rainbows in Cusco, or my personal favourite, the guide snowshoeing in Greenland). But the sunrise at Angor Wat is pretty spectacular too (and I’m so glad we got up early two days and he was able to capture the different lighting):

Well yesterday, he received notice that: “Although all the submissions were great, we think at least one of your 5 photos is exceptional! There are 18 finalist images out of the 500 plus entries. You are receiving this email because you are a finalist for the contest!”

Yah!!!

They are having a contest exhibit on May 5th and will announce the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners then. I am so excited for him, but so bummed because I am on a plane on that day heading home from my niece’s wedding (though excited about that too!).

I’m so curious to know which photo they selected as one of the finalist ones! I’ll keep you posted!!

So proud of this boy!

Update: He didn’t win, but here he is at the show! (It was the rainbow in Peru Photo!)