Posted by Brian on November 6th, 2009 | 0 comments
Dawn’s Early Light, by Brian W Knight.
My photo, By Dawn’s Early Light, won first place in the Sports category at last night’s Fotoweek DC Awards Gala. The photo shows the first wave of racers in the 2009 Nation’s Triathlon as they swim up the Potomac River past the Lincoln Memorial.
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For the next week my photo will hang at Fotoweek Central located in Georgetown starting tonight through November 14, 2009.
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A typical day in the (totally glamorous) life of an adventure sports photographer…
0700 – Alarms go off (x3)
0730 – Actually get out of bed
0730 – Shower, check the forecast, realise that the rain is not going to stop and will in fact continue for quite a bit longer, rush around to find gore-tex boots, pants and hat, a tent, and anything else that seems like it might be good to have around while intentionally subjecting oneself to a rain storm (oh, and some sort of pack to put it all in – This, by the way, all in addition to the other backpack full of camera gear).
0800 – Wander out to the car with all of my bags, drive to the park
0830 – Hike off to my spot on the trail, set up the tent’s rainfly, hunker down, and wait for runners
0910 – 1100 – take some photos (6,072 to be exact)
1130 – Drive home, change clothes, hang up gear to dry
The first email I read Monday night while still on the plane from Ottawa was from FotoWeek DC and began as follows…
Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that you are a finalist in the FotoWeek DC Awards Competition. This means that your image will be exhibited in one of our FotoWeek galleries in Georgetown throughout the length of FotoWeek DC and you might be the first prize winner in the category you entered. You are also invited to the Awards Ceremony and Reception to be held at the National Geographic Society on November 5, 2009 where the winners will be announced and prizes will be awarded.
What a great birthday present, eh?! I’m very excited to be selected as a finalist and can’t wait for the gala held at Nat Geo in November.
Some more info about the competition…
FotoWeek DC Awards Competition Exhibition
This exhibition of the finalists from the 2009 Awards competition recognizes and honors extraordinary work in photography. Entries from sixteen states and twenty-eight foreign countries were made in several categories, including Fine Art, News/Feature Reporting, Advertising, Travel, and Sports. A multimedia category was added this year, too — work that may combine still photography with sound, graphics or video. A distinguished panel of judges, both from the U. S. and abroad, has carefully selected our finalists who will be recognized with Awards of Excellence, Distinction, and Merit — the top three entries in each category for a total of $21,500 in cash prizes. The winner of the “Spirit of Washington,” a single image that captures the essence of our capitol city, will receive the $5,000 Podesta Prize.
Read more about FotoWeek DC at their site. Here’s a link to the list of judges.
