Awards and Publications

These awards demonstrate my continued commitment to every single one of my clients, and to crafting technically perfect, exceptionally captured, and utterly captivating portraits of your four-legged best friend.

2024 Awards and Publications

Desert Leaf Magazine

-Cover photo and interview article publication

https://online.fliphtml5.com/uyvk/aayg/#p=54

Maine Professional Photographers Association

-Animal Photographer of the Year

-Judge's Choice

International Society of Animal Photographers

-Judge's Choice

-Top 5 Dog Portraits

-Top 10 Equine Portraits

International Pet Photographer of the Year

-2 Silver Awards

-1 Bronze Award

Downeast Dog News Magazine

-Voted ‘Best of the Best’ Pet Photographer, winner for the fourth year in a row!

International Photographic Competition

-Top 32 finalist, pet portraiture category.

** Next round of judging Feb. 2025.

International Pet Photographer of the Year

-2 Silver Awards, 1 Bronze; all images placed.

Master Photographer

-Achievement of Master Photographer from the PPA.

2022 Awards Continued

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

The Pet Photographers Club

-Top 25 placing People and their Pets Category, 4000 total entries.

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.

WPE Second Half of 2022 Awards

-3rd place winner

-20 Silver Pins

-Advancement to 106th World Ranking

-12th USA-Ranked Photographer for WPE Awards.

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).

Downeast Dog News Magazine

-Voted ‘Best of the Best’ Pet Photographer, previous winner 2022.

The Portrait Masters

-Winner of the Pet Portrait Category

WPE 2022 Final

-6 Silver Pins

-2 Bronze Pins

-2022 Final World Ranking: 95th place

-2022 Final USA Ranking Photographer: 17th place

2023 Awards and Publications

International Pet Photographer of the Year

-Top 10 ‘People and Pet’s category

-3 silver awards

-4 bronze awards

Maine Professional Photographers Association

-Animal Photographer of the Year

-Win Tracy Maine Photographer of the Year

-Creative Challenge Winner

-Animal Image Makers Award

-Artistry in Photography Award

-Judge's Choice Award

International Photographic Competition

-2 time Grand Imaging Award Nominee

-2 perfect scoring images

Downeast Dog News

-Voted 'Best of the Best' Pet Photographer in Maine, winner for the third year in a row!

Best of the 207

-Voted Best of the 207 Photographer (silver)

2021 Awards

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

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

-4/4 Merited Images

-Top 10 Image in Southeast District

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

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

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

That Photography Spot Monthly Photo Challenge

-June 2021 Winner - Golden Hour Challenge

-October 2021 Winner - Connection Challenge

2022 Awards and Publications

Downeast Dog News Magazine

-Voted ‘Best of the Best’ Pet Photographer, winner for the fourth year in a row!

Maine Professional Photographers Association

-Animal Photographer of the Year

-AIM (Animal Image Maker) Award for top scoring animal image.

-Client Image Award for top scoring image produced for a client.

-2x winner Judge’s Choice Award

-First time entrant award recipient for top scoring image produced by a first time entrant.

-Best of Show award

-Highest scoring image in the competition

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

Publications

Orvis Cover, March 2021: The Dog Issue

Savannah Magazine, ‘Animal Instinct’ article

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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

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/

TogTalk Quarterly Magazine

Downeast Dog News: The Best of the Best Edition

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