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