2013 PPACH Portrait Awards Winners Announced

Tina Timmons, chairman of the 2013 Celebration of Smile Portrait Awards, has announced the grand-prize winner and category winners of the 2013 contest. To participate, entrants must have donated to the April Celebration of Smiles nationwide fundraiser.

A total of 112 images were entered in the 2013 contest, nearly doubling the number of entries in the last year’s inaugural competition. This year’s contest was judged by Darcey Olson, CPP, Darcey Olson Photography, Rockford, Michigan; Karen Lueck, CPP, A Moment Captured, Troy, Michigan; and Denise Boyce, M.Photog.Cr.,CPP, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The grand-prize winner and the first, second, and third place winners in each category will receive a glass award, and all those recognized will receive a honor certificate.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

 Grand_Prize_Winner_Patricia_van_Bergen

Patricia van Bergen
Adoring Glances Photography
Boyds, Maryland

CATEGORY AWARDS

BABIES

 1st_Jennifer_Gomez

1st Place
Jennifer Gomez

All That Jazz Photography
Hillsboro, Oregon

2nd_Lili_Englehardt 

2nd Place
Lili Engelhardt

Lili Engelhardt Photography
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

3rd_Patricia_van_Bergen 

3rd Place
Patricia van Bergen

Adoring Glances Photography
Boyds, Maryland

 hm_Lynn_Brower

Honorable Mention
Lynn Brower

Lynn Marie Photography
Harrisburg, South Dakota

 hm_Scott_Meincke

Honorable Mention
Meggan Harper

Harper-Wayne Portrait Studio
Ormond Beach, Florida

CHILDREN

 1st_Patricia-van_Bergen

1st Place
Patricia van Bergen

Adoring Glances Photography
Boyds, Maryland

 2nd_Clark_Sanders

2nd Place
Clark Sanders

Clark Sanders Photography
Cherokee Village, Arkansas

3rd_Kelly_Zimmerman 

3rd Place
Kelly Zimmerman

Cherished Images
Boise, Idaho

 hm_Kerith_Patterson

Honorable Mention
Kerith Patterson

Visual Girl Photo
North Vancouver, B.C., Canada

 hm_Megan_Twaddle

Honorable Mention
Megan Twaddle

Broken Glass Photography
Liberty, Illinois

TEENS

 1st_Alma_Aponte

1st Place
Alma Aponte

Metamorphosis Digital Photography Studio
Fitchburg, Massachusetts

 2nd_Melanie_Anderson

2nd Place
Melanie Anderson

Anderson Photographs
Hagerstown, Maryland

 3rd_Alma_Aponte

3rd Place
Alma Aponte

Metamorphosis Digital Photography Studio
Fitchburg, Massachusetts

 hm_Megan_Twaddle

Honorable Mention
Stacey Knoebel

Knoebel Portrait Design
Hammond, Wisconsin

 hm_Stacey_Knoebel

Honorable Mention
Megan Twaddle

Broken Glass Photography
Liberty, Illinois

ADULTS

 1st_Megan_Twaddle

1st Place
Megan Twaddle

Broken Glass Photography
Liberty, Illinois

 2nd_Pete_Rezac

2nd Place
Pete Rezac

Pete Rezac Photography
Reno, Nevada

 3rd_Kelly_Zimmerman

3rd Place
Kelly Zimmerman

Cherished Images
Boise, Idaho

 hm_Larry_Lourcey

Honorable Mention
Larry Lourcey

Lourcey Photography
Plano, Texas

 hm_Mary_Pat_Kelley

Honorable Mention
Mary Pat Kelley
Photography by Dale
Hagerstown, Maryland

PETS

 1st_Clark_Sanders

1st Place
Clark Sanders

Clark Sanders Photography
Cherokee Village, Arkansas

 2nd_Jennifer_Gomez

2nd Place
Jennifer Gomez

All That Jazz Photography
Hillsboro, Oregon

 3rd_David_Anderson

3rd Place
David Anderson

David Anderson Photography
Annapolis, Maryland

 hm_Claire_Houser

Honorable Mention
Jennifer Gomez

All That Jazz Photography
Hillsboro, Oregon

 hm_Jennifer_Gomez

Honorable Mention
Claire Houser

Claire Terese Photography
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania