I retired from commercial photography 20 some years ago but still take a heck of a lot of pictures. I joined a few photography clubs in my area of Houston. One club does an annual contest that is judged by professionals within the design, arts and photography fields. This is my first year in this club but the club president asked me if I would please enter some images. They had 8 categories, BW, Portraiture, Landscape (including city or waterscapes), Street photography, digital manipulation and 2 themed categories- Water and Film Noir. You could enter up to 2 images per category and anything from the past 2 years (since Oct. 2019).

So I chose 16 images to enter. The judges awarded me 2 first place, 2 second place, 2 Curator's Choice and one Honorable Mention awards so 7 in total. There were 28 club members who entered and about 265 images. So I guess I did pretty well. By the way, the portrait is of my son and grandson. Kind of cool to see your children as parents. 

Here they are: 

B&W, 1st Place


Water, 2nd Place


Water, 1st Place


Landscape, Curator's Choice


Portraiture, Honorable Mention


Street Photography, 1st place


Street Photography, Curator's Choice