For the third year in a row I won a spot in the local calendar contest. This year I hit the header page for the month of May. For the next 31 days my pic of Big Bird will be hanging on walls in the area. Not bad for an old man with bad eyes.
I once won a contest at work where they were looking for local scenes to hang in the office. They were put to popular vote.
It’s still my favorite shot ever - not because I won the silly contest and not because it’s that great of a shot but because the award had to be presented to me by the HR director whom I hated - and the feeling was mutual. I think she would have rather eaten a live rat than give me the award…but…