Lame Fun wins an award.....

This photo is the winner of the International Open Amateur Photography Competition. My mom had been sending me emails about this contest and wanted me to check it out. I ignored this contest as long as I could. Before long my mom was asking me if I had sent in a photo. Of course I replied no and told her that I’m not really into the contest thing. She explained to me that it didn’t really matter if I won or not. She was so sure if I just put the work out there that the people would see it and respond. The first photo I sent them was a great photo. They rejected it. I was so hurt that I wrote them this long email about me not wanting to send anything in the first place. They responded to my email and said that they would like me to enter another photo. I couldn’t believe the nerve of these people. My work is very personal to me and it was already hard for me to give them what I felt they didn’t deserve. Either way I sent them another photo. I didn’t think anything about the contest after that though. I had nothing to lose. A couple of months later I get an email from IAPC saying that my photo has got the first place slot with a bunch of other photos. I was pretty siked, but at the same time I was pretty skeptical. One month later I receive an award by mail. It was a surprise but it will be an even bigger surprise for mom.