I enter a lot of photography contests every year. Some of them are free to enter, many are paid entries, and most of the time I can not keep track of them. I do it do test my skills and see where I rank or if I rank.

As a documentary style photographer sometimes it is insane and hard to compete with the artistic style photographers who do composites and amazing artistic work. Sometimes my adherence to my style choice pays off and I become a finalist which is a big accomplishment given the sheer volume of photographers in the world and who enter these contests.

So I am happy to announce while I didn’t win, I was a finalist in a Creative Captures Contest. Check out all the finalist below.