FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2010 International Photography Awards Announces Winners of the Competition
Kevin Ou was awarded an Honorable Mention in Editorial – Personality category for the winning entry”Melora Hardin”
About Winner:
Kevin Ou is a Los Angeles based photographer who specializes in advertising and celebrity portraiture. Kevin is currently looking for new representation. Please view his portfolio online at www.kevinouphoto.com Kevin has won numerous photography awards including the APA National Award, International Photo Award and the American Photo (Images of the Year) Award. Kevin is a co-founder of the Modern Home + Living (www.mhlmagazine.com) brand. A visual spectacle that offers exclusive access to the best celebrity homes and designs.
About IPA:
The 2010 International Photography Awards received nearly 15,000 submissions from 103 countries across the globe. IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, where the top three winners are announced at the annual Lucie Awards gala ceremony. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003, IPA has had the privilege and opportunity to acknowledge and recognize contemporary photographers’ accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition. Visitwww.photoawards.com for more details.
Direct Link:
http://photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoomwin.php?eid=8-25119-10&uid=&code=Personality
http://photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/hmention2010PRO.php
Contact:
Photographer: Kevin Ou
kevin@kevinouphoto.com
http://www.kevinouphoto.com
IPA Contact
Sarah Cho
Competition Director
IPA | Lucie Awards
sarah@photoawards.com
Melora Hardin
The Miracle of Retouching.
It was great shooting Criss Angel once again. This time it was at his brand new 25,000sq ft mansion called Serenity in Las Vegas. All I can say is that it’s drop dead beautiful. Look out for the spread in the next issue of Modern Home + Living.
Besides the gorgeous home, the highlight of the day was Criss’ new Bugatti Veyron. Love it! Check out images below.
It was fun shooting these guys again. Here are the rockstars from the World Famous Body Electric Tattoo studio.
I don’t usually like to go that heavy handed on retouching, but in this case it was definitely requested for. My retouching intern, Vito, got to lay his claws into these and they came out pretty awesome. Check them out!
“They say it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but Carnival of Dogs is here to prove you wrong”. The band is made up of Rock and Roll heroes, Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), Tracii Guns (LA Guns), Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol) and Franky Perez (Steve Vai, Ronnie Wood, Slash).
This shoot was particularly awesome as these guys are all huge musical influencers in my life. Pretty awesome day hanging out with all these guys. Check out the images below.
Many people have been emailing to ask who my heroes and inspirations are. So I thought that it would be a good project for myself to start looking into their work once again for inspiration.
The first photographer that has greatly inspired me with his cinematic viewpoint and absolutely gorgeous manipulation of light is EUGENIO RECUENCO. His work is classic yet edgy. There is always a hidden story and every image is simply a work of art.
“Great ambition and conquest without contribution is without significance“. I heard this quote in a movie a long time back, and it suddenly came back to me when reading this article on Warren Buffet. He acknowledges his blessings and pledges to give 99% of his wealth away before he dies. Very humbling indeed.
I want to take a second to thank the group of very talented designers and coders that helped re-brand my identity design, website and blog together.
Steve Chavez from The Forum Agency: http://www.theforumagency.com
Nick Foster from The UltraTeam: http://www.theultrateam.com
Ryan Anguiano from Cloud Creative Group: http://www.cloudcreativegroup.com
Allan Cutler from AC Media Designs: http://www.acmediadesigns.com
Thank you very much for all the work and time spent! I’m honored to be working with some of the more talented individuals out there.
