Judge's Choice Awards
Judge's Choice Award- Best Air-to-Air
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Air-to-Air category.
Title: Effervescent Dawn
Photographer: Stéphane Champin’
Aerial Photograph of the Year
Judge's Choice Award- Best Artistic (Tie)
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Artistic category.
Title: Lenscapped Peak
Photographer: Debbie Cruikshank
Judge's Choice Award- Best Artistic (Tie)
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Artistic category.
Title: When the Lights Go Down in the City
Photographer: Niki Britton
Judge's Choice Award- Best Artistic (Tie)
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Artistic category.
Title: Spread Your Wings
Photographer: Ron Brown
Judge's Choice Award- Best Artistic (Tie)
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Artistic category.
Title: Obscured
Photographer: Debbie Cruikshank
Judge's Choice Award- Best Commercial
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Commercial category.
Title: Meadows Ski Resort
Photographer: Debbie Cruikshank
Judge's Choice Award- Best Construction Progress
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Construction Progress category
Title: Preparing the Pipeline
Photographer: Jean Luc Kaiser
Judge's Choice Award- Best Vertical
Highest scoring aerial photograph in the Vertical category
Title: 1700s Fortified City
Photographer: Jean Luc Kaiser
People's Choice Awards
People’s Choice Award- 1st Place
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph
Title: Grand Prismatic Spring
Photographer: Allen Macbean
People’s Choice Award- 2nd Place
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph
Title: Mammogram
Photographer: Sibylle Allgaier
People’s Choice Award- 3rd Place
PAPA Int’l members’ favorite aerial photograph
Title: Cold Stream
Photographer: Lee Ross
Individual Judge's Choice Awards
A personal favorite aerial photograph selected by each judge.
Judge's Choice Award: John Wark
Title: Obscured
Photographer: Debbie Cruikshank
Judge's Choice Award: Stan Macbean
Title: Playful Pitts
Photographer: David Byrne
Judge's Choice Award: Amy Hartsfield
Title: Effervescent Dawn
Photographer: Stéphane Champin’
Judge's Choice Award: Pat Belanger
Title: Small Town America
Photographer: Frank Carleton
Description of Categories
| Commercial | Described as shot on the job, your best view for the client, an image of commercial value. |
| Scenic/Artistic | Described as images that show a broader view, a landscape or cityscape, good stock shots, panoramic views. Fine Art photography; pictorial, stunning, original images. Images that push the envelope. |
| Air-to-Air | A photo taken of an aircraft FROM an aircraft. Photographers are urged NOT to attempt this type of photography unless schooled in safe practice techniques. Formation flying experience and or instruction are vital for a successful and safe air-to-air shoot. |
| Vertical | Straight down, vertical photography for mapping and reference work. |
| Construction Progress |
Aerial photography as a way of documenting the work of a client construction project. It can be a single shot, a progress shoot photomontage of several pictures taken over a period of time, or even a one day photomontage of several images.
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