News arrived yesterday that I had six images place in the 2012 Society of American Travel Writers Central States Chapter photo competition. Thank you to the judges and organizers — I’m honored. The real kick for me was in getting 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the People category. What a shock! The photo above was the 1st place winner. I also took 1st in the Action category, 3rd in Food and an honorable mention in International Places.

The awards were announced at the Central States meeting in the Florida Keys last week, which I was unfortunately unable to attend. It’s always great to see the other photographers’ work during the presentation. Hopefully they’ll eventually be posted somewhere online. I’ll share the link here if that happens.

Congratulations to all of the other winners as well!