THE PORTRAIT MASTERS AWARDS I

The Portrait Masters Awards are an international portrait competition with over 8000 entries this year and judged by 10 master judges from around the world.

For me, this was the first time entering. I submitted four images and this one got a bronze medal in the Contemporary Portrait category of 2019.

The bronze award stands for "High Professional Standard". The professional judging is based on styling, composition, focus, lighting, connection (i.e. between photographer and model), posing, post-production, and overall technique and presentation.
Silver scores showing exceptional technique and gold is, of course, the ultimate goal so there is still a lot to learn!