Best of Show, Best Illustrative
“Beautiful Monotony”
By Kerri Weiss
Best Commercial
“I Bid You Welcome”
By Dave Smith
Best Wedding
“Big Easy Bride”
By Brian Morrison
Best Black and White, Best Portrait
“Miserable Moulin Rouge”
By Dave Smith
Best of Show, Best Illustrative
“Beautiful Monotony”
By Kerri Weiss
Best Commercial
“I Bid You Welcome”
By Dave Smith
Best Wedding
“Big Easy Bride”
By Brian Morrison
Best Black and White, Best Portrait
“Miserable Moulin Rouge”
By Dave Smith

Best Black and White
“Stairway Askew”
By Brian Morrison
Sponsored by PPANI Board
Best Digital Album
“Windows”
by Brian Morrison
Sponsored by Michel Company
Best Freestyle Folio
“Christine”
By Matthew Kane
Sponsored by H & H Color Lab
Best Portrait
“Side Out”
by Paul Rogers
Sponsored by American Color Imaging, Rick Trummer
Best Illustrative
“Birth of a Dragon”
by Jim Pierce
Sponsored by Evald Moulding
Best Wedding Image
“Stairway Askew”
By Brian Morrison
Sponsored by Advanced Imaging, Inc.
Best Commercial
“Dream Catcher”
by Jim Pierce
Sponsored by American Color Imaging, Rick Trummer
Best of Show
“Dream Catcher”
by Jim Pierce
Sponsored by PPANI

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3rd Place – Score of 87 – Jim Pierce
1st Place Tie – Score of 88 – Don Hinds and Brian Morrison
2nd Place – Cumulative score 154 – Don Hinds
1st Place – Cumulative Score 161 – Mark Shangraw
3rd Place – with 7 President’s awards – Cindy Romano
2nd Place – with 8 President’s awards – Peter Yu
1st Place – with 11 President’s awards – Brian Morrison
3rd Place – cumulative score 1497 – Sarah Johnston
2nd Place – cumulative score 1892 – Peter Yu
1st Place – cumulative score 1904 – Brian Morrison
The 2011 Northern Achievement Award for Photographic Excellence recipient achieved a total of 125.16 points. Northern is pleased to present the 2011 Northern Achievement Award for Photographic Excellence to Brian Morrison.
