{"id":8,"date":"2024-07-22T06:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-02-24T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:06:37","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The STUDIO is CLOSED for Alterations<\/strong><\/mark>
Some of my Award Winning Images from The Australian Professional Photography Awards<\/p>\n\n\n

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Old Sheep Farmer from Toowoomba with his good lady Wife
(Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ruby Spowart, leading Australian Photographer with some of her Award Winning Images.
I knew how to take Photographs but Ruby taught me how to photograph Awards Winners.
Ruby taught me how to make my photography rise above the rest.
Ruby is a great Photographer and an absolutely brilliant Teacher in the Art of Photography<\/p>\n\n\n

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Little baby in the studio with just one light<\/p>\n\n\n

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A lifetime of memories & hardship etched into their faces
with their Bluey (Aussie Blue Heeler Cattle Dog)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Old Samford Farming Brothers, Ray and Trev<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ron & his mate Tony, 2 Vietnam Vets on Anzac Day – “Lest We Forget”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Father and Child one light in the Studio<\/p>\n\n\n

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An Old Lady, on her journey, Waiting for God<\/p>\n\n\n

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Might be gone but never forgotten<\/p>\n\n\n

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Grandpa can fix anything from an Antique Motorbike to his Grandkid’s Toys<\/p>\n\n\n

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This gentleman survived 29 mission over Europe as a Rear Gunner on a Lancaster Bomber.
On the way home one night, he said
“an enemy fighter plane came up behind me & a bit to the side, it was only a few feet away.” <\/strong><\/mark>
I said “what did you do next ? “<\/strong><\/mark>
He said “I saluted the enemy pilot and he saluted me back.” <\/strong><\/mark>
“Then after some very very long<\/strong> seconds, he flew away.”<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Aussie sheep farmer’s wife<\/p>\n\n\n

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In a Nursing Home together, a lifetime of Love & Memories<\/p>\n\n\n

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A lifetime of memories on the wall<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Aussie Sheep Farmer’s Daughter,
They breed them tough, Down Under in Australia<\/p>\n\n\n

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A Proud Father and A Brand New Baby<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ray and Daphne, farming couple from Samford, Qld, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n

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They say, behind every Good Man,
there is always a Good Woman<\/p>\n\n\n

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Trev, the Batchelor Farmer from Samford, Qld, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n

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all alone in a Nursing Home just waiting for God<\/p>\n\n\n

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my good mate John & his Jewellery<\/p>\n\n\n

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Aussie Farmer proud of his Pumpkins<\/p>\n\n\n

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A Lifetime of Travels, a Lifetime of Memories<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the Studio, one side light<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the Studio, they played beautifully together<\/p>\n\n\n

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Father & Son with one Studio Light<\/p>\n\n\n

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A Good Man in a Nursing Home communicating with his Good Lady Wife<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sisters by window light<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alone in a Nursing Home waiting for God<\/p>\n\n\n

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One Light in the Studio<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the Studio, one light<\/p>\n\n\n

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Home Alone among her memories<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alone with a lifetime of memories
(wearing the medals on her right side and not over her heart<\/mark>
means they belong to her late husband)<\/mark>
Lest We Forget<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The STUDIO is CLOSED for AlterationsSome of my Award Winning Images from The Australian Professional Photography Awards Old Sheep Farmer from Toowoomba with his good lady Wife(Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) Ruby Spowart, leading Australian Photographer with some of her Award Winning Images. I knew how to take Photographs but Ruby taught me how to photograph Awards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aranaphoto.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}