There has been so much going on at Gilbert Creative Studios already this year. We’ve been doing lots of wall portraits and lots of custom designed albums. We love designing these albums because they give us a chance to be so creative (like our name 
. We’ve been buying a few little, well okay, big things for the studio like a new 4 foot by 6 foot softbox. Wow is it beautiful and so will the images be. And we’ve also been working on something exciting that is now official. Sonya Gilbert has now been “certified” by the Professional Photographers of America.
What? You don’t know what that means? Well, let me tell you. In order to become a “CPP” – Certified Professional Photographer you must pass a comprehensive written examination measuring your technical expertise as a photographer and you must submit a sampling of your client work to a panel of judges for review and approval. So as of this week, I passed both. Whoohoo!
While this has been a somewhat intense journey, I’m so pleased that it has been successfully completed. Well, maybe not totally completed. To keep the CPP designation, each photographer must meet continuing education requirements ensuring that they maintain an unmatched level of expertise and development. Surprisingly, less than 3% of all photographers hold this mark of excellence.
Thanks to all our great clients that allowed us the privilege of photographing them. It’s been a pleasure!
Speaking of that new softbox, here are a couple of images putting it to good use…
Boy with a Guitar
Boy with an Acoustic Guitar
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