Paulette Mertes' photostream  

A tall, two masted schooner photographed just off Navy Pier in Chicago last summer. Kind of dark and spooky. I couldn't see anyone on board!

Three-masted schooner, or "Tall Ship" sailing into Navy Pier on Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL

A photo montage I created combining five different images and three textures. Whew! Took a while to create. It won "Best in Show" in the Art category at the Connecticut Professional Photography Association print competition Wednesday.

Model: Olga Habermehl
Photographer - Paulette Mertes
Textures, Ghostbones and bitbox
Studio portrait - vintage picture hat from the late 1800s.

This image just took a first place in the portrait category at the Connecticut Professional Photographers Association print competition on Wednesday.

3-14-11 - Additional awards were just received at the CTPPA state convention. This image won an Award of Expert, Kodak Gallery Award for Best Portrait and a Judges Award. Always nice to collect a little "bling"! I should thank my model, Olga, for being so beautiful!