~ANNOUNCEMENTS~

Dana Short

Dana Short, husband of AAPI Past President Ruth Anne Short, passed away suddenly on May 9. The Shorts have operated Short Takes Old Tyme Photography, Inc. in Plymouth, Massachusetts, for many years.
Services were held Thursday, May 13, in Plymouth.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Dana’s name to Plymouth Little League, P.O. Box 1474, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02362.

Ruth writes that Dana loved supporting the youth in the little league and the girls’ softball team and was very proud of his granddaughters wearing old time photo shirts.

Ruth’s address is 24 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360.
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Anthony (Tony) Bohanan

Old Time Photographer and longtime member of AAPI Anthony Bohanan passed away March 30. He was 78.

Tony, with his life partner, Julie Ann Gubisch, operated Tony’s Old Time Photo Studio in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, the studio he founded more than a quarter century ago.

Tony had many friends among AAPI members who will remember him for his fun-loving personality and for his signature clerical collar and black coat.

A native of Liverpool, England, Tony was born August 2, 1931. He led an adventurous life as a traveler to many destinations across the world. He served in the National Service Gurkah Greenhoward British Army for four years and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police auxiliary during the 1970s.

Immigrating to Canada with the dream of locating in British Columbia, Tony had a real passion for photography that led him to open Tony’s Old Time Photo Studio. For the past 25 years he has entertained thousands of visitors and tourists from across the globe.

His colleagues in the local Downtown Victoria Business Association wrote that Tony’s passing marked the “death of a downtown institution.”
“His good sense of humor and love of joke-telling will be sorely missed, not just by his friends in the downtown, but his friends all over the world. His business will still continue with his partner in life and in business at the helm.”

Tony is survived by his wife, Julie; his daughter Barb (Mons); sons Chad (Rachel and Wayne (Chrissie); granddaughters Ella, Samatha and Natasha, as well as his loving brothers, Ian and Ronnie and sisters Denise and Vera in England.

Services were held April 6 in Victoria, with interment at Royal Oak Burial Park. Donations in Tony’s memory may be made to British Columbia Cancer Agency.
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~VENDOR MEMBER NEWS~

Western Photo Mount Opens New Website;
Dailey Brothers Heading Up Operations

Western Photo Mount, Portland, Oregon, mat vendor, has launched a new website.

The new site (located at www.westernphotomount.com) allows the company’s customers to place online orders. All current customers now have online accounts.

Customers may log in by using their Western Photo Mount Customer ID and their zip code. Log in will take the customer to the Customer Service Page where orders can be placed and where customers may manage their accounts. For assistance, please call WPM’s service desk at 1.800.526.0901. The company is open from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Pacific Time.

“We are extremely proud of our new website,” said Joan Dailey, company owner. “Our initial goal was to allow customers to send us orders at their convenience. In particular we wanted to assist our customers on the Eastern Seaboard in placing early Monday morning orders.

”We are really fortunate in having a great design team who have created a very professional and customer-friendly website to accomplish those goals.”

In other news Will and John, Joan’s sons, will be driving the sales and marketing department for the summer. Will is taking up Old Time Photo and Pro Photo Mount while John is managing sales for the company’s frame products.

”It promises to be a busy summer, but we are committed to providing great product backed with great service.” Will stated.

Texas Photographer Wins 2010 Best of Show

Anybody have a match? This familiar phrase took on new meaning in this year's AAPI Photo Contest as Bill Vahrenkamp's portrait "Match Light" took top honors in the 2010 competition. Bill Vahrenkamp's winning photo can be seen in the 2010 Photo Gallery. Bill's winning image was shot using available light, with the flame from the match being the only source of light - thus is took 1st place in the category of Best Portrait, Non-Digitally Enhanced.

This is the second time in three years that one of Bill's images has won Best of Show - you can see his previous Best of Show photo in the 2008 Photo Gallery. AAPI vendor Member MorePhotos.com of Traverse City, Michigan, is the generous sponsor of this coveted award and they are proud to award Bill with an engraved plaque and a cash prize. (For a complete list of 2010 Photo Contest winners in each competition category, please see the following news article.)

Photo Contest 2010 Winners List

AAPI’s annual Photo Contest is always hotly contested, attracting hundreds of entries each year. And, each year, the increasing high quality of the photos submitted makes the selection process more and more difficult.

The 2010 competition was no exception. Following are the ribbon winners in each of the 29 contest categories, as voted upon by photography professionals attending the association’s 2010 Convention & Trade Show, held in Las Vegas. To view the first place winning photographs in each category, please select Photo Contests from the menu on the AAPI home page.

Category No. 1 — Best Portrait of a Man.
Sponsored by Brent Uzzo, Professor Bellows Photographics, Des Moines, Iowa, and Bloomington, Minnesota. First Place—Ellie Bryan, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Second Place—David Standifer, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Third Place (Tie)—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Photo, Medora, North Dakota and Bill & Tanya Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photo, Mansfield, Texas. Honorable Mentions—Beth Case, Buffalo Old Time Photo, Co, Las Vegas, Nevada; Richard Millener, Millener Productions, Big Bear Lake, California; Melissa Somers, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Category No. 2 — Best Portrait of a Woman.
Sponsored by Scott Henry, Old time Portraits, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. First Place—Ellie Bryan, Professors Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Second Place—Cassandra England, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Honorable Mentions—Melisa Sanchez, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada; Emily Novoczek, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Stdio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old time Photo, Medora, North Dakota.

Category No. 3 — Best Portrait of a Child.
Sponsored by Jack Glaser, Flashback Photos, Virginia Beach, Virginia. First Place (Tie)—Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Derrick Gilllikin, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Third Place—Grant Brook, Wallace Street Photographic Emporium, Virginia City, Montana. Honorable Mentions—Laura Case, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Hill City, South Dakota; Rachel Zuleger, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; David Standifer, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Christopher Carpenter, Old Time Portraits, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin; Kerstie Cini, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Category No. 4 — Best Portrait of Children.
First Place—Melissa Somers, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Second Place—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; Third Place (Tie)—Quentin Clayton, Professor Quentin’s Photos, Branson, Missouri, and Jena Kottra, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota. Honorable Mention—Diana Duzbaeva,The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Category No. 5 — Best Portrait of Two Persons.
Sponsored by The Tintypery—Nick and Amanda, St. Charles, Missouri. First Place—Angela Morales, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Rachael Zuleger, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Third Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Photo, Medora, North Dakota. Honorable Mentions—Angela Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Lilly Jenkins, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Buffalo Staff, Duffaloa Old Time Photo Co.,Las Vegas, Nevada.

Category No. 6 — Best Group Portrait —4 to 9 Persons.
Sponsored by Jim & Shirley Miller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. First Place—Sugaree Gillikin, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Buffalo Staff, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada; Third Place—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Honorable Mentions—David Standifer, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Emily Coffin, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Category No. 7 — Best Group Portrait — 10 or More Persons.
Sponsored by Joyce Geiken, G.G. Creations, Inc., Ackley, Iowa. First Place—Tim Burke, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Second Place—Cassandera England, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota. Honorable Mentions—Quentin Clayton, Professor Quentin’s photos, Branson, Missouri; Jenny Windl and Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Holly Stiles, Wallace Street Photographic Emporium, Virginia City, Montana.

Category No. 8 — Most Humorous Portrait.
Sponsored by Gail Pierce Larimer, The Eureka! Connection, Inc. in memory of the late Ted Larimer. First Place—Angela Morales, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Valenia, Shooters Old Time Photos, Wildwood, New Jersey;
Third Place (Tie)—Michelle Martin, Garters N Guns, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and BethCase, Buffalo Old Time Photo, Co., Las Vegas, Nevada. Honorable Mentions—Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Emilie Novoczek, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Category No. 9 — Best Victorian Themed Portrait.
Sponsored by Anonymous, honoring The Victorian Photographer, Ralph Berlovitz. First Place—Emilie Novoczek, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Second Place—Jenny Knaak, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada; Third Place—Kerstie Cini, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Honorable Mentions—Holly Stiles, Wild West Old Time Photo, West Yellowstone, Montana; Toodd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Cassandra England, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida.

Category No. 10 — Best Western Themed Portrait.
Sponsored by Janet & Frank Mathis, Cottonwood Creek Costume Co., Midlothian, Texas. First Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Second Place—Richard Millener, Millener Productions, Big Bear Lake, California; Third Place—Yeslin Hernandez, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada. Honorable Mentions—Katie Gwost, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Grant Brook, Wild West Old Time Photos, West Yellowstone, Montana; Sugaree Gillikin, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida.

Category No. 11 — Best Civil War Themed Portrait.
Sponsored by Jack Glaser, Flashback Photos, Virginia Beach, Virginia. First Place—Tanya Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photo, Mansfield, Texas; Second Place—Ellie Bryan, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Third Place—Emily Coffin, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Honorable Mention—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota.

Category No. 12 — Best ’20s Era Portrait.
Sponsored by Paul Gunn, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, P.E.I., Canada. First Place (Tie)—Jena Kottra, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota and Melissa Somers, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Second Place—Sugaree Gillikin, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Buffalo Staff, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada. Honorable Mentions—Hope Herrera, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Category No. 13 — Best Wedding Portrait.
Sponsored by Craig Schmidt, Craig Schmidt, “The Mats Guy,” Santa Barbara, California. First Place—Jenny Windl, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Second Place (Tie)—Angela Morales, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida, and Lacey Ozon, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Third Place—Jim Miller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Honorable Mentions—Christopher Carpenter, Old Time Portraits, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin; Grant Brook, Wallace Street Photographic Emporium, Virginia City, Montana.

Category No. 14 — Best Boudoir Portrait.
Sponsored by Judge Roy Bean’s Old Time Photos, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. First Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, imageTech Marketing, Inc., Orange, California; Second Place—Cassandra England, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota. Honorable Mention_Emily Coffin, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Category No. 15 — Best Pirate Themed Portrait.
First Place—Angela Morales, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Autumn Gruska, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Third Place: Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Honorable Mentions—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Ellie Bryan, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Category No. 16 — Best Portrait of Any Other Era.
First Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Second Place—Angela Morales, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Diana Duzbaeva, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Honorable Mentions—Jena Kottra, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Tim Burke, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Category No. 17 — Best Native American Themed.
Portrait. Sponsored by Shooters Old Time Photos—Gary & Sissy Rutkowski, Wildwood, New Jersey. First Place—Sugaree Gillikin, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Richard Millener, Millener Productions, Big Bear Lake, California; Third Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas. Honorable Mention—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Category No. 18 — Best Portrait of a Senior Citizen.
Sponsored by Fred & Carol Wiemer, Uncle Fred’s Photos, Racine, Wisconsin. First Place—Jenny Windl, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Second Place—Derrick Gillikin, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Honorable Mentions—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Larkin Hayman, Shooters Old Time Photos, Wildwood, New Jersey; Paul Gunn, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Category No. 19 — Most Creative Portrait—Not Digitally Enhanced.
Sponsored by Charlotte Thompson, Instant Ancestors, Kissimmee, Florida. First Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Second Place—Amanda Domoslai, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Third Place (Tie)—Tara Woubrecht, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and Ana Ruth Stallman, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida. Honorable Mention—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota.

Category No. 20 — Most Creative Portrait—Digitally Enhanced.
Sponsored by Doug Schirripa & Bill Vahrenkamp, imageTech Marketing, Orange, California. First Place—Elizabeth Lexchel, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Second Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Third Place—Angela Morales, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida. Honorable Mentions—Buffalo Staff, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada; Jenny Windl, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Category No. 21 — Best Green Screen Portrait.
Sponsored by Tanya & Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Ltd., Mansfield, Texas. First Place—Tim Burke, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Second Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Third Place—Sissy Rutkowski, Shooters Old Time Photos, Wildwood, New Jersey.

Category No. 22 — Best Matched Use of a Portrait and Poster.
Sponsored by Joan Dailey, Western Photo Mount, Portland, Oregon, in memory of the late Bill Dailey. First Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, Albertex Photography, Mansfield, Texas; Second Place—Cassandra England, Instant Ancestors‚ Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Third Place—Holly Stiles, Wallace Street Photographic Emporium, Virginia City, Montana. Honorable Mentions—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; Richard Millener, Millener Productions, Big Bear Lake, California; Jenny Knaak, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Category No. 23 — Best Amusement/Entertainment Portrait.
Sponsored by Brent Uzzo, Professor Bellows Photographics, Des Moines, Iowa and Bloomington, Minnesota. First Place—Andrea Smith-Luedke, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Second Place—Bill Vahrenkamp, ImageTech Marketing, Inc., Orange, California; Third Place—Tim Burke, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Honorable Mentions—Richard MIllener, Millener Productions, Big Bear Lake, California; Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota.

Category No. 24 — Best Portrait of a Pet(s).
Sponsored by Mike Glasser, Buffalo Old Time Photo Co., Las Vegas, Nevada. First Place—Charlyn Clark, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Second Place—Richard Millener, Millener Productions, Big Bear Lake, California; Third Place—Carrie Burke, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Honorable Mention—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Category No. 25 — Best Portrait of a Pet(s) with Its Owner.
Sponsored by Jim & Shirley Miller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. First Place—Carrie Burke, Old Time Photos, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Second Place—Vanessa Cole, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Third Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil,Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota. Honorable Mentions—Elizabeth Geller, Yesteryears Photographic Emporium, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; Jenny Windl, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Category No. 26 — Best Self-Portrait.
Sponsored by Mick Thies, Mick Thies Old Time Photos, Cincinnati, Ohio. First Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Second Place—Rachael Zuleger and Jena Kottra, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota; Third Place—Laura Noel, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Honorable Mention—Cassandra England, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida.

Category No. 27 — Best Portrait of Your Staff.
Sponsored by Christopher Carpenter, Old Time Portraits, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. First Place—Sissy Rutkowski, Shooters Old Time Photos, Wildwood, New Jersey; Second Place—Bill & Tanya Vahrenkamp, Old Time Portraits, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin; Third Place—Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time photo, Medora, North Dakota. Honorable Mentions—Cassandra England, Instant Ancestors, Inc., Kissimmee, Florida; Paul Gunn, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Category No. 28 — Best Holiday Greeting Card.
Sponsored by Tim Burke, Old Time Photo, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. First Place—Paul Gunn, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Second Place (Tie)—Rachael Zuleger, Professor Bellows Photographics, Bloomington, Minnesota and Todd & Ella-Jo Corneil, Todd’s Old Time Photo, Medora, North Dakota; Third Place—Jenny Windl, The Antique Photo Parlour, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Category No. 29 — Anything Goes.
First Place—Jennifer Whittaker, Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Second Place—Grant Brook, Wild West Old Time Photos, West Yellowstone, Montana; Third Place—Cort Szafarz, Reenies Old Time Photo, Salem, New Hampshire.

Scott Henry Elected to Third Term as Association President

Wisconsin mobile studio operator, Scott H. Henry, was elected to his third and final term as AAPI's seventh president in elections held during the 2010 Association Membership Meeting. AAPI's Annual Membership meeting is always held in conjunction with their annual Convention & Trade Show.

Scott Henry, a longtime AAPI member, is owner-operaton of Old Time Portraits, based in Balieys Harbor. He has served on the AAPI Board of Directors for many years, most recently holding the office of Vice President. For a complete list of current Officers and Past Presidents can be found under Who's Who.