Food & Wine Magazine Photo Contest: I am one of the first place winners!

November 8th, 2006 · 12 Comments

First Place win in Food and Wine Mag food photo contest

(My winning image: Spice cake with homemade dark chocolate sauce
Â© 2006 Nika)I am very proud and honored to say that I am one of the four first place winners in the first annual Food & Wine Magazine food photography contest!

They write about the contest on the Food & Wine Magazine web site.

The grand prize was a very spiffy Canon camera. Firts place winners got most excellent swag, as seen below!

The grand prize winner Jessica Thomson of Seattle, WA won with an image of “Papaya-Jalapeno Sorbet in Black and White Espresso Cups”. Very lovely.

The other three runners up are:
- Linda Nihot of Astoria, Ny with “Eggs in Bombay”
- Karen Bolla of Alameda, CA with “Pears”
- Christian Remy of Brooklyn, NY with “Cooling Pomegranate Syrup”

I got three books and a lovely letter from their director of photography. These are great books filled with lots of excellent food photography. Cant wait to dive into them!

Food & Wine food photo contest - Woo hoo! I am one of the runners up!

(F&W SWAG! - personal info erased Â© 2006 Nika)When I hit the submit button I NEVER thought it would win, I just dont WIN contests, ever. All I can say is that you can never know how these things will turn out unless you give it a chance!

Again, my thanks go out to Food & Wine for selecting my photo this year!

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12 comments for this entry ↓

1 Jill // Nov 8, 2006 at 9:21 am

What an honor and you are certainly deserving. Your photographs are always beautiful.
2 gerald // Nov 8, 2006 at 10:39 am

Congratulations! You’re pictures are always specatular, keep up the great work!
3 L // Nov 8, 2006 at 12:34 pm

Nika - Congrats! When I saw your photo, I was so happy for you! It’s a stunningly beautiful shot… mouthwatering and aesthetic all at the same time! Yay you!
4 Cate // Nov 8, 2006 at 3:31 pm

Nika, congratulations!! Totally deserved - enjoy the moment.
5 Kalyn // Nov 8, 2006 at 4:35 pm

Congratulations. Great photo. I’m happy for you.
6 Anita // Nov 9, 2006 at 6:07 pm

Congratulations on the win! I’m ashamed to say I haven’t visited your blog before, but the gorgeous photos will ensure many return visits!
7 nika // Nov 9, 2006 at 6:18 pm

Thank you all for your kind words! I am deinitely enjoying the moment. Am very happy for the encouragment.. am hoping to catch up on some things now that the baby is a bit older )one month old!) and I can get away every once in a while to quickly put together a shoot.. talk about forced efficiency!

Anita: no shame! The food blog universe is huge!
8 matt // Nov 10, 2006 at 11:00 am

I

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SO

HAPPY

FOR

YOU !!!!!!!!!

Wow, congrats congrats congrats! You deserve it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 nika // Nov 10, 2006 at 11:03 am

Matt: garsh.. now your making me blush!

thanks!
10 Liz // Nov 17, 2006 at 11:21 am

Wow. Very nice! I really wanted to enter and when I saw the tomato caprese entrant I wish I had!

Yours is a stunner. Congratulations!
11 nika // Nov 17, 2006 at 12:17 pm

Liz: thank you!
12 Michele // Dec 2, 2006 at 5:12 pm

Nika, CONGRATULATIONS! Your photos always amaze me, you SO deserve this. Keep up the beautiful work!

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