"Defying the Onslaught" by Carmelita Miranda.

Local photographer, Carmelita Miranda, has won recognition for her photography from the Channel Islands Professional Photography Association (CIPPA) in two separate categories. CIPPA is an affiliate of Professional Photographers of California. Carmelita won a merit and Best in Class – High School Senior Portrait for her print “My Sound of Music” at the competition held on November 8. This print featured FHS High School senior Claire Faith. This is the third consecutive quarterly competition in which photographers from KSSP Studios have been awarded Best in Class in the high school senior category. Carmelita also won Best in Class in the Nature category for her print entitled “Defying the Onslaught”

Professional photography competition at the local level has three judges who evaluate each entry on specific criteria, without knowing who the maker of the image is. Prints can earn up to 100 points. If a print receives 80 points, it receives a merit. Typically only about 1 out of 4 or 5 prints receives a merit in a competition. Often prints that are merit winners are submitted to state and national competitions.

Professional photography competitions are used by photographers to hone their skills and allows them to evaluate their work in comparison to other top photographers in the area.

Principal photographers at KSSP are Carmelita Miranda and Charles Morris. KSSP is a full service photography studio specializing in portrait, wedding and quinceanera photography (and video). KSSP Photographic Studios is the school photographer for Fillmore High School, but photographs high school seniors from all over Ventura County. For further information, please contact KSSP Photographic Studios at 524-6400 or visit http://ksspphotostudios.com.