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RaleighPhotographers Magazine (RPM) was a curated digital publication showcasing photographers working in and around Raleigh, NC. It featured portrait, event, fashion, and general commercial work drawn from open submissions. Published by Studio Art Lab across 19 issues, RPM has since concluded its run.

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Raleigh Photographers Magazine - Issue No. 16: Special Awards Issue

The 2021 Annual Photography Awards Special Issue, featuring the top vote-getters and judged winners across twelve categories from the Raleigh-area photography community. View the interactive online magazine.

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Issue No. 16 is the Raleigh Photographers 2021 Annual Awards showcase, opening on a Grand Prize-winning portrait wrapped in swirling orange tulle and running through a full slate of category winners — a downtown Raleigh skyline glowing beneath a passing train's light trails, an indigo bunting perched on a sunflower thick with bees, and a paint-drenched close-up portrait exploding in blue, green, and orange. Every page marks a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, honorable mention, or reader's-choice finish from the year's competition.

What's Inside this issue of Raleigh Photographers Magazine

woman draped in orange tulle grand prize portrait photography

FRONT COVER
J. Robertson
2021 Grand Prize Winner — Danielle Tolbert

water splashing beneath a parking structure cityscape photography

PAGE 2
Eric Swartz
1st Place, Cityscape/Urban & 3rd Place Overall — Runoff Beneath the Deck

downtown skyline at night with passing train cityscape photography

PAGE 3
Quinton McLeod
2nd Place, Cityscape/Urban — PNC Plaza and the Passing Train
Raleigh, NC

colorful graffiti covered pedestrian tunnel urban photography

PAGE 4
Arianna Stewart
3rd Place, Cityscape/Urban — Graffiti Underpass

downtown skyline tower at dusk cityscape photography

PAGE 5
Vivek Amalean
Reader's Choice, Cityscape/Urban — PNC Plaza at Twilight
Raleigh, NC

athlete splashed with water mid-workout sports photography

PAGE 6
Michael Jones
1st Place & Reader's Choice, Music/Dance/Sports — Wolfpack Strength & Conditioning

violin silhouette in dramatic light music photography

PAGE 7
Rebecca Rambharose
2nd Place, Music/Dance/Sports — Violin in Shadow

dancer in flowing pink dress leaping dance photography

PAGE 8
Anna Huang
3rd Place, Music/Dance/Sports — Dancer in Flight

woman stretching in yoga pose on a dock sports photography

PAGE 9
Thomas James
Honorable Mention, Music/Dance/Sports — Lakeside Yoga Stretch

indigo bunting perched on a sunflower nature photography

PAGE 10
Sandeep Somasekharan
1st Place, Nature/Country — Indigo Bunting on a Sunflower

red-shouldered hawk perched at sunset wildlife photography

PAGE 11
Jay Sliwinski
2nd Place, Nature/Country — Red-Shouldered Hawk at Sunset
Raleigh-Durham, NC

great blue heron reflected in pink water nature photography

PAGE 12
Jason Schronce
3rd Place, Nature/Country — Great Blue Heron at Sunrise

two hummingbirds at a glass feeder nature photography

PAGE 13
Emmy Fouse
Reader's Choice, Nature/Country — Hummingbirds at the Feeder

cavalier puppy running through grass pet photography

PAGE 14
Caroline Lawrence
1st Place & Reader's Choice, Pets — Cavalier Puppy on the Run

puppy on a bed with its owner pet photography

PAGE 15
Linsley Schneider
2nd Place, Pets — Puppy Cuddles on the Bed

bernese mountain dog puppy in the grass pet photography

PAGE 16
Lenore Hedemark
3rd Place, Pets — Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

dog wearing a dinosaur costume hood pet photography

PAGE 17
Ryan Gilmore
Honorable Mention, Pets — Dinosaur Costume Pup

bumblebee on an orange sunflower macro photography

PAGE 18
Arianna Stewart
1st Place, Plants/Florals — Bee on a Sunflower

purple flower spike macro nature photography

PAGE 19
Cody Hamilton
2nd Place, Plants/Florals — Purple Flower Spike

red peonies in bloom close-up floral photography

PAGE 20
Donna Manla
3rd Place, Plants/Florals — Red Peonies in Bloom

pink rose glowing against black background floral photography

PAGE 21
Heather Westervelt
Reader's Choice, Plants/Florals — Pink Rose in the Dark

PAGE 22
J. Robertson
1st Place, Portraits & 2021 Grand Prize Winner — Danielle Tolbert

paint-covered model close-up portrait photography

PAGE 23
Karl DeBlaker
2nd Place, Portraits — Marisa Cooley
Clayton, NC

woman in mint sweater and coffee shop portrait photography

PAGE 24
Chris Goddard
3rd Place, Portraits — Emilye Va
Charlotte, NC

woman in black hat and cream sweater portrait photography

PAGE 25
Adam Jackson
Reader's Choice, Portraits — Chelsea Blake

couple embracing in tall grass field couples photography

PAGE 26
Thais Ferreira
1st Place, Portraits: Couples — Golden Hour in the Grass

couple hugging on a wooded trail couples photography

PAGE 27
Veronica Romero
2nd Place, Portraits: Couples — Piggyback Hug in the Pines

couple embracing in a sunflower field at sunset couples photography

PAGE 28
Marie Stiles
3rd Place, Portraits: Couples — Sunset in the Sunflowers

couple forehead to forehead in golden light couples photography

PAGE 29
Taylor Edwards
Reader's Choice, Portraits: Couples — Forehead to Forehead at Golden Hour

ballerina in pointe shoes seated portrait photography

PAGE 30
Jenn McKinney
1st Place, Portraits: Grads — Ballerina en Pointe

graduate leaning on a railing holding track cleats portrait photography

PAGE 31
Edgar Huff
2nd Place, Portraits: Grads — Track Cleats and City Skyline

graduate in cap and gown with heritage flags portrait photography

PAGE 32
Yasmin Campos Alejo
3rd Place, Portraits: Grads — Graduate with Pakistan and Canada Flags

graduate in blue gown before a waterfall portrait photography

PAGE 33
Kelly De Jesus
Overall Reader's Choice, Portraits: Grads — Blue Gown at the Waterfall

big sister kissing a newborn baby infant photography

PAGE 34
Valerie Worth
1st Place, Portraits: Infant/Toddler — Big Sister's Kiss

baby in a hot air balloon basket set-up infant photography

PAGE 35
Maria Navarro
2nd Place, Portraits: Infant/Toddler — Hot Air Balloon Basket Baby

baby seated between two stuffed animals infant photography

PAGE 36
Brooke Bossio
3rd Place, Portraits: Infant/Toddler — Baby and Stuffed Animal Friends

baby in a tub in a sunflower field infant photography

PAGE 37
Maria Navarro
Reader's Choice, Portraits: Infant/Toddler — Baby in a Sunflower Field Tub

girl in blue dress twirling through daffodils family photography

PAGE 38
Deanna Decker
1st Place, Portraits: Kids/Family & 2nd Place Overall — Twirling Through the Daffodils

boy surrounded by toy dinosaurs family photography

PAGE 39
Maria Navarro
2nd Place, Portraits: Kids/Family — Dinosaur Toy Pile Portrait

mother and son embracing in a golden field family photography

PAGE 40
Crystal Garris
3rd Place, Portraits: Kids/Family — Mother and Son in the Golden Field

girl on a flower-draped swing in the woods family photography

PAGE 41
Jenn McKinney
Reader's Choice, Portraits: Kids/Family — Floral Swing in the Forest

silhouetted maternity portrait with birds in flight maternity photography

PAGE 42
Kearsten Leder
1st Place, Portraits: Maternity — Silhouette with Birds in Flight
Rolesville, NC

maternity portrait in sage green gown in a garden maternity photography

PAGE 43
Anthony Fitzpatrick
2nd Place, Portraits: Maternity — Garden Maternity in Sage Green

maternity portrait in a green gown by an autumn creek maternity photography

PAGE 44
Laura Welborn
3rd Place, Portraits: Maternity — Autumn Creekside Maternity Portrait

maternity portrait in a wide-brim hat on a backyard deck maternity photography

PAGE 45
Heather Westervelt
Reader's Choice, Portraits: Maternity — Wide-Brim Hat Maternity Portrait

bride and groom on a mountain ridge wedding photography

PAGE 46
Thais Ferreira
1st Place, Wedding/Bridal — Mountain Ridge Wedding Portrait

bride beneath a floral wedding arch wedding photography

PAGE 47
Cearra Blackwell
2nd Place, Wedding/Bridal — Bride Beneath the Floral Arch

bride in green and gold garden bridal wear wedding photography

PAGE 48
Suha Ahmed
3rd Place, Wedding/Bridal — Garden Bridal Portrait in Green and Gold

bride reclining on a sofa in a tulle gown wedding photography

PAGE 49
Sydney Browning
Reader's Choice, Wedding/Bridal — Bride Reclining in Tulle
Lillington, NC

graduate in teal gown before a waterfall back cover photography

BACK COVER
Kelly De Jesus
Reader's Choice Top Winner — Teal Gown at the Waterfall