Celebration

• Prize
  Gold in Events/Other
• Photographer
  Morris Asato
• Technical Info
  1/160 sec, f2.0, 25mm, ISO 2500, Sony A7R2
• Photo Date
  October 2017
• Website
  http://www.zenfotos.com

As night falls, wishes and tributes are written on lanterns and released into the night sky creating an awe inspiring sight. The challenge was to photograph moving lanterns under low light conditions. This was photographed at the Sky Lantern Festival near Phoenix, Arizona.

• Biography
  I am Morris Asato or ‘Morey’ to some of my friends and an amateur photographer from San Diego, California. I have been using photography as a creative outlet for several years. As you can see from my images, I do cover a variety of subjects but the one element I try to bring to my composition is some blend of art and photography. Since a lot of my images are creative expressions of what I sense and visualize, the term creative art photography probably sums it best. My hope is that my images connect with others who can sense the feeling I was trying to convey. -- www.zenfotos.com --
• Awards
  Awarded Honorable Mention or selected as a Nominee in the following juried international digital competitions: between 2014 - present:      International Photo Awards (IPA)      Black & White Spider Awards      Minimalist Photo Awards      Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA)      Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3)      International Color Awards      Monochrome Awards Awarded 1st through Honorable Mention in the following local juried competitions resulting in exhibition of prints between 2010 - present:      International Exhibition of Photography - San Diego County Fair      Front Porch Gallery - Carlsbad, California      Orange Open Juried Exhibition - Orange, California      Fallbrook Art Assn Open - Fallbrook, California      La Jolla  Black and White Exhibit - La Jolla, California      HBT Gallery - Del Mar, California Photos published in the following magazines:       Hawaii Magazine    Westways Magazine