“Window Dressing” by Carmelita Miranda

Carmelita Miranda, of KSSP Photographic Studios, has won Best In Category – High School Senior Portrait at the quarterly competition of the Channel Islands Professional Photography Association (CIPPA). Earlier this year she also won CIPPA Architectural Photographer of the Year for 2012. An award she also won in 2011. One of Carmelita's architectural images merited at the Western State competition and was put on International Loan by the Professional Photographers of America.

Photographic competition is one way professional photographers hone their skills. In these competitions, images are judged by three judges at the local level and six judges at the regional level. Images receiving a score of 80 or greater receive a 'merit.' Typically, only one in four images receive a merit.

Carmelita's portrait of 2013 FHS senior Billy Gabriel entitled 'Playing Softly' won Best in Class for High School Senior. Her architectural portrait “Window Dressing” was put on Loan.

Principal photographers at KSSP are Carmelita Miranda and Charles Morris. KSSP is a full service photography studio specializing in high school senior, family, children, glamour wedding and quinceanera photography. KSSP Photographic Studios is the school photographer for Fillmore High School. For further information, please contact KSSP Photographic Studios at 524-6400 or visit http://ksspphotostudios.com.