It’s that point of the yr once more, when everyone’s week is brightened up slightly by discovering out the winners of the Comedy Pet Pictures Awards, 2024.
Skilled photographers and associates Paul Joynson Hicks and Tom Sullam launched the Comedy Pet Photograph Awards in 2020, an uplifting addition to anybody’s calendar. The competitors additionally goals to advertise animal welfare by supporting grassroots animal welfare charities, and by highlighting the constructive impression our pets have on us.
This yr judges included writer and conservationists Kate Humble, TV presenter Mel Geidroyc, and TV vet and campaigner Emma Milne.
UK primarily based Sarah Haskell has scooped first prize together with her hilarious photograph of her canine Hector, entitled “Not only for cats”.
On being advised she had gained first prize Haskell stated:
“I’m totally thrilled, such nice information, that I should share with Hector earlier than the announcement (so if phrase will get out, blame him!)
“These Comedy Pet Photograph Awards have been a superb natured, pleasant competitors with comical animal characters that you simply really feel you may someway relate to, that make you smile, and also you need to know extra about. Delighted that Hector and I’ve been a part of it, and tremendously proud to be a winner.”
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Describing Hector, who’s 14 this yr, as a “a lot cherished member”of her prolonged household Haskell added:
“I I’ve carried a digicam just about in some type since college days, however it is just not too long ago that I’ve labored out that pet images, canine images particularly, is what I like doing. The interplay with these expressive, intelligent, usually comical characters, when I’m doing ‘pawtrait’ shoots, can solely make me (and others, hopefully) smile!”
Sarah receives a money prize of £500, a digicam bag from ThinkTank and a bespoke trophy for her successful {photograph}. When requested what she’s going to purchase together with her winnings, Haskell stated, “A much bigger cat flap after which some digicam gear!”
Kenichi Morinaga from Japan is the winner of the Comedy Pet Pictures Awards 2024 within the class ‘Cat’s with their photograph ‘Cat in a Lure Like Tremendous Mario’.
Winners of every class will obtain a certificates to verify they’re an ‘award successful photographer, and most significantly, their pets can proudly name themselves an ‘award successful pet’.
In addition to class winners, eight images had been acknowledged as Extremely Recommended: Sylvia Michel who had two entries recognised; Julie Smith, Atsuyuki Ohshima, Vera Faupel, Luiza Ribeiro, Emma Beardsmore and competitors common and former competitors winner Kenichi Morinaga.
Listed here are the opposite class winners:
Jonathan Casey took an image of his tortoise Edgar entitled ‘The New Rose’ (Picture credit score: ©Jonathan Casey @jonathancaseyphotography / Comedy Pets)
(Picture credit score: ©Charlotte Kitchen @mywishesweredonkeys / Comedy Pets)
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