I’m proud to say I’m a member of the Senior Portrait Artist organization.  SPA is “an organization on a constant quest to provide information for the senior photographer in a creative, artistic, and innovative form from both inside and outside the photography industry”.  Basically it’s an amazing group of photographers that network together from all over the USA to learn and perfect their craft.  I’ve been part of this organization for 5 years now.  I’m constantly trying to better myself as a photographer and this is the finest, most cutting edge organization out there.  Each year SPA holds a convention and they need models in order to teach photographers new lighting and techniques.  So instead of hiring professional models, they hold a contest and look for high school senior models.  Only studios that are members can submit entries.  Two years ago Danielle Ball from West Valley was one of the models chosen.  SPA gave her an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas to model for the convention.  Last year Ryan Wells from West Valley and Briana Tamaki from Davis made it all the way to the finals.  This year, Autumn Turcott from East Valley and Colton Wilkins from West Valley will try their luck.  They will be competing to be one of the 15 out of 400 chosen.  I’m so excited for them!  SPA will be announcing the semi-finalists next week.  You can follow their progress at http://www.spaModels.com and on facebook  http://www.facebook.com/spamodels.  Good Luck!