“It made me want to believe in fairytales.”
For every month in 2015, the Canon Light Awards opened the floor to amateur and professional photographers to share their work based on a topic or theme. Here are the winners from each month, and their thoughts on what inspired them to jump on their feet and shoot their award-winning images.
"Freedom is……... dance like a child in an open field!" - Mirza Shaoib
Shoaib's Dancing On A Cloud won first prize for the January brief, "Freedom".
Mirza Shoaib / courtesy of the Canon Light Awards
"Residents didn't even blink an eye as they walked (or rode) past." - Daina Curci
Curci's Dance Like No One Is Watching won first prize for the February brief, "Street Photography".
Daina Curci / courtesy of the Canon Light Awards
"I just decided to chill out on the headland and take in the sunset" - Zach Sanders
Sanders' Content won first prize for the March brief, "Connections".
Zach Sanders / courtesy of the Canon Light Awards