Featured Member - Peter Burg

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Peter Burg opened Burg Photographix in 1980 in Maitland. He concentrates primarily on commercial and architectural photography, although he still does both portraits and weddings. One of his areas of specialty is panoramic photography. He applies these skills to both architectural and scenic photography. He is slowly working his way around the world doing general and panoramic stock photography of the United States, Canada, England, Italy, France, China and Tibet . Prior to 2000, Peter maintained a black and white darkroom at his studio for 25 years. In 2000, Peter's studio began the conversion to digital. Today he is 95% digital in his image capturing.

A Certified Professional Photographer, Peter holds the degrees Master of Photographer, Photographic Craftsman, Florida Degree of Photographic Excellence, Florida Service Award, and Qualified Panoramic Photographer.

In 1987, Peter earned Best of Show Commercial, at South Eastern Professional Photographers of America. His photograph "One in the Hand" was awarded First Place in the General Commercial as well as Best of Show Commercial with the first perfect score of 100. This was the first 100 score ever awarded at SEPPA judging It was also chosen for the PP of A Loan Collection. Peter's print "One in the Hand" was also awarded the first score of 100 ever awarded at the Florida Professional Photographers convention. The image was also on exhibit at the Professional Photographer's Showcase in the Kodak Pavilion at Epcot Center. His print "Estee Lauder Red" was one of 10 chosen to represent PP of A in the World Council of Professional Photographers Exhibit. His panoramic “Morning Reflection” has been used by PPA in advertising materials.

The 2004 recipient of the Florida Past Presidents Award for Photographic Excellence, he has previously won the Robert Becker Memorial Award for Creative Photography. Peter is also a two time winner of the Florida Kodak 50th Anniversary Award for Consistent Quality, a five time recipient of the Kodak Gallery award and three time recipient of the Fuji Masterpiece award. He is also a photo historian with an extensive knowledge of the history of photography and collectable cameras.

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