McAllen Photographer Nicole Gates Recognized in an International Image Awards competition in September 2019.

Nicole Gates was recently recognized and awarded the title of an Accredited Portrait Masters Associate Photographer and has earned several distinctions for her work in the Portrait Masters Image Awards Competition. In September 2019, one of Nicole’s images was recognized at the Annual The Portrait Masters Conference in Phoenix, Arizona as earning a Top 20 Award in the Teen and Senior Portrait Category.

The Portrait Masters International Awards and Accreditation Program is a recognition of “high professional standard,” and submitted images are judged by a panel of five internationally renowned Photographers and given an average score. Nicole has been awarded a Silver Merit on a total of three of her photographs (one in 2017, two in 2019); one Silver merit photo was awarded Top 20 (15th place) out of a total of 971 images submitted in August 2019. There were 6851 images submitted in this past Awards Competition in August 2019, wherein six images were awarded Gold merits and only 319 were awarded Silver merits, two of which were Nicole Gates’ images.

As an Accredited Portrait Masters Associate Photographer, her clients can be assured that they are working with true professionals in the industry. Nicole Gates is the only Portrait Masters Associate Photographer south of Houston, Texas and is listed in the Portrait Masters World Directory putting McAllen, Texas on the map. (https://theportraitmasters.com/directory/)

Nicole is currently working on her Masters Level.

See her Silver Merit Images below.

McAllen Teen and Senior Photographer - Silver Merit- Top 20 - 2019

Top 20 Award (Placed 15th out of 971 submissions) in the Teen and Senior Category.

“Little Boy King”

McAllen Children Fine Art Photographer -Silver Merit 2019

McAllen Teen Fine Arts Photographer - Silver Merit 2017