Last Saturday night, the annual Drake Awards were held at the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon. The event is put on by the Advertising Federation of Central Oregon and honors the best of last year’s creative efforts in the advertising arena.

While I had entered the Obsidian Stock website for my own company, another one of my photographic projects ended up winning a Silver Addy for best “Consumer Website” in the Interactive Media section: the Tigerlily Home site.

What’s really rewarding for myself is that after shooting product for the site in many, many sessions over the span of last year, Mindy ended up with a website that is not only visually interesting and functional, but also exudes a luscious, tropical feel that perfectly fits the wares she sells. Kinda like browsing through a Thai market – only that it’s located online (and downtown Bend)…