Cable award: Island photographer lands prize for power cable image

A well-known Island photographer has a new piece of hardware for her mantle.

Berni Wood has won the Best in Class award at the Professional Photographers of Canada's 2017 annual competition.

She received the honour for an industrial photo she took called Laying Power Cable, which was commissioned by Maritime Electric.

It was taken last November on the first snowy day of the winter as the new power cable between the Island and the mainland was being put in place.

Wood told Mainstreet's Angela Walker that the weather made the shoot a challenge, as it was cold and crisp and a little bit dark as well.

"I just liked the angle and the lines, because it had the Confederation Bridge in the background, it had the boats in front of the bridge, and then you could see the different colours of clothing that the workers had on from a distance," she said. "And also you could see the red buoys and the line across the water, so I think it just gave it an interesting perspective."

It's the second time Wood has won the award, as she was also honoured in 2012 for a photo taken in a P.E.I. cranberry bog.

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There's some pretty stiff competition from across the country in the various categories, she said.

"There's a lot of people enter. There's 21 different classes that people can enter in the Professional Photographer's Image Salon. That's everything from architecture to fashion to industrial to product, wedding and so on."

In addition to that prize, Wood was also nominated for two others in the 2017 International Colour Awards, the fourth year in a row she's been nominated in that competition.

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