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title: "Prints that Win: Love Lake | LexJet Blog"
description: "Discover how Todd Hicken's stunning wedding photo \"Love Lake\" won the Sunset Print Award with Sunset Metallic Paper and Epson printing. Explore the artistry and techniques behind this award-winning image."
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# [Prints that Win: Love Lake | LexJet Blog](https://blog.lexjet.com/old-lexjet-blog/prints-that-win-love-lake)

 Written by [Regan Dickinson](https://blog.lexjet.com/old-lexjet-blog/author/regan-dickinson) | Mar 6, 2014 5:00:00 AM

The setting for this [Sunset Print Award](http://www.sunsetprint.com/) winner at the [Intermountain Professional Photographers](http://intermountainppa.wordpress.com/) competition last month is quite stunning, but it’s the photographer’s rendering of the scenery with the bride and groom that makes this one a winner.

The [photographer](http://impactdesignerportraits.com/), Todd Hicken, owner of [Impact Photography](http://impactdesignerportraits.com/) in Heber City, Utah, wasn’t shooting with the competition in mind, but he knew he had something worthy when he captured the image.

“I shoot tethered so I was able to see how the light was and the overall composition. I have a laptop there with me so I can crop it and see the composition I want while I’m shooting. I knew it would be a nice landscape and I cropped it long and skinny for perspective,” says Hicken.

To give it that little extra boost, Hicken printed the image for competition on [Sunset Photo Metallic Paper](http://www.lexjet.com/p-3865-LexJet-Sunset-Photo-Metallic-Paper.aspx) with his [Epson Stylus Pro 11880](http://www.lexjet.com/p-1471-EPSON-Stylus-Pro-11880-w-UltraChrome-K3-Vivid-Magenta-Ink.aspx).

“The Sunset Metallic is pretty darn close to what you can get from a darkroom print on metallic paper, and gives it a little more pop for competition,” says Hicken.

The Epson 11880 is a big printer; 64 inches wide, to be exact. Hicken says that the combination of a Hasselblad with a Phase One digital back makes it easier to sell the big prints he can produce on the Epson.

“We do a lot of big prints. Two days ago I printed a 30″ x 60″ and a 30″ x 52” with it for large [family portraits](http://impactdesignerportraits.com/). I mainly photograph families and children and an occasional wedding,” says Hicken. “This bride-and-groom image was part of a high-end photography package that was one of only two weddings I shot last year.”

Since Hicken printed on a Sunset paper, he received an iPad Mini, in addition to a Sunset Print Award trophy and pin and a gift certificate. He is also automatically entered into the Sunset Print Award national competition.

In order to be entered into the national competition, you must win a Sunset Print Award at one of the competitions where it’s being presented. To find out more, and which competitions will present a Sunset Print Award, go to [www.sunsetprint.com/sunset-print-award](http://www.sunsetprint.com/sunset-print-award). Congratulations, Todd!

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