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title: "Prints that Win: Something Old, Something New | LexJet Blog"
description: Discover how award-winning photographer Ann Naugher combines classic children's portraits with contemporary backgrounds, like Monet's Garden, to create timeless art pieces. Explore her process and success in photography competitions.
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# [Prints that Win: Something Old, Something New | LexJet Blog](https://blog.lexjet.com/old-lexjet-blog/prints-that-win-something-old-something-new-2)

 Written by [Regan Dickinson](https://blog.lexjet.com/old-lexjet-blog/author/regan-dickinson) | Nov 28, 2012 5:00:00 AM

Lightning does strike twice, or at least the LexJet Sunset Award for outstanding photography did. [Ann Naugher](http://atimelesswork.com/) was [honored earlier this year](https://blog.lexjet.com/2012/04/19/prints-that-win-bridging-the-realism-gap/) with a LexJet Sunset Award at PPA’s Southeast District competition for her portrait entitled *[Windswept](https://blog.lexjet.com/2012/04/19/prints-that-win-bridging-the-realism-gap/)*, and most recently added another to her collection with another portrait entitled *Monet’s Garden* at the PPA’s Southwest District competition.

Naugher’s specialty is children’s portrait photography enhanced with Corel Painter, printed on fine-art canvas, embellished with oil paints and then finished with a lacquer. What results are classic yet timeless pieces of art that have gained a nationwide following of enthusiastic and appreciative customers.

Though Naugher has carved a popular and award-winning niche with her style of portrait photography, she likes to share credit with the artist who paints her backgrounds – David Maheu of [Backgrounds by Maheu](http://www.backgroundsbymaheu.com/) – and the subjects of the photos.

For the *Monet’s Garden* portrait, Maheu painted a rendition of Monet’s *Rose Garden at Giverny*, which Naugher then used as a background and the key element from which everything else in the photograph flowed.

“My business is primarily based on high-end, classic children’s work. When I do ‘classic’ I never want it to be stodgy, boring or monochromatic; I want to incorporate contemporary with classic,” explains Naugher. “The old master’s work at the time was very contemporary and the colors used are very much in vogue today. I wanted to give my client something new and vibrant, but born of something old and timeless.”

When Naugher visited with the judges following the PPA Southwest District competition, her goals were corroborated by their comments, such as that it’s a classic portrait that incorporates good lighting, balance and composition. “That’s what I was hoping to accomplish,” she says.

Monet’s Garden garnered a 99 out of 100 at the competition. Previously, at the Oklahoma competition (Naugher is based in Tulsa), it scored a 100.

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