Local High Schooler Named Finalist in Nature Photo Contest

The Nature Visions Photo Expo (NPVE) has named eight local finalists in its ongoing Student Photography Contest, including one recent high school graduate from the Herndon area.

Kevin Hackler, a Herndon resident and 2015 graduate of Chantilly High School, actually had two photos nominated as finalists, one of only two finalists with more than one photo in the contest’s “final 10.” Hackler’s photographs are titled Glory and Connections.

The finalists will each receive a $50 gift card from District Camera in Burke, Va., and will now compete for the grand prize: a $100 gift card at district camera and an announcement at the NVPE in Manassas on Nov. 14-15, and a chance to display their work on the NVPE website.

Take a look at the rest of the finalists from the area. The winner will be announced in early November.

Finalists:

1. Kevin Hackler, Chantilly High School (graduate, two-time finalist)
2. Alicia Kay, Oakton High School
3. Jess Taylor, Winston Churchill High School
4. Gabriel Arias, Winston Churchill High School (two-time finalist)
5. Sai Charan Gurrapu, Chantilly High School
6. Abby Keller, West Springfield High School (graduate)
7. Alyssa Prouty, Paul VI Catholic High School (graduate)
8. Andrew Savino, The Howard Garner School

Image credits: Kevin Hackler’s ‘Glory’ and ‘Connections’