Local photographer Elaine H. Pearsons has won first place in the 2011 Shaker Workshop Photography Competition. Her winning image appears on the cover of the Shaker Workshop fall/winter catalogue (right). You may also view an extended collection of Pearsons’ Shaker village photographs if you click on: www.shakerworkshops.com/shaker-workshops-photography-competition/pearsons.htm. Pearsons has lived in Polk County and photographed our region for the last 20 years, documenting its beauty, diversity and ever-changing landscape. At present, she is working with the Foothills Humane Society, creating a 2012 calendar to be called “Home at Last,” which will feature newly adopted pets from the shelter.