Wedding Photographer's Contest. Results for the...

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CATEGORIES:

Getting Ready

Ceremony

Reception

Kids

Details

Action

Emotion

Humor

Artistic

Sequential

Architecture

Using Available Light

Multiple Picture Story

Engagement Portrait

Bride AND Groom (portrait)

Bride OR Groom (portrait)

Bridal Party (portrait)

Portrait of Kid(s)

2003 WPJA Award Winning Wedding Photos 'ARTISTIC':

FIRST PLACE - Gary Allen / North Carolina

15 Points, a trophy and $106.50 Cash


bride blur - Photo © 2003 by Gary Allen
Photo © 2003 by Gary Allen

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

The panning made a wonderful graphic image out of a nothing situation. Excellent job.

Wow, great light and color all coming together to make a very interesting abstraction.



SECOND PLACE - Juan-Carlos Torres / Oregon

10 Points, a trophy and $71.00 Cash


bride and groom in field from behind - Photo © 2003 by Juan-Carlos Torres
Photo © 2003 by Juan-Carlos Torres

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

The beautiful background makes this image as well as the great lines created by the flowing veil.

A hint of color with an unusual composition gives this photo a painting-like quality.

Good color rendering technique and blurred corners that give the photograph a timeless sort of feeling.


THIRD PLACE - Paul Sanders / Washington

5 Points and $35.50 Cash

bride portrait through vail - Photo © 2003 by Paul Sanders
Photo © 2003 by Paul Sanders

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Nice soft glow.

Photo draws the viewer in. The bride looks mysterious behind the veil.


FOURTH PLACE - David Murray / Maine

bride in window - Photo © 2003 by David Murray
Photo © 2003 by David Murray

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

This photo is tonally and compositionally beautiful. The warm earthy tonal range as well as the detail in the bride’s veil is well crafted.


FIFTH PLACE - Kurt Miller / California

running wedding kids - Photo © 2003 by Kurt Miller
Photo © 2003 by Kurt Miller

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Use of selective color and blurring beautiful. Great picture to begin with, and the extra artistic touch made it a winner.


SIXTH PLACE - Craig Strong / Oregon

infrared wedding photography - Photo © 2003 by Craig Strong
Photo © 2003 by Craig Strong

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Beautiful use of infrared film.


SEVENTH PLACE - David Beckstead / Arizona

bride and groom - Photo © 2003 by David Beckstead
Photo © 2003 by David Beckstead

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

This photo has a great motion and feel. The photographer made a bold choice of cropping down on the bride and groom’s heads.

A composition that breaks a lot of rules by cropping into heads but it works because the shapes and motion are so interesting.


EIGHTH PLACE (tie) - Neil Cowley / New York

bride reflected in window - Photo © 2003 by Neil Cowley
Photo © 2003 by Neil Cowley

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

The photographer was looking beyond the obvious photo. The side light on the bride in the limo is well done. I wish that the blue was burnt down a little more.


EIGHTH PLACE (tie) - Michèle Waite / Washington

wedding day in field - Photo © 2003 by Michèle Waite
Photo © 2003 by Michèle Waite

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Very subtle and impressionistic photograph.


TENTH PLACE - Rosemarie Lion / California

bride from behind - Photo © 2003 by Rosemarie Lion
Photo © 2003 by Rosemarie Lion

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Great movement.


JUDGES FOR THIS WPJA CONTEST:

1. Anne Ryan was a staff photographers for USA Today for ten years covering all types of assignments including four trips to the Olympic Games. She has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by both the Sun-Sentinel and USA Today.  She has also received numerous photojournalism awards in the Atlanta Seminar, Southern Short Course and a First Place in the Sports Feature category in POY.

2. Stephanie Grace Lim (San Jose Mercury News - CA), has won acclaim from the Society of News Design, National Press Photographers Association, Associated Press, National Headliners, & Nikon, as well as Michigan College Photographer of the Year and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Her work has been featured in the illustrious publications of Life, People, Billboard, Photographer’s Forum, and Print Magazine.


3. Matt McClain (Ventura County Star - CA)
Graduate of Indiana University 1998
2003 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the Year.
2002 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the Year.
2001 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the Year.
Matt has taught at Brooks Institute of Photography (at the new campus for the photojournalism department in Ventura).

4. Mark Mirko (The Hartford Courant - CT)
Presently completing a Knight Fellowship at Ohio University. will be returning to the Hartford Courant in June, 2004.
2002 NPPA Region 1 Still Photographer of the Year.
Worked as a Staff Photographer at The Palm Beach Post from 1992-2000.
In 1994 Mark was the Region 6 NPPA POY.
In 1992 a team entry of the Post's Photographic coverage of Hurricane Andrew's devastation was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

NPPA = NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION

 

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CATEGORIES:

Getting Ready

Ceremony

Reception

Kids

Details

Action

Emotion

Humor

Artistic

Sequential

Architecture

Using Available Light

Multiple Picture Story

Engagement Portrait

Bride AND Groom (portrait)

Bride OR Groom (portrait)

Bridal Party (portrait)

Portrait of Kid(s)