Cake Cutting Photographs. Wedding Contest by the...

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Getting Ready

Ceremony

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Kids

Details

Action

Emotion

Humor

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Cake Cutting

Food

Using Available Light

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Bridal Portrait

Bride AND Groom (portrait)

Bride OR Groom (portrait)

Bridal Party (portrait)

2004 Wedding Photojournalist Association Wedding Contest:


WPJA Award Winning Wedding Photos 'CAKE CUTTING':

FIRST PLACE - Thomas Graves / Maryland

15 Points, a trophy and $30.00 Cash


wedding baby - Photo © 2003 by Val MacKenna
Photo © 2004 by Thomas Graves

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Funny moment of cake cutting but not typical smashing of cake in the face.

Not the recommended way to cut the cake, but if you’ve got the sword.

This was an easy winner. It also could have done well in the humor category.

Funny, different image. Not your typical cake cutting.



SECOND PLACE - Amy Raab / Maryland

10 Points, a trophy and $20.00 Cash

 

wedding day hospital visit - Photo © 2003 by Eric Francis
Photo © 2004 by Amy Raab

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Tender and nice, a good moment that isn’t one of the face-mashing clichés.

Nice, tight image of the bride tasting the cake.

The sweet taste of cake. Lovely photo of cake eating.


THIRD PLACE - Gary Allen / North Carolina

5 Points, a WPJA t-shirt and $10.00 Cash



Photo © 2004 by Gary Allen

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

The bride is expressive enough to make this photo stand out in this category.

Expression the bride’s face is humorous.

Funny moment captured.


FOURTH PLACE - Eric Cable / Oregon


Photo © 2004 by Eric Cable

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Come and get some cake! Love the shadow and vertical background. Love the expression on the bride.

Groom looking for the bride to feed her cake. Bride’s expression shows some apprehension.


FIFTH PLACE - Cameron Gillie / Louisiana


Photo © 2004 by Cameron Gillie

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Funny image of the bride licking the cake off the groom’s face.


SIXTH PLACE - Christobal Perez / North Carolina


Photo © 2004 by Christobal Perez

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Nice framing of the couple with the cake ornament.

Nice use of the cake-topper for an interesting composition.


SEVENTH PLACE - Olivier Lalin / New York


Photo © 2004 by Olivier Lalin

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Nice moment and the way the bride is mimicking the cake is great. I wish it were sharper and the blacks were richer but the moment is strong.


EIGHTH PLACE - Billy Johnson / Nevada


Photo © 2004 by Billy Johnson

NINTH PLACE - Billy Johnson / Nevada


Photo © 2004 by Billy Johnson

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

The best of the face-mashing clichés.


TENTH PLACE - Brian Phillips / Massachusetts


Photo © 2004 by Brian Phillips

JUDGE'S COMMENTS:

Great expressions. It is nice having them both in the same frame since it gives some sense of their seemingly dynamic personalities.


JUDGES FOR THIS WPJA CONTEST:

1. Bruce Moyer - Picture Editor - The Hartford Courant (CT). In 2004, for the third year in a row, Moyer was named Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Numerous other NPPA awards..

2. Suzette Moyer - Director of Graphics and Design at the Hartford Courant newspaper. Director of Region 1 for the Society for News Design. She has been a designer for more than 16 years, working at publications in Florida, Washington and North Carolina. She has won numerous awards from the Society of News Design, Print magazine and the National Press Photographers Association.


3. Ami Vitale Ami is based in India and her photographs and stories from events in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India and Asia have appeared in publications including Time, Newsweek, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The Telegraph Sunday Magazine, Le Figaro Magazine and USA Today among others. She has won numerous awards for work including:
World Press Photos 2003, Third place General News Story
NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2003:Magazine photographer of the year
NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2003:Third place International News Story
Photographer of the Year International: Third place Magazine Division / General Reporting.

4. Sean D. Elliot - Chief Photographer/Photo Assignment Editor - The Day (CT). Currently is the National Secretary for the National Press Photographers Association - NPPA. Past director of Region One for the NPPA. Sean was 1994 Rookie of the Year from the New England Press Association and was NEPA's 2000 Photographer of the Year.

 

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CATEGORIES:

Getting Ready

Ceremony

Reception

Kids

Details

Action

Emotion

Humor

Artistic

Cake Cutting

Food

Using Available Light

Musicians

Bridal Portrait

Bride AND Groom (portrait)

Bride OR Groom (portrait)

Bridal Party (portrait)