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CATEGORIES:
Getting
Ready
Ceremony
Reception
Kids
Details
Action
Emotion
Humor
Artistic
Transportation
Using
Available Light
Bride
AND Groom (portrait)
Bride
OR Groom (portrait)
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2004
Wedding Photojournalist Association Photography Contest:
WPJA
Award
Winning Wedding Photography 'DETAILS':
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FIRST
PLACE - John Hong / Washington
15
Points, a trophy and $228.00 Cash
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Photo
© 2004 by John Hong
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
A
far from cliché detail. Light and colorful, whimsical
and storytelling all at once.
Beautiful
backlighting and pastel colors- has an ethereal feel to
it.
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SECOND
PLACE - Melissa Bonvini / Maine
10
Points, a trophy and $152.00 Cash
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Photo
© 2004 by Melissa Bonvini
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Repeated
pattern of arms and fabric make for a striking parallelism.
It’s an image all about color and composition abstracted
from a much bigger scene.
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THIRD
PLACE (tie) - Huy Nguyen / Texas
1.25
Points and $19.00 Cash
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Photo
© 2004 by Huy Nguyen
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Feet
walk across a carpet and the details tells much about
the East Indian, likely, wedding. A small ceramic elephant
is in the background.
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THIRD
PLACE (tie) - Victor Junco / Florida
1.25
Points and $19.00 Cash
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Photo
© 2004 by Victor Junco
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Artistic
and executed beautifully. Big kudos to the photographer
for doing
something unexpected.
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THIRD
PLACE (tie) - Cameron Gillie / Louisiana
1.25
Points and $19.00 Cash
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Photo
© 2004 by Cameron Gillie
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Truly
a cliché, but the composition, tight enough to
be clean while loose enough to see all the action, really
makes it sing. Needless to say, the light is perfect
as well.
Loved
all of the movement of the hands relating to the patterns
of the ribbons.
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THIRD
PLACE (tie) - Richard Nowitz / Maryland
1.25
Points and $19.00 Cash
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Photo
© 2004 by Richard Nowitz
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
The
composition and lighting, the flower and the delicate
way the hand holds the gown make this a wonderfully
sensual moment. It's just simply a beautiful moment.
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SEVENTH
PLACE - Scott Schoeggl / Washington
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Photo
© 2004 by Scott Schoeggl
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
A
small piece is missing from the elegant cake. A simple
detail, well focused showing just enough of the cake and
not all of it.
An
all-time cliché, but so nicely composed and exposed.
I feel like I could eat the cake.
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EIGHTH
PLACE - Richard Esposito / Connecticut
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Photo
© 2004 by Richard Esposito
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Simple,
strong in its softness... the lips and the buttons on
the vest... the shadow... all make for a very beautiful
and elegant portrait.
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NINTH
PLACE - Anne Marie McLaughlin / New Jersey
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Photo
© 2004 by Anne Marie McLaughlin
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Not
sure this happens every day.
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TENTH
PLACE (tie) - Cameron Gillie / Louisiana
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Photo
© 2004 by Cameron Gillie
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
All
that makeup for just one face. It’s a fairly monochromatic
image that says much about bringing an image of beauty
forward.
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TENTH
PLACE (tie) - Matt McGraw / North Carolina
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Photo
© 2004 by Matt McGraw
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
So
cute! completely unexpected.
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TENTH
PLACE (tie) - Chris Parker / Michigan
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Photo
© 2004 by Chris Parker
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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
Delicate,
soft, barely touching yet a grasp that will last forever.
Strong lines, wonderful contrast in black and white.
A wonderful memento.
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