2005 Spring Contest
Getting Ready
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1st Place: Stacey Kane from Maine, United StatesJudges Comments
I don't know what's going on here (something with their lipstick?), but it's funny nevertheless. A tighter crop on the right might have strengthened it a bit, or, when shooting, having included all of the woman on the left (there doesn't appear to be a compositional purpose to cropping her).
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Judges Comments
The wave of people fussing over this bride is a sight to see. It truly speaks to the concept that a bride is a queen for a day. My main complaint is that I wish the bride was a little more to the left: she feels too pushed to the right edge of the frame. But good eye- you don't see images with 10 people in the frame work this well very often!
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Judges Comments
A classically elegant moment; everything seems to work here, even the fact that they're fortuitously all lined up by height. The hi-key printing helps; if you were able to see what was outside it would probably detract from the universality of the image.
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Judges Comments
There's something engagingly strange about this photo: the impish young girl with the dress that appears a bit too long, the curtsying woman with the more revealing dress, the guy in the background oblivious to it all. An ordinary moment made new.
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It is a wonderfully balanced picture of a graceful scene.
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Great moment and super angle. This clean image captures the bride in her true moment of joy. Great job!
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This photographer should be congratulated for thinking on his/her feet. To be above the bride paid off with a great little moment. And the timing was great- I like just seeing her eyes. It makes me focus on the excitement in her expression. A little improvement would be to tilt down a little (to show more of the dress) and shoot a tad bit tighter- the background is a little cluttered.
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I liked the bride's face in this through the glass. The drops on the window and her face show her anxiety over the rain.
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Judges Comments
Humor and bridal jitters come together in the bathroom.
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Judges Comments
The angle's good, the tight crop of the head supports the tension that's apparent in the man's face, the ubiquitous cell phone's appearance is a nice touch (will he remember years later what he was talking about at the time?).
