2nd place in Ceremony

Judges

• One would wish the man's face at left wasn't in the frame, or alternatively that it was a bit clearer what he is doing, but the moment overcomes that shortcoming. What a touching scene as the bride holds tightly the hands of the two presumably most important men in her life, her new husband and her father. It's a picture that might work – in an album as part of a series of images from the scene - cropped much tighter, showing only the bride holding the hands, perhaps with the groom's flower at the upper left corner of the tighter crop. A very tender, poignant image. Heartbreakingly beautiful portrait of the bittersweet transition from daughter to wife. This photo puts the spotlight on the bride, while communicating the importance of the people who are closest to her. Clasping hands with her father and her new husband, she's poised in the middle of her past and her future. She rests her cheek on her father's hand in a beautiful and tender gesture. The light and framing, besides the subjects, make this image stand out.