9th place in Details (Found)
The WPJA contest judges presented Gabriel Harber, a California, United States wedding photographer, with this Master Piece Award as recognition for top wedding photojournalism in the industry.
The leading documentary wedding photographers in the world enter their best photos to the Wedding Photojournalist Association's photography competitions. They want their wedding reportage photographs to be evaluated and selected by some of the most notable and respected working picture editors and photojournalists in the news industry (these are not wedding photographers or other WPJA members judging their work). Winning these competitions is a true accomplishment for a wedding photographer.
2014 Q1 Photography Contest Judges
Judges
- Notice how compositional space is the primary foundation for the primary detail - the trail of flowers on a river of river rocks. The young ladies act as a leading line directly to the main visualization of the image - the largest grouping of flowers. The stones at the top of the image form a frame that both helps lead us to the girls and helps prevent the eye from wandering upward. That leaves us with one primary visual action as our eyes drift along the trail. Not to mention that this image presents a wistful moment.
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Wedding photographer Gabriel Harber, was awarded 9th place for photo 1410221 in the Details (Found) category for the WPJA's 2014 Q1 Photography Contest.