11th place in Getting Ready

Photo of the bride getting ready as a woman blows up balloons by a North Yorkshire, England wedding reportage photographer.
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Dominique Shaw

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Wedding photographer Dominique Shaw, was awarded 11th place for photo 1890881 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2016 Q3 Photography Contest .

The WPJA contest judges presented Dominique Shaw, a United Kingdom 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.

2016 Q3 Photography Contest Judges

Judges

  • Itʼs an awkwardly odd photo…yet intriguing. The layers of crazy details make it a delight to explore. Everything in this room seems amiss. But thatʼs precisely what makes this moment.

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