2008 Q3 Contest
Scene Setters
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Judges Comments
This overview was taken at exactly the right time of day: after sunset, but before the light in the sky went away. The composition is beautiful and having the orange light in the windows of the mansion is a nice touch. I like how the palette of the blue sky almost matches the blue of the top of the tent.
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2nd Place: Christian Keenan from London, EnglandJudges Comments
Nice work for the photographer to get up on high as the ceremony was occurring and shoot the scene in the hillside. Encompasses all the attendees, the ceremony and the place. An unusal telephoto overview. Composed nicely.
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3rd Place: Pete Lucas from Lancashire, EnglandJudges Comments
I love this picture. Great use of the tent to break the look in half, the blue and the warmth inside are a perfect contrast, and you really know where you are.
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Judges Comments
You can sense the anticipation of moment as it's about to unfold in this image, yet we are held at bay with the division created by the fence, which lets you ponder what's about to occur — the party is about to begin!
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5th Place: Amy Newman from New Jersey, United StatesJudges Comments
A lovely moment as the bride makes her way down the aisle. Nice to include the ponds from the garden in the background. Truly captures the place of the wedding.
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6th Place: Anthony Ku from Central Texas, United StatesJudges Comments
A simple and straight-forward but effective image framed perfectly. It's fun to study what each person is doing and that they are oblivious to the background above them.
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7th Place: Mark Earthy from London, EnglandJudges Comments
Nice use of the stairwell to be the frame for the wedding party and the ceremony. The bride and groom are both positioned on the stairwell, at opposite sides, making a nice frame to watch the person reading the passage.
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8th Place: Oscar Setiawan from Illinois, United StatesJudges Comments
A good overview shot from a nice high angle and framed so that your eye gravitates easily to the bridal couple - no distracting elements behind them.
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9th Place: Christian Keenan from London, EnglandJudges Comments
Simply a lovely, romantic scene as the bride walks down the path. It's nice not to see an overpowering presence of photographer or lens in this image - the setting and dress are enough.
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10th Place: Meg Baisden from Florida, United StatesJudges Comments
The villa in the background as the bride proceeds up the stairs is nice. The violinists make a nice foreground.
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11th Place: Nick Kirk from Lanarkshire, ScotlandJudges Comments
A good overview perhaps from a remote camera. I wish the waiter at the bottom left wasn't in the frame; he distracts.
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12th Place: Kent Meireis from Colorado, United StatesJudges Comments
Beautiful vista and the photographer captures that and the wedding together nicely.
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13th Place: Pete Lucas from Lancashire, England -
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15th Place: Brad Walters from Colorado, United States -
16th Place: Adam Welch from Colorado, United States -
17th Place: Anne Ruthmann from Massachusetts, United States -
18th Place: Nathan Bridges from Illinois, United States -
19th Place: Natalie Nadozirny from Maryland, United States -
