2009 Q3 Contest
Scene Setters
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1st Place: Preston Utley from Colorado, United StatesJudges Comments
This could be a painting. The photographer has a talent for including essential parts of the landscape to create a vista.
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2nd Place: Julie Kim from London, EnglandJudges Comments
Hopefully none of the guests suffered from acrophobia! The photographer did a good job of balancing the lighting and putting the dramatic view in context.
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Judges Comments
Great lighting in this image that illuminates so much to look at. The formal composition is fun. I like how the scene is split into horizontal layers.
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4th Place: Franco Milani from Lombardy, ItalyJudges Comments
This could have ranked higher, but the car kills this photograph. I know we take them as we find them, but------. I guess that I am having a bit of contest judge syndrome here. Another story. In a judging of the White House News Photographers Association contest we had a judge from a leading national picture magazine of a graphic nature (not naming names here). A news photo of a breaking news story, I think a midday riot, came up and the judge actually said, “ Nice action but the lighting is so harsh”. I guess the judge thought that the rioters should come back at dusk when the light was better for their riot for the photographer to make the photograph.
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5th Place: Samo Rovan from Ljubljana, SloveniaJudges Comments
A fun, quirky way of getting people into the landscape to illustrate the scene. I like the perspective from up above too.
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6th Place: Marino Prieto from Parana, BrazilJudges Comments
Perhaps a remote, perhaps as easy as standing on a balcony of the existing deck, I’ll never know without caption information. At any rate it is a photograph that combines the peak moment of the wedding ceremony and shows the people in the wedding party.
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7th Place: Blair Gable from Ontario, CanadaJudges Comments
Reminds me of the maze in the movie The Shining. Nice angle and graphically pleasing.
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Judges Comments
Great composition. You captured this moment well. Very strong work.
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9th Place: Genevieve Nisly from Ohio, United StatesJudges Comments
There is nothing like the first dance by the Bride and Groom and this sets the scene wonderfully.
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10th Place: Cathy Loughran from Barcelona, SpainJudges Comments
This category was a tougher one to judge because many photographers took the concept a little too literally. This picture has a nice feeling to it, and I love the sky. An interesting and refreshing take of the scenery.
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11th Place: John Hudetz from Colorado, United StatesJudges Comments
Lovely hues of brown and blues that connect the entire image. The moment echoes of simpler times. Very nicely done.
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12th Place: Tony Matkey from Kentucky, United StatesJudges Comments
The low wide angle shows the panorama of the countryside. All the elements work together within the natural landscape.
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13th Place: Kenny Nakai from Illinois, United StatesJudges Comments
The photographer took advantage of beautiful light and effective placement of the wedding group within the frame to convey the sense of a wedding celebrated in the great open expanse of nature.
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14th Place: Kurt Budliger from Vermont, United StatesJudges Comments
The long exposure on the water over the rocks makes this a great deal more than the overall of the wedding location.
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15th Place: Jeremy Standley from Malaga, SpainJudges Comments
This is a classic. The reflections of the palm trees with bride and groom in stride complete the scene.
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16th Place: Matt Adcock from Quintana Roo, Mexico -
17th Place: Nick Kirk from Lanarkshire, Scotland -
18th Place: Stephan Rauch from Austria, Austria -
19th Place: Ryan Browne from South Yorkshire, England -
