2009 Q3 Contest
Weather
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1st Place: Ronald Soliman from Delaware, United StatesJudges Comments
This bride looks absolutely miserable and you can feel it. Good clean image, and the visible raindrops are nice too. I like how the father's jacket frames the bride's face and leads the eye straight to her expression.
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Judges Comments
This is a brilliant use of light and raindrops to produce a dramatic photo of a pensive bride.
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3rd Place: Samo Rovan from Ljubljana, SloveniaJudges Comments
This photo has a good documentary feel to it. Even with the rain, the event goes on.
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Judges Comments
Great face on the woman in the center! I like the wind-blown heads that fill the frame. Getting a little closer would have helped, but you gotta love the scene. It's also nice to see wind as the weather enemy, in contrast to rain.
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5th Place: Antonio Sarno from Naples, ItalyJudges Comments
You can feel the heat in this photo as the bride slumps in the chair, hoping for whatever relief the fan can offer. The starkly contrasting shadows and highlights serve to intensify the feeling of suffocating heat.
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6th Place: Aaron Spicer from Virginia, United StatesJudges Comments
Great job capturing the misery of the rainstorm.
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7th Place: Andree Kehn from Maine, United StatesJudges Comments
The dancing boots are a smart and unexpected way to address the weather (and the feet without the boots look amusingly strange in context).
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8th Place: Gerhard Nel from Zuid Holland, NetherlandsJudges Comments
This looks like Snow White's dwarves going to work. Great attitude on bride's face.
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9th Place: Christian Keenan from London, EnglandJudges Comments
The photographer should have worked a bit closer to the subjects. It would have been great to see the smile on the bride’s face in spite of her weather hardship. Seeing the location is not important at this moment of the wedding day story.
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10th Place: Josie Liming from Washington, United StatesJudges Comments
Another example of a thinking photographer, capturing a storytelling moment that will add depth to coverage of the wedding day.
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11th Place: Edmund Tham from Selangor, Malaysia -
12th Place: Cristiano Ostinelli from Milan, ItalyJudges Comments
This weather photo is artfully shot. Including the entire scene along with the bride and groom chronicles the event perfectly.
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13th Place: Brian Wedge from Maine, United StatesJudges Comments
The moment makes up for the technical deficiencies of the picture. The inverted umbrella, the dance-like pose of the woman trying to hold on to it and the wonderful expressions of the women watching her make the picture a great addition to the story of the wedding day.
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14th Place: Franco Milani from Lombardy, ItalyJudges Comments
Great colors. Surreal and magical at the same time. Nice work.
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15th Place: Tyson Trish from New Jersey, United States -
16th Place: Britta Trygstad from North Dakota, United States -
17th Place: John Hudetz from Colorado, United States -
18th Place: Petros Sordinas from Athens, Greece -
19th Place: David Murray from Georgia, United States -
20th Place: Edoardo Agresti from Florence, Italy
