2009 Q4 Contest

Results from the 2009 Q4 Contest Wedding Photojournalism Contest

The WPJA wishes to extend our congratulations to all our members who had award winning entries in this contest, as well as the work of the contest judges and support of our contest sponsors.

Category Galleries

Bride Getting Ready
20 Winning ImagesGroom Getting Ready
20 Winning ImagesCeremony
20 Winning ImagesReception Ambiance
20 Winning ImagesEmotion
20 Winning ImagesCake Cutting
20 Winning ImagesDancing
20 Winning ImagesOff-Camera Flash / Strobe
20 Winning ImagesMusicians & DJs
20 Winning ImagesReflections
20 Winning ImagesBouquet/Garter (Action)
20 Winning ImagesDetails (Found)
20 Winning ImagesRing Details
20 Winning ImagesCreative Portrait
20 Winning ImagesEngagement Portrait
20 Winning ImagesTrash The Dress (TTD) Portrait
20 Winning Images

Award Winning Photographers from this Contest


Contest Judges

DAVID LEESON, PHOTOJOURNALIST
David Leeson has been a staff photographer for The Dallas Morning News since 1984. In 2004, he was a Pulitzer Prize Winner for his photographs depicting the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq. In 1985, Leeson was also a Pulitzer finalist for his photo coverage of apartheid in South Africa. In 1986, he lived on the streets of Dallas with the homeless for two months. The photos, published in a 24-page special section by The Dallas Morning News, won a Robert F. Read more

DAVID STEPHENSON
David Stephenson, 39, is the Photojournalism Adviser for the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel. David returned to his native Lexington and joined the staff of the Herald-Leader in 1997 and left to join the Kernel in 2009. He is a four-time recipient of the Kentucky News Photographers Association’s Photographer of the Year Award and has been named Sports Photographer of the Year three times. Read more

ERIC STRACHAN, SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR
Eric Strachan is the senior managing editor at the Naples Daily News in Southwest Florida, where he started as a staff photographer in 1981. He has won numerous awards as a picture editor and photographer in the NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year International, Florida Press Club and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. He was named director of photography at the Daily News in 1991, later serving as graphics editor, assistant managing editor/presentation prior to being named managing editor. Read more

LOUP LANGTON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, VISUAL JOURNALISM
Loup Langton currently serves as Director of the Visual Journalism program at the University of Miami's School of Communication and as a member of the Pictures of the Year International Inaugural Advisory Board. His career reflects a balance between creative and research work with a particular passion for Latin America. His book, Photojournalism and Today's News, Creating Visual Reality, published by Blackwell/John Wiley & Sons in 2009, examines the ways in which newsroom culture, economics and routines influence visual reporting in both printed and online media. Read more

SETH RESNICK, PHOTOGRAPHER
Seth Resnick is one of North America's most prolific corporate, editorial and stock photographers. Seth is greatly in demand for his beautiful graphic images in both natural and created light. Resnick has been published in the world's most prestigious magazines. His credits include over 2,500 publications worldwide and his clients constitute a virtual list of Corporate America. He is co-founder of Read more

Contest Sponsors

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