Judges Comments

Great emotion on kid's face climbing all over the bride. The groom's hand covering bride's back adds to the embrace. More layers to the image is the girl on left looking over in awe.

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Very journalistic, a lot of power in its sublety. Nicely spotted and captured. Photographer resisted the temptation to get too tight.

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Simple and earnest.

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Quite raw. Love the framing, and the moment.

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Nice layered joy.

Judges Comments

It's an intimate moment as a bride is getting ready. In this empty and spacious room, you clearly focus on the bride's face and her emotion. It's a special moment between these two ladies. It's like the photographer was a fly on the wall and was privileged to this moment.

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Pure emotion, fun.

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Great expression grabbed in an unconventional place; a hallway to a hotel.

Unexpected moment.

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An intimate and emotional moment in a room filled with guests. The partial obstruction on left of the frame adds to the fly on the wall feel. The expression on the women's face is priceless, and the way she is being kissed is just great. This image has the feel that it transcends in time, it could have been a wedding from 50 years ago.

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Both faces are so explosive. The composition is not classic, but it is perfect.

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Predictable, but nice motion.

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Just a great moment of laughter, love the way the groom's head tilts back, and the bride is cracking up but also focused on what she's reading.

Judges Comments

The emotion is barely under control--nice tension, and the rare vertical. It needed to be slightly cropped from the right.

Photographer's Comment

This speaks for itself. What's interesting is that the groom had seen his bride prior to the ceremony in a "first look." That didn't prevent him from nearly breaking down when she walks down the aisle.