1st place in Silhouettes / Shadows and Good Light

Wedding photographer Michele Waite, was awarded 1st place for photo 51046 in the Silhouettes / Shadows and Good Light category for the WPJA's 2005 Winter.

The WPJA contest judges presented Michele Waite, a wedding photographer, with this Master Piece Award as recognition for top wedding photojournalism in the industry.

The leading documentary wedding photographers in the world enter their best photos to the Wedding Photojournalist Association's photography competitions. They want their wedding reportage photographs to be evaluated and selected by some of the most notable and respected working picture editors and photojournalists in the news industry (these are not wedding photographers or other WPJA members judging their work). Winning these competitions is a true accomplishment for a wedding photographer.

2005 Winter Judges

Judges

  • This image evokes a special feeling about the day and the use of the infrared film enhances the other worldly feeling of where the couple chose to have their wedding. It seems that they wanted to go to a beautiful place and this evokes that feeling. People often choose their sites carefully as well as their photographers vision. This photographer combined the content with the technique to create a powerful portrait of the bride in place.

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