1st place in Off-Camera Flash / Strobe

Wedding photographer Stephen Loh, was awarded 1st place for photo 61061 in the Off-Camera Flash / Strobe category for the WPJA's 2008 Q1.

The WPJA contest judges presented Stephen Loh, a Singapore 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.

2008 Q1 Judges

Judges

  • This is a good example of a photographer understanding how side/back light would help emphasize the spray from the champagne bottle. Either that or he/she caught a strobe from another photographer off to the right. Either way the result is clear. The spray is very prominent, and the background has been dramatically simplified.

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