3rd place in Cake Cutting
The WPJA contest judges presented Kenny Nakai, a Illinois, United States 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 Q4 Judges
Judges
- Cutting of the cake is secondary to girls faces. I love the way it's composed. The two hands and knife cutting the cake frames the girls faces, and lined up nicely.
- The photographer made a great choice to focus on the kids watching the cake cutting. I mean, who really cares about the cake? Kids, that's who. You get a two-fer on this one. Foreground and background. The B&W probably saved this picture from being really distracting color-wise.
Wedding photographer Kenny Nakai, was awarded 3rd place for photo 94751 in the Cake Cutting category for the WPJA's 2008 Q4.