1st place in Getting Ready

Florida, United States

Benjamin Rusnak

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Wedding photographer Benjamin Rusnak, was awarded 1st place for photo 425876 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2010 Q2.

The WPJA contest judges presented Benjamin Rusnak, a Florida, 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.

Judges

  • The feeling one gets looking at this picture of the bride – as Hindu women spread a turmeric paste on her face to ward off bad energies in her marriage – is pure happiness. Loving hands frame the bride’s face perfectly and the light concentrates the attention on her beautiful smile. The color adds to the scene’s warmth. There is nothing but positive energy in this photographic moment.
  • This image captured the joy of bride and feeling of sharing the happy day with loved ones through expression and composition.

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