2011 Q1 Contest

WPJA Results from the 2011 Q1 - The Best Wedding Photographer Contests and Awards.

Award Winning Photographers from this Contest

Contest Judges

WPJA Judge since 2004 - Ann Johansson is a Los Angeles based corporate and editorial photographer specializing in documenting people and their environments around the world. Ann's success is attributed to her low-key approach combined with her exceptional eye and ability to connect with people. Ann also takes the time to work on personal projects looking at social issues such as Sierra... Read more

WPJA Judge from 2007 - 2022 - (October 18, 1957 – April 16, 2022) - Pulitzer Prize winner David Leeson was a Dallas-based photojournalist and visual artist, freelancing in still and video photography. He worked as a newspaper photographer from 1977 to 2008. Leeson was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times prior to winning the award in 2004 for photographs made for The Dallas... Read more

WPJA Judge since 2005 - Eric Strachan is the editor of Florida Weekly in Naples, Florida. He was previously the senior managing editor at the Naples Daily News, where he started as a staff photographer in 1981. He has won numerous awards as a picture editor and photographer in the NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year International, Florida Press Club and the Florida Society of... Read more

WPJA Judge since 2005 - Jeanie Adams-Smith left the Chicago Tribune in 2002 to take a position at Western Kentucky University where she has shared her expertise with students in one of the nation’s premier photojournalism schools. Her 10-year career at the Tribune culminated with her in the position of national/foreign picture editor during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade... Read more