1st place in Ceremony

The bride walks beneath netting topped with red roses in this photo by a Goa, India wedding photographer.

Wedding photographer Sephi Bergerson, was awarded 1st place for photo 1933266 in the Ceremony category for the WPJA's 2016 Q4 Photography Competition.

The WPJA contest judges presented Sephi Bergerson, a Goa, India 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.

2016 Q4 Photography Competition Judges

Judges

  • A beautiful picture! The composition was unique and the color and lighting truly made this creative picture stand out. This photographer has a great eye for the interesting angle.
  • The photographerʼs choice of angle makes an already beautiful bride radiantly more so beneath a blanket of roses. Light, color and composition are at their best to create a spectacle to remember.

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