14th place in Creative Portrait
The WPJA contest judges presented Mikayla Mackaness, a South Carolina, 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 Q2 Judges
Judges
- This image captures the joy of the day by isolating the groom's toothy grin. Also, the composition, which goes down just enough to include one button on the groom's attire, works well as does the balance of the groomsmen. But in any posed situation, there's no excuse for distracting background elements as there are on the far right of the frame. The photographer should have moved everyone to the left a foot or two to solve this problem.
The best and top wedding photographs from this category
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
Wedding photographer Mikayla Mackaness, was awarded 14th place for photo 62111 in the Creative Portrait category for the WPJA's 2008 Q2.