11th place in Cake Cutting
The WPJA contest judges presented Rob Witzel, 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.
2009 Q2 Judges
Judges
- Framing of the graceful statue at the left on the top of the cake makes a nice contrast to the couple smashing each other with cake in this photograph.
- Most of the images like this one are similar. Cake in the face, laugh, move on. This one has a cool intersection of arms and body language suggesting a tennis match, back and forth, who’s gonna win?
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 Rob Witzel, was awarded 11th place for photo 201956 in the Cake Cutting category for the WPJA's 2009 Q2.