6th place in Emotion

Montana wedding photographer captured this photo of the mother of the bride crying while capturing the father daughter dance on cellphone video
Montana, United States

Kent Meireis

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Wedding photographer Kent Meireis, was awarded 6th place for photo 1632221 in the Emotion category for the WPJA's 2015 Q2 Photography Contest.

The WPJA contest judges presented Kent Meireis, a Montana, 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.

2015 Q2 Photography Contest Judges

Judges

  • A mother watches her husband, more likely known as dad amongst family, wipes away tears as he dances with their daughter, his “little girl," now wife to another. This is why I have long believed that wedding photojournalism is a spectacular universe of moments for a photographer. As a working photojournalist, a newspaper staff photographer, it was a rare assignment that ever afforded me the unsanctioned privilege of moments galore. If we only open our eyes long enough to notice, to pause from our day and behold, we might discover them in every direction. But, a wedding is a photojournalist's dream.

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