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4th place in Bridal Party

Contests / Past Contests / 2010 BRIDES Magazine / Bridal Party / 4th Place

Wedding photographer Brandon Wright, was awarded 4th place for photo 373911 in the Bridal Party category for the WPJA's 2010 BRIDES Magazine.

The WPJA contest judges presented Brandon Wright, a 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.

2010 BRIDES Magazine Judges

THE 2010 BRIDES MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST JUDGES, WPJA Selected Judges

Photographer's Comment

Mamiya C330 65mm f3.5 Sekor Blue Dot lens, on x-processed Fujichrome 64T At this point in the wedding we happened to be shooting separately without the aid of the other. Though we usually do confer with one another on how we will approach much of what we shoot, on this particular occasion we hadn't even discussed shooting this spot. I shot the Bridesmaids while Brian was getting some details. Then we separated again an hour later he shot the Groomsmen while I was with the girls getting ready. Apparently we had the exact same idea! Needless to say, I was a bit confused when we processed the film. We even captured identical circular lens flares with our TLRs!

Judges

  • A beautiful portrait of the bride and bridesmaids. Most back-lit situations do not work this well, but enough saturation on the subjects make it work. The lens flare actually helps to frame them. Wonderful expressions.

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