1st place in Getting Ready

Black and white photo of women helping the bride with her veil reflected in the surface of a table by a Porto, Portugal wedding photographer.

Wedding photographer Daniel Monteiro, was awarded 1st place for photo 1877411 in the Getting Ready category for the WPJA's 2016 Q2 Photography Contest .

The WPJA contest judges presented Daniel Monteiro, a Portugal 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 Q2 Photography Contest Judges

Judges

  • Clear winner. Really strong graphic image that captures the moment and captivates the viewer. I might suggest that cleaning up the right side with a crop would make it even stronger but this is really a nice image.
  • Another nearly flawless frame. Precise composition, with each person in the frame being nicely separated. Great job!
  • The bride, surrounded by her attendants, becomes the focal point of an immaculate ballet, the result of a mirror image reflected in a glass-top table. The bride, as the traditional central player, is not only framed by this circle of light and shadow but all in this image form another traditional piece of the stage - the wedding ring whose circular form is intended to speak of partnership.

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