What a great contest! A huge congratulations to our Q4 winners and we are looking forward to your entries in Q1 2012 coming up in March. Our POY winner will be officially announce once all the points are tallied-up. Stay tuned and enjoy the award-winning images!
ARTISTIC
1st Jeff Poole /Indigosilver
- Holy schnockey’s! I love when an image stops me in its tracks and makes me stare hard at it. This image is just that. Lovely use of black and grays. Beautiful eye for detail and composition. And the textures and the lines of the carpeting with how the bride is posed all make for a strong image! Well done!
- Nice use of the lines to draw me into the bride. Love how the photographer selected to go with B&W with this strong overhead image…great vision.
2nd Heike Delmore / Delmore Creative Photography
- Such mood and warmth and the beautiful post-processing of this image had me at first glance. Lovely expression.
- A wonderful simple image with a creative use of toning. Her calming eyes gives me a idea of her personality.
3rd James Tarpley / VISIO photography
-Great toning, framing and touching moment. Everything you and a couple could want in a winning image. This one really stood out for me, well done!
STROBE or FLASH
1st Jenny Tarpley / VISIO photography
- What a pretty image!! Well lit, beautiful tone and mood. My only critique is that I would’ve love to have seen the groom on the next step up so that he presents taller in stature then the bride and to see the gap between the two of them closed.
- Wow. This image stood out from the crowded category. Wonderful toning, posing and effective use of one light.
2nd Heike Delmore / Delmore Creative Photography
- Nice soft backlite image well done. Love the fact that the photographer opted to for an image just before the kiss.
3rd Jim Colman / Jim Colman Photography
-Beautiful sunset photo of the couple and the soft lighting is perfect. Well done!
WEATHER
1st Michelle Gunton / Michelle Gunton Photography
- LOVE the quirkiness, color, the composition, the expressions of this image! Photographer did a nice job of having fun inspite of the rain.
- Rain dancing makes for a fun images. Great use of multiple strobes to make this winning image pop.
2nd Heike Delmore / Delmore Creative Photography
- This image popped off the screen for me. The bright umbrella and rain makes this photograph different…well done.
3rd Jenny Tarpley / VISIO photography
- Nice upward leading lines for this shot and I like how the trees frame the couple. The image makes for a nice quiet moment.
- Beautiful portrait of the couple with a misty mood. The couple breaks-up the pattern from the trees perfectly.
BOUQUET / GARTER TOSS
1st Amy Turner / Your Still Life Photography
- The more I look at this image the more I see. So much information which keeps me looking longer everytime. I wonder what the bridesmaid did to catch the bouquet. Nice image!
- I like that the photographer chose a very interesting cropping for this image. The brides gesture and bouquet recipient make for a good capture of a fleeting moment and I love how she took out another bridesmaid and an older woman too.
2nd Michelle Gunton / Michelle Gunton Photography
- I hope he caught it. Nice peek action of the groomsman taking a bite at the garter as the others watch.
- Love all of the randomness going on with the guys’ expressions and how this depicts such a fun moment!
3rd A.J. Dunlap / A.J. Dunlap Photography
- The perspective of the bouquet with the intended recipient reminds me of one of those Leaning Tower of Pisa pictures where people are trying to push it upright. It just makes this image fun to me!
- Now that is a toss. She leaned way back to make this image and moment a little different!
PHOTOJOURNALISM
1st Joe Payne / Joe Payne Photography
- Great capture of the groomsmen saying a prayer. Love the fact that the photographer opted to go with B&W which allows the viewer to no get distracted with color.
- I loved that the photographer was a quiet observer of such a beautiful moment of solace and respect of space. I love how the image from top to bottom goes light to dark too. This picture made me pause.
2nd Matt Bower / Matt Bower Photography
- Kids are always dancing but not like this. Wonderful quick thinking of the photographer to capture this moment quickly. These moments rarely happen. The little girl’s face is priceless in this image.
3rd Erin May / Erin May Photography
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