Alright, I take back what I said about the WPJA not liking me. This time I just entered my two freebie submissions and both placed, and by some weird numeric magic I ended up on the international list of top 100 wedding photojournalists. Too funny. The second place image was taken on New Year’s Eve of Jenny dancing with her dad at the Sutton Place Hotel. I love her sister’s expression in the background! The second was taken at Dayna and Jeff’s wedding in Chilliwack, and was entered in the ‘kids’ category. So often you can catch people behaving badly between posing for formals—kids love the captive audience (not the photographer) and know they can make extraordinary demands if they but stand in front and face the camera…
Oh, I should mention that the WPJA is for more traditional ‘photojournalistic’ wedding images. They frown on significant Photoshop work, unlike the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (see below a couple of entries). The WPJA doesn’t even allow sepia tinting on black and whites! I’m glad I know have membership in both organizations.
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