WPJA.com and AGWPJA.com ~ 3rd Quarter, 2007

Katrina, the founder of Katrina Wallace Photography, which since my joining ( Andrew Mejia, Katrina's husband) has become Sedona Bride, is currently a member of both the Wedding Photojournalist's Association and the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist's Association. While she has placed images in many of the past competitions, this quarter ( Q3) she placed in the top ten overall in both organizations.

Check out either the WPJA.com or the AGWPJA.com to see Katrina's winning images, and then also the fantastic images from other photographers that are helping to shape the industry in which we work.

We're honored, and I am especially pleased ( as her husband), to have Katrina's name up there in the overall top ten with photographers who's work we really admire and respect.

There are photographers from around the world, like David Murray from Maine, our friend Kym Skiles from F8 in Texas, Anna Kuperberg in beautiful San Fransisco, Jeff Ascough from the United Kingdom, and Dino Lara from the Philippines.

The judges for the 3rd quarter 2007 WPJA competition were photographers from the VII Photo Agency ~ if you're a photojournalist you know who these amazing photographers are ~ some of the world's top photojournalists, like Eugene Richards, Lauren Greenfield, Gary Knight, and Christopher Morris. Their images have appeared in TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, LIFE, National Geographic, American Photo, and other well known magazines.

The photographers at VII Photo Agency are truly amazing photojournalists. Be sure to see their work on the VII website. If you don't see it there, I'm sure you'll be seeing their images soon enough in the latest headlines.

Below are some screen-captures from the WPJA.com and AGWPJA.com website, with Katrina's name circled in red.







And here are the images...

A 3rd place in the transportation category:



A 5th place in the groom getting ready category:



And a 2nd place in the bride getting ready category, which also placed 2nd in the AGWPJA.com getting ready category. We'll show the AGWPJA image since that's the one we get to retouch and tone. There is a rule that WPJA images cannot be enhanced in any way, but the Artistic Guild lets photographers enhance images in any way they'd like. We get to do all the artistic enhancements we would have done in the traditional darkroom via computer, minus the yucky chemicals.



We want to say a special thanks to our clients Sara and Drew, Tonja and Ed, and Kate and Joerg, for entrusting us with the documentation of their beautiful weddings, and from whose weddings these winning images came. This would not have been possible without their love and their excitement for photography! You guys are amazing!

Blessings!
Andrew + Katrina

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Brides.com and WPJA ~ Award-Winning Photos

It looks like we placed two images in another contest. This contest was put on by Brides.com in combination with the Wedding Photojournalist Association, aka, the WPJA.

Click here to see the contest gateway page on Brides.com.

Here's what the premise of the contest was per the Brides.com website:

" Inspired by the pictures our editors have been seeing—images that remind us how poignant and precious (and funny!) every wedding is—Brides asked members of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) to enter their work in our first-ever photo contest.

Pictures were divided up into 10 categories, and after poring over hundreds of submissions, we chose the work in each category that best captured the magic and memories of this day of days.

From hipster groomsmen to precious little attendants, these photographers were able to capture the unique feeling of these couple's wedding days with an especially artistic eye."





The WPJA also has it featured on their site. Click here to see the contest gateway page on the WPJA.



Here's what the WPJA judges had to say about our winning images:



" JUDGES COMMENTS: Images should make us feel something. A wedding presents an entire day of emotions. But a sensitive photographer sees the world in a unique way – shooting images we can feel and taste. Look at this image long enough and you can feel her hand (or his) curled through your own fingers. That is the “magic” of great photography.

The photographer has chosen to concentrate on the details. They have played off of the bouquet to accentuate the flowers in the bride's dress yet still captured a sweet moment between the bride and groom."



" JUDGES COMMENTS: There is no doubt this scene has been repeated thousands of times, yet, this is the first I've ever seen it. These are the images we know exist, the moments that pass by in a glance, but until a sensitive photographer sees and records it, it is almost as though they have never happened."

A big congratulations to the WPJA and Brides.com for their collaboration, which calls attention to outstanding wedding photography worldwide!

International Photo Competition ~ The Wedding Photojournalist Association

Katrina just got 3rd place in the details category in the most recent international photo competition through the WPJA. Congratulations, Katrina!

Here are screen captures of all of the awards Katrina has won with the WPJA:
















All images copyright 2007, Sedona Bride, Accepting Commissions Worldwide