Q1 WPS Contest Results 2012

It's time to announce the WPS image competition winners!

It was hours of thumbing through amazing images but the best ones always seem to win. Each quater the competition keeps getting stonger and tougher to place. We would like to congratulate all the winners for this quarter and look forward seeing your entries for the Q2 contest opening up next week.

Our categories will expand next quater along with different judges. The judges for this quarter were:

Martha Manning
Jason Armond
Michelle Gunton
Christobal Perez

Once again congratulations to all our winners and enjoy the images!

PHOTOJOURNALISM

1st Place | Cindy Brown / C Brown Photo



- I have seen a bride check her pulse before walking down the aisle, but not a groom. This is hilarious! To me, it would be a stronger image in black and white.
- So nervous gotta check your heart rate. Never seen this in a wedding image and really captures what is occurring without interruption. Simply great!

2nd Place | James Tarpley / VISIO Photography



- Great priceless moment. love the processing of this image.

3rd Place | Tim Sayer / Sayer Photography



- Beautiful moment of a grandmother looking at her husband while holding a grandchild. The look of love from grandma and baby grabbed my attention. What a wonderful quiet moment.
- This is why we do what we do. This family will pass this photograph along for generations.
- Heart warming image. Great lighting. Great expressions.

4th Place | Kate Turner Pope / Craven Creative



- This images tells lots of stories. Great composition. The photographer was ready and in the right spot for the magic to happen.
- It is always wise to watch the parents during the ceremony. This photographer caught the perfect moment.

5th Place | Giina Lumsden Kropf / GinaMcLean Photography



- Right place at right time. Great moment. Losing a bit of detail in the bridesmaids dresses.

ARTISTIC

1st Place | Austin Stinson / Blueberry Fusion


- Beautiful light, composition, and pose.
- Great soft expression from the model. The colors and composition is great.

2nd Place |  James Tarpley / VISIO Photography


- Love the big blue sky and the simplistic pose by the B & G. This one stood out the pack for me and made an impact. Wonderful image!

3rd Place | Julia Wade / Julia Wade Photography



- Love composition of this image. I like that you can still see the detail in the face of the subject and that is is not totally black.

4th Place | Jenny Tarpley / VISIO Photography



- I love the mood of this image. The toning is a touch to much and I wish the couple was not so centered. Other wise great capture.
- Really enjoy the toning in this image with the high grain.

5th Place | Cindy Brown / C Brown Photo



- This stands out to me and I keep looking back at it. Her expression and Jesus' expression in this well known portrait of him -and the fact that she happened to be standing in just the right spot for this - I love it. This is truly artistic for the photographer to see this.

TRANSPORTATION

1st Place | Bianca Palmer / A Moment Like This


- Creative, candid, great expressions...this is beautiful.
- Utilizing the veil and capturing a moment while in the trolly makes this a winner for me. Has a little bit of everything executed very well.

2nd Place | Joe Payne / Joe Payne Photography



- This light is great. I want to see the next shot of her foot touching the ground, though.
- Beautiful image. Love the processing and the framing of the bride getting out of the car.
- Excellent capture of the B&G in the limo. I actually really like the dark space over the heads of the couple and the leading lines. Well done.

3rd Place | Laura Simson / Laura Simson Photography



- I love this. Any Mom would want this.

4th Place | Tim Sayer / Sayer Photography



- Excellent capture of the B&G in the limo. I actually really like the dark space over the heads of the couple and the leading lines. Well done.
- Nice image, wish his hand had been on her hand so the reflection in the window would have made its own picture
- Romantic of bride and groom alone at last. Beautiful.

5th Place | Erin May / Erin May Photography



- This made me wonder what the little child was thinking peering out to a big world.

LAUGHTER

1st Place | Perry Adams Photography / Perry Vaile Photography



- Love the simplicity of this image and how everything is connected. It makes me wonder what was said that was that funny. This image allows me to connect with the subjects and enjoy the moment with them. Nice Pic!
- I want to know what the joke is. The guy on the left leads me to believe it was a little emabarrasing. Great moment.
- Timing is everything and it was captured perfectly here. The lighthearted feeling, the light, even the way the bride has her hand near her face -even her shoulders show she is laughing -all work together to make this a strong image.

2nd Place | Kate Turner Pope / Craven Creative



- You can tell this baby is really enjoying swing time. Warmed my heart.

3rd Place | Adam Gilbert / Blueberry Fusion



- This is the light you long for! She is such a delicate bride and her expression draws you in. And I love her hair!
- A quiet laughter of the bride surrounded by amazing light! The light and the moment is what sets this image apart from others. Love it!

4th Place | Tim Sayer / Tim Sayer Photography



- What a great moment of a people have a great time at a wedding. This image definitely makes me smile and I know the clients will too when they view this winner.
- What in the world was happening here and why couldn't I have been there to see it?! This is hilarious. I want to see what it looks like in black and white.

5th Place | Bridget McEnaney / Bridget McEnaney Photography



- Love the expression on this little boy.
- Such a cutie and this really works in black and white with the twinkling lights surrounding him.

ARCHITECTURE

1st Place | James Tarpley / VISIO Photography



- The colors, the lines, the rule of thirds -it is all working perfectly in this image!
- Dont we all wish there was a place like this here, great framing, to me the architecture is still the focus of the picture.
- This is so not fair. How can you not pass something like this up as a photographer. Beautiful colors, architecture, and framing of the subjects. Great job!

2nd Place | Veronica Tomany Jones / Veronica Tomany Photography



- WOW, this was probably my favorite image of all images entered, I had to take a double take to even see the actual couple. I love the softness, I love how everything flows, I love the reflection I love everything about this image. Well done.
- A very abstract way of seeing and engagement shoot and I like it. The lines lead me to the couple and the reflection is key. Nice vision by the photographer.

3rd Place | Gina Lumsden Kropf / GinaMcLean Photography



- Wow. This image popped off the screen after viewing all the images in the category. Wonderful use of framing the subject and showing the beauty of the buildings outside.
- Creative image that really pops

4th Place | Jim Colman / Jim Colman Photography



- Love light the lighthouse and the perspective the photographer took to create this image. Would have love to have seen this photograph made at sunset with a little strobe. Nice image!
- You can never go wrong with a lighthouse! These are great colors, by the way.
- Love that the photographer left empty space above the lighthouse, this image is perfectly exposed, well done.

5th Place | Joe Payne / Joe Payne Photography



- There is an element of darkness vs. light in this that intrigues me. The lines of the railings draw you right into an intimate moment of the bride getting ready. The fact that it feels as if you've walked into something as an outsider is appealing to me.