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Winner and 2nd and third Place for Best Wedding shot 2008 - Over Three Years Experience


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<p>Mary, since a large part of the "judging" is based upon technical excellence:<br /> <em><br /> Judging - We will consider exposure accuracy, composition, lighting, image quality, technical excellence and other factors such as the impact of the image which could be drama, emotion, beauty humor, etc.</em> <br /> <br /> <em>Can you please post the EXIF data so we have a better idea of how these "masterpieces" were created technically?<br /> </em></p>
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<p>I think the shoulder in the first picture is awful and really is not a shot a pro would be proud of.</p>

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<p>Do keep in mind that many things are in the eye of the beholder. There is no way on god's green earth that any judged competition will make decisions that every single viewer will agree with. While YOU yourself might not care for this photo, many others will. That is just the varied world of human opinion.</p>

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<p>First photo is a very good with lighting, should not have win if not perfect!<br>

Second photo comparing it to the other two should have been winner of first place.<br>

Third I have a dozen photos like that!<br>

Just my stupid opinion!</p>

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<p>Jose - That photo was chosen as the top 3 by all three of the judges. No other photo was chosen as the top three out of 240 something shots. All the other shots were picked as the top three by two of the judges. To give further weight to the winner - aside from the fact that all three of us had it in our top picks - Jeff Ascough, one of the top wedding photographers in the world picked it as his #1 favorite. </p>
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<p>One thing I was thinking when I first saw Marc's photo (I wrote him personally to tell him how much I liked it right then - it struck me that much) was that he must have really gotten into the spot to take it. I pride myself on getting into the action when shooting the dance floor at a reception. Not that my photos are great, just that I really try to get in there. I don't want shoulders and arms and what not in front of me (I still do, though, a lot of the time). I got stuck in a big circling line of dancing one time and got knocked around pretty hard. </p>

<p>other than the feeling of the photo, what I saw right away in Marc's photo was that other than the young girl in the foreground he is clearly up close and personal when taking it. He's in the action, he moved to get the shot, and captured this moment with the arm extended on the groom, and everything kind of leads into the middle. The wide angle lens makes it feel farther away, but I can appreciate that getting a shot like that is not easy. Imagine if one of those balloons had fallen/floated right in front of the couple. Shot ruined. That's why I don't think it's like other photos I've taken, for the most part, at receptions. Right spot, right time, great pose, and technically and physically challenging. perfectly executed.</p>

<p>The others are wonderful, as well - I'm just giving my feedback in response to Jose's comment. And we are all entitled to our opinions, of course.</p>

<p>2nd place is ridiculous in how it captures the sense of the place and moment. Wow. It was submitted after I had last checked that thread (so many photos, takes a long time to load, I'm impatient :-). I'm blown away by that one as well.</p>

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<p>Thanks Jose - I get that...</p>

<p>As Josh had mentioned, in any judged competition the judges will make decisions that every single viewer will agree with. You want to really have some fun, take a look at the huge variation of opinions of the Weekly POW (Photo of the Week) ;-)</p>

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<p>Thanks to the judges ... it's often a difficult task and often thankless. Excellent way to generate buz on the forum and provide inspiration to all.</p>

<p>Hat's off to the winner ... while it was noted that the shoulder was less than desirable, it is the nature of journalistic work to put up with such imperfections to preserve such a sensitive moment. </p>

<p>When I saw what is now the second place winner, I e-mailed my second shooter and said that this shot had a good chance of winning. </p>

<p>Obviously, subjectivity is what makes the creative world go around ... but to discount the first place winner really is an unfortunate act of unkindness. </p>

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<p>This was a fun informal contest and the top three are truly exceptional! Congrats to all who participated.</p>

<p>~Idea for <strong>future contests</strong> on a more serious level: have independent judges from "the outside" come in and view image files that have no way of identifying who the photographer is and let the outside judges pick their top images; how about showing the top five or ten. Photos would not be posted on the discussion threads but submitted to photo.net without it being an active / current thread were there is open debate even before the judging is complete. Outside judges would take pressure off those closely affiliated with photo.net and the outside judges could be from a wide variety of backgrounds yet have familiarity with wedding photography in general.</p>

<p>~If a contest was initiated for each quarter of the year there would not be a great stress on managing the contest or getting a couple of judges, from the outiside, to spend a couple of hours juding the photos (time is money, lol). This might keep the process manageable yet add a nice element that would have all members looking forward to a quarterly contest or even a semi-annual contest.</p>

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