Ok, last year was nuts! We were featured in the best selling “Spectaular Weddings of Texas” for EIGHT weddings (worldwide), recoginized as Best of Project Wedding (national), DPPA award (regional), but now, the award we are most proud of, is placing in the hard core, hard fought, close to our hearts “WPJA International Quarterly Contest”. This contest is not for the faint of heart. This is the best of the best of the best, type of contest.

My phone rung off the hook the night we placed. We didn’t even know we won.

The reason why it’s so hard to win in this area, is because the people we are up against are hard core photojournalist from across the world. Members of this organization are Pulizter Prize winners, major photojurnalists and the like. To even be able to enter, you must first pass a panel of amazing photojournalistic experts before you even become a member of group. We are judged each and every year to make sure we are keeping up with standards. You can’t just write a check and become one of the Elite “WPJA”. You earn that right, and only %5 percent of those who apply, are actually accepted. This is the toughest group I know of.

So to win in this group is freaking amazing. To check out the full bounty, please go to:
http://www.wpja.com/. They are all amazing photos, but go to see the “ceremony” section to check out our winner:

What the judges said:
JUDGES COMMENTS: Strong graphics, both the simplicity of the black and white and the echo of the girl’s arms in those of the women standing behind her, add to the strength of the image. One wonders what has caught the attention of the young girl; the unanswered question actually makes the image more interesting.