Best Wedding Photography Of 2018 – ISPWP 1st Place Contest Winning Images The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) holds a members-only wedding photography contest four times a year. Each contest has between 15 and 20 different categories, so over the four quarterly contests in 2018 we awarded 75 First Place winners for the entire year. Whe...
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The ISPWP is proud to announce the 2018 Wedding Photographer of the Year, and the TOP 100 Wedding Photographers in the World. These year end awards are based on the contest results from all four ISPWP contests during 2018. Each contest has four randomly chosen judges who score all image submissions. The images are judged anonymously and scored independently for the most unbiased ...
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The ISPWP is proud to announce the results of the Fall 2018 Contest. Congratulations to all of the award winners! Thank you to all of the members who entered the contest and to the judges who worked long hours to review all of the entries! (Photo by Polk Liang) ...
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The ISPWP is proud to announce the results of the Summer 2018 Contest. Congratulations to all of the award winners! Thank you to all of the members who entered the contest and to the judges who worked long hours to review all of the entries! (Photo by Fabio Mirulla) ...
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Sponsored post by nPhoto “Don’t forget about the grandparents for photo products. They’re important too!” I came across this comment recently on a popular, reputable community exclusively for professional photographers. Good advice, but what about the parents? Don’t forget about them! They are an extremely important part of the wedding, and wedding p...
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The ISPWP recently reached out to some of the top contest winners of the ISPWP Spring 2018 Wedding Photography Contest. We wanted to find out more about them and their thoughts on photography, weddings, and what makes them tick. Here is our interview with Daniel Dumbrava, a Targoviste, Romania wedding photographer. Here is how he describes himself: "We believe in a ...
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The ISPWP recently reached out to some of the top contest winners of the ISPWP Spring 2018 Wedding Photography Contest. We wanted to find out more about them and their thoughts on photography, weddings, what makes them tick. Our first interview was with Cafa Liu, a Toronto, Ontario wedding photographer. Here is how he describes himself: "I am a photographer. I am a we...
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Having wedding portraits made on your wedding day has been a staple since the late 1800’s and continues to be a time-honored tradition today. However, the way photographers take portraits and the amount of time allocated for portraits has changed quite a bit. From 1880 to about 1960, weddings were much shorter affairs that consisted of a ceremony, a portrait session, and then ...
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Judging a wedding photography contest, such as the ISPWP, always means a big challenge because after the results are announced there will usually be some controversion why some images got awarded and others not. I think it is a good idea to have the judges comment on some photos and explain why they seemed special compared to the rest. Of course, there were four judges, each with...
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The ISPWP is proud to announce the results of the Spring 2018 Contest. Congratulations to all of the award winners! Thank you to all of the members who entered the contest and to the judges who worked long hours to review all of the entries! (Photo by Pasquale Minniti) ...
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