Daria's Day

The Wedding Photojournalist Association holds four quarterly contests a year for its members. Each quarter I enter a handful of fun images and feel fortunate to place in the top twenty. I was blown away this quarter when I learned that I had received a second place in the "Cake Cutting" category and a tenth in the "Weather" category. Considering how deep the competition runs, I'm thrilled.

I truly owe it all to my fabulous brides and grooms who trust me to capture their wedding day magic as it unfolds in front of my camera.

Congratulations to Leah and Peter for this fantastic cake eating moment!

And I adore this rainy moment from Patty and Pete's wedding...

...and I kind of forgot to mention that I captured a third place in the 3rd quarter contest...

Here's the beautiful "Getting Ready" moment from Alyssa and Jayson's wedding day...

P.S. I'm pleased to announce that I am officially tied for 26th place in the WPJA's 2007 overall rankings. Yahoo!!

Labels: awards, WPJA

Spring is in full bloom here and I've been a busy bee!

I literally stepped off the plane from our trip to Disney World, threw some clothes in a bag and headed off to the yearly convention and competition with the Vermont Professional Photographers.

I was honored to win a Judge's Choice Award for a fox I photographed from my kitchen window this past winter! The special treat of the convention was the chance to hear Joe McNally, described by American Photo Magazine as "perhaps the most versatile photojournalist working today." He delighted us with many stories encountered when photographing for National Geographic, Life and Time magazines, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications, including also one of his most moving photo creations: Faces of Ground Zero--Giant Polaroid Collection.

A few days at home and I was off again to NYC to visit some fun photography pals (Robin and Barrie), meet two couples for engagement sessions, and have coffee with some potential clients (who we will be photographing a wedding for in September!) Yahoo! :-)

Okay, enough fun, I've got to get back to work!

p.s. I hope all of you fabulous moms out there had an extra special day on Sunday!
My kids gave me the sweetest hand-made cards, we ate yummy pancakes, I puttered in the garden, we saw Spider Man 3 and went out to dinner. The perfect day! :-)

My award winning image