tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21344778.post-6835877841119764942007-12-28T00:23:00.000-05:002007-12-28T01:41:41.285-05:00I'd like to share my excitement over having two of my 2007 wedding images place in the most recent contest of the <a href="http://www.wpja.com/" target="_blank">Wedding Photojournalist Association</a>. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WPJA</span>, a screened directory of wedding photographers, sponsors four contests per year and I enter the contest on an irregular basis as often the contest deadlines fall during our busiest season. This year, despite being up to our necks in Christmas reprint orders, I was able to steal a few hours to submit images.<br /><br />Though I market myself as a Maine photographer, as fate would have it, the images that placed in the last contest were from out-of state-weddings. The first image shows Mary's anticipation as she is about to walk down the aisle at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Fairmont</span> Copley Plaza in Boston.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.michelestapleton.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-2-737351.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.michelestapleton.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-2-737347.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The second, from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sunapee</span> Harbor, New Hampshire, wedding of Sarah and Carter, shows Sarah's fear and she and Carter were lifted up on their guests' shoulders during the dancing.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.michelestapleton.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-3-737407.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.michelestapleton.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-3-737402.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />These two images, join another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">WPJA</span> winner from the third quarter contest in 2006, this time from a Maine wedding. It shows the wind picking up Katie's veil as she entered the ceremony at Clark's Cove Farm in South Bristol.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.michelestapleton.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-1-740850.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.michelestapleton.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-1-740847.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Michele Stapletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064069865125053311noreply@blogger.com