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COMPETITION
Round 4 winner
Wedding Photographer of the Year: Round6 Discover the theme for Round 6 and find out the winner of Round 4
“To have won this round of the competition is insane. I love to shoot bridal portraits, so winning this means a lot tome. There are somany amazing photographers out there with some seriously mad skills, so I genuinely feel humbled to have been selected for this image!” Round4: winning image BYBENAPPLEBY “It has good use of lighting to create a really atmospheric image of the bride.” KEVIN PENGELLY “I love the fashion edge to the image and how it feels likemore than a wedding photo. I also really like the quality of the edit and especially the skin tone.” ADAM JOHNSON
Round 6 is here, which means it’s your last chance to enter and be in with a chance to be named this year’s Wedding Photographer of the Year, so don’t miss out! Last month we asked you to submit your bridal portraits for Round 4 and the winning image was captured by Ben Appleby, who now joins our previous winners in the running to be named the Loxley Colour and Photography News Wedding Photographer of the Year.
Round6:
DESTINATIONAND LOCATION
When we use the phrase ‘destination wedding’ or ‘location wedding’, we’re usually talking about weddings abroad in exotic locations – but they don’t have to involve jetting off on a plane and can include locations much closer to home. Destination wedding shots should show off the beautiful location the couple has chosen for their special day, but still focus on the couple as the main subject. We asked our panel of judges what they’ll be looking for in this round. AdamJohnson had this to say: “In this category, I will be looking for photos that really make the location part of the photo, without making the photo about the locationmore than the couple. I’mnot a fan of tiny people in big landscapes, so I’ll be looking for more interesting ways tomake the location part of the shot.” Last year’sWedding Photographer of the Year winner Natalie Martin says: “Destination and couple images created in incredible locations dictate that there needs to be a lot of space. Composition, lighting, pose and expression will all come into play.”Kevin Pengelly offered this advice: “You need to show the location, but not lose sight of the couple within the image. The location should not dominate the image, but complement it, showing the scene.”
Submit your Round 6 image at photographynews.co.uk/ weddingphotographeroftheyear
before 14 October to enter. Full T&Cs can be found at the link above.
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