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22/01/2025
Top 5 Wedding Photograper UK / Top 25 in the World
WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) 2024
I'm very pleased to have finished 5th in the UK (and 25th in the world) for last year's WPJA rankings.
Here's how it all works...
Photographers compete over four rounds throughout the year and can submit up to ten photographs per round. Every image submitted must be unposed and a true reflection of a natural moment at a wedding. A panel of four judges go through every single image and select photographs they deem worthy of an award, and the points system is as follows:
Gold Award (100 points) - Four judges select the image
Blue Award (45 points) - Three judges select the image
Purple Award (22 points) - Two judges select the image
The competition is stiff, with 120+ photographers representing the UK alone. Photographers come from every corner of the globe to compete with 350 from Europe, over 200 from the U.S, and many more from Asia, the Americas, Africa and Australasia. To finish 25th (and not having submitted photographs for round one) is heart-warming for me and a nice reminder that my photography is headed in the right direction.
Thank you to my couples who chose me to photograph their weddings in the first place, and to WPJA for their dedication to wedding photojournalism and acting as a respected benchmark. Looking forward to shooting more weddings this year and competing in WPJA 2025!