34 Unforgettable Award-Winning Wedding Images

Alice Houstons

Our March Awards submission period closed at the end of last month and we faced some difficult decisions in choosing our group of winners in the Wedding Portraiture & Wedding Photojournalism categories. We choose winners every month so keep submitting for your chance to win for the month of March!

To familiarize yourself with the scoring and selection of our winners please visit the Awards Instructions page. The winners are determined by a combination of community scoring and panel scoring. The panel consists of photographers from the creators of SLR Lounge, Lin and Jirsa Photography, along with other professional photographers/SLR Lounge editors.

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Wedding Portraiture Category

Apex Winners

Joe Payne – SLRL Profile | Website

Jason Vinson – SLRL Profile | Website

David Hofman – SLRL Profile | Website

Anmol Vig – SLRL Profile | Website

Scott Josuweit – SLRL Profile | Website

Alexander Lupascu – SLRL Profile | Website

Owik Prasetya – SLRL Profile

Summit Winners

Ray Sawyer – SLRL Profile | Website

Merapi Project – SLRL Profile

Ray Sawyer – SLRL Profile | Website

Stephen Gossett – SLRL ProfileJoe Dantone – SLRL Profile | Website

Aly Kuler – SLRL Profile | Website

Manish Patel – SLRL Profile | Website

Annuj Yoganathan – SLRL Profile | Website

Daniel Micu – SLRL Profile | Website

Daniel L Meyer – SLRL Profile | Website

Ionut Capatina – SLRL Profile | Website

Shannon Cain – SLRL Profile | Website

Ascent Winners

Ruan Redelinghuys – SLRL Profile | Website

Chad Winstead – SLRL Profile | Website

Tomasz Bakiera – SLRL Profile

Jesse La Plante – SLRL Profile | Website

Jared Gant – SLRL Profile | Website | Wedding Maps Profile

Wedding Photojournalism Category

Apex Winners

Claudiu Negrea – SLRL Profile | Website

Alan Wohlgemut – SLRL Profile | Website

Donatas UFO – SLRL Profile | Website

Aaron Storry – SLRL Profile | Website

Summit Winners

Darrell Fraser – SLRL Profile | Website


Wedding Pictures Studio – SLRL Profile | Website

Alex Pasarelu – SLRL Profile | Website

Aditya Darmawan – SLRL Profile | Website

Ascent Winners

Thoriq Ubaidillah – SLRL Profile

Darshan Vaishnav – SLRL Profile

SLR Lounge Premium members receive 3 submissions per month while SLR Lounge users receive one submission so make sure to use them before the month ends!

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Alice Houstons

Alice Houstons is a photographer and staff writer at SLR Lounge with over a decade of experience behind the lens. Based in Orange County, California, she shoots weddings with Lin & Jirsa Photography and specializes in family and newborn photography with Line and Roots, where she has photographed over 100 family sessions and 100 newborn sessions. Her writing spans photography education, gear guides, business resources, and industry news.

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