29 Sensational Award-Winning Wedding Images

Alice Houstons

Our February 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

Daniel West – SLRL Profile | Website

Marius Igas – SLRL Profile | Website

David Hofman – SLRL Profile | Website

Ridho Putra – SLRL Profile

Summit Winners

Sergey Lapkovsky – SLRL Profile | Website

LTL Studios – SLRL Profile | Website

Joe Payne – SLRL Profile | Website

Emilija Juskove – SLRL Profile | Website


Megan Allen – SLRL Profile | Website

Dan Suciu – SLRL Profile | Website

Ruan Redelinghuys – SLRL Profile | Website

Victor Duduca – SLRL Profile | Website

Ascent Winners

Ciprian Biclineru – SLRL Profile | Website

Ray Sawyer – SLRL Profile | Website

Andre Vulpe – SLRL Profile | WebsiteAlan Wohlgemut – SLRL Profile | Website

Pavel Gomzyakov – SLRL Profile | WebsiteNicole Engstrom – SLRL Profile | WebsiteMark Willis – SLRL Profile | Website

Ican Dmans – SLRL Profile | Website

 

 

Wedding Photojournalism Category

Apex Winners

Paco Van Leeuwen – SLRL Profile | Website

Anmol Vig – SLRL Profile | Website

 

Summit Winners

Jared Gant – SLRL Profile | Website | Wedding Maps Profile

Chad Winstead – SLRL Profile | Website

Jason Vinson – SLRL Profile | Website

Scott Josuweit – SLRL Profile | Website

Ascent Winners

Amy Mellow – SLRL Profile | Website

Anmol Vig – SLRL Profile | Website

Jeff Tisman – SLRL Profile | Website

 

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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