Posting date: July 5th, 2009 | Category: personal, wedding photographers |  wpja (wedding photojournalist association) just released the result of their 09 Q1 contest. So nice to learn that I am ranked as one of the top 20 wedding photographer. This is highest points and ranking I ‘ve ever achieved in wpja contest.
to give you some background of the wpja contest, it is a contest that only allows photojournalist style wedding photos to enter and NO IMAGE ALTERNATION (that is photoshop) is allowed. hence, it is a contest of photography technique, rather than photoshop technique. That ‘s why I like this contest a lot. (Having said that, there is nothing wrong using photoshop to enhance your clients’ photos, in fact, I did a lot, but I just like the style of wpja contest)
an extract from wpja contest rules
’Images submitted to the Contest must not have been altered either in-camera with filters or with digital capture effects, developmentally or electronically.
Images manipulated through [......]
Continue reading … … simon.the.photo ranked as one of the top 20 wedding photographers in wpja 09 Q1 contest
Posting date: March 30th, 2009 | Category: My Blogs, personal |  just got an email from WPJA (wedding photojournalist association) last weekend that all the results of the 2004 2008 Q4 contest are released. I am so pleased to let you know that three of my photos have been awarded in the Q4 contest. And the better news is: together with my other 3 wins in 2008 Q2, I am ranked as the top 15 artistic wedding photojournalists in the overall 2008 photo contest.
Don’t miss to go through the wpja.com and agwpja.com to see all the winning photos, there are so many good photos, and definitely get inspired.
click here to see the complete photographer ranking. And congrats to Dino from Philippines, he is the only Asian wedding photographer that get into the top 5 !!!!
photo from wedding of irene and alexis. ranked 12th in the “ceremony” category
photo from wedding of iris and sunny. ranked 18th in the “Full Frame [......]
Continue reading … … 2008 Q4 WPJA wins
Posting date: August 18th, 2008 | Category: personal |  I am so excited to share the good news with you. The Artistic Guild of Wedding Photojournalist Association [AG]WPJA just announced their Q2 wedding photo contest last Saturday, when I read their web site, I couldn’t believe that I was ranked as the top 4th artistic wedding photojournalist in this contest !!! And I am the only photographer from Asia in the Top 10 !!!!
I had 3 photos ranked top 10 in the contest — 2nd and 3rd place in the "get ready" category and 10th place in "sense of place" category. Here are the winning photos
2nd place in the "get ready" category – you can click here to see the judges’ comment. this is from Winnie and Ivan ’s wedding on March 8 (sorry, I haven’t written up their wedding on the blog yet). I love the lighting of this photo so much — I had done a [......]
Continue reading … … simonthephoto ranked top 4th artistic wedding photojournalist in the 08 Q2 [AG]WPJA Contest
Posting date: March 7th, 2007 | Category: My Blogs, personal, weddings |  I am proud to announce that I have won the 7th place of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 2006 Q4 contest. The category I have won is "reception".
The photo was taken at the Wedding of Karen & Allen. This is my second time winning in WPJA contest, and I am very excited as the competition is very keen with excellent wedding photos submitted from all over the world.
You can view the comment of the judges and other awarded photos here. I ‘d also like to say thank you to Esther, Ken, Rainbow & Mr. Bean for helping in this wedding.
To understand more about WPJA contest, please click here
Posting date: December 4th, 2006 | Category: I-do (wedding day), weddings |  I loved the wedding of Elsa & Joseph.
Joseph ’s a very gentle husband, he gave a big surprise to Elsa during the banquet. He hide behind and suddenly started to play guitar and sang the song "Love me Tender" to Elsa.
Look at Elsa and see how much she enjoyed this moment
Posting date: September 3rd, 2006 | Category: photo shooting technique |  The Sept – Oct release of WedPix Magazine by Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) is released. No matter you are a bride or groom, or you ‘re a wedding photographer, you can find great wedding photo resources inside WedPix.
*** Click here **** to see the WedPix magazine
 1 month ago, I submitted several photos to " the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association" [AG]WPJA April contest, and I got an email today that I won the 5th place in the details category (click here to see the comments from contest judges).
This photo was taken in the wedding of Irene & Stanley on 31 March at the Banyan Tree Phuket, Laguna Resort. After taken several shots of "typical" wedding gown hanging over the window inside the villa, I decided to go outside and found that the blue color of the pool made a very strong contrast and I took the shot from a very low angle.
Posting date: March 15th, 2006 | Category: My Blogs | 
I submitted my portfolio to the international Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) for the consideration of my WPJA membership about one month ago. WPJA is a professional organization composed of photojournalists and wedding photographers from around the world. What sets their members apart in the industry is their candid, documentary approach – a distinctly artistic vision toward wedding photography.
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