Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Announces 16x20
Print and Album Competitions Now Open
NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wedding &
Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) announces today that
submissions are now being accepted for its esteemed annual Awards
of Excellence 16x20 Print and Album Competitions. Also announced
today, Professional Photographer Ken Sklute has been appointed
Consulting Director, WPPI Print and Album Competitions, and will
oversee the competition rules, submissions, judging and the Awards
of Excellence ceremony during the WPPI Conference and Expo.
Ken Sklute has been honored as
one of Canon's Explorers of Light, a designation shared by only 60
top photographers worldwide. During his 38-year photographic
career, Ken has been named Photographer of the Year a total of 32
times between Arizona,
New York, and California. Ken spends much of his time
teaching and lecturing both Nationally and Internationally.
"Today's professional photographers, especially portrait and
wedding photographers, are storytellers who capture emotional
moments in time and communicate them through their images and
videos," said WPPI Consulting Director, Ken
Sklute. "The annual WPPI Print and Album Competitions
provide inspiration to all who view the exceptional entries each
year while the Awards presentation offers public recognition to
those photographers whose work represents the best of the
best."
Photographers are welcome to submit their 16x20-inch Print
entries for consideration into the following categories:
Wedding Division – Bride and Groom Together (Wedding
Day); Bride and Groom Together (other than Wedding Day); Bride or
Groom Alone (Wedding Day); Bride or Groom Alone (other than Wedding
Day); Bridal Party; Engagement; and Wedding Details.
Portrait Division – Children; High School; Senior;
Individual; Group; Animals/Pets; and Glamour/Boudoir.
Commercial Division – Scientific/Individual;
Illustrative/Editorial; Advertising/Fashion; and
Landscape/Nature.
Photojournalism Division – Wedding and Non-Wedding.
Composite Division – An entry comprised of multiple
images or layers to create a single image.
For more information and to enter the WPPI 2013 Award of
Excellence 16x20 Print Competition visit: www.wppi16x20.com .
Photographers are also encouraged to submit a series of digital
images presented as a story for consideration in the WPPI Award of
Excellence Album Competition. The categories are as follows:
Event/Informal Division
Engagement
Division
Wedding – Multiple Photographers
Division
Wedding – Single Photographers
Division
Videography Division
For more information on the Album Competition visit:
www.wppialbum.com
The Grand Award for any given division of 16x20 Print and Album
Competitions will receive a $2,000
cash prize (U.S. dollars), complimentary Full Conference Pass for
WPPI 2014 Conference and Expo, and complimentary entry into next
year's Awards of Excellence Print Competition (10 print maximum).
Grand Award, First, Second and Third Place winners will receive
custom-designed, engraved crystal awards.
Entry fees are $40 for WPPI
Members; $60 for non-members. Return
postage fees are separate and based on geographic location for the
option of having prints returned. The deadline to register image/s
online is January 25, 2013. All
prints and albums must be received at WPPI headquarters by
February 1, 2013. Judging will take
place on March 9-10, 2013 and is open
to all WPPI 2013 Full Conference attendees.
All WPPI 2013 classes, events and the expo will take place at
the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV,
from March 7-14, 2013. WPPI is the
biggest event in the world for wedding and portrait photographers.
Last year, nearly 16,000 registered attendees and over 180 speakers
from throughout the United States
as well as from 46 foreign countries as far away as Latin America, Australia and Russia gathered in Las Vegas, NV for WPPI. Attending professional
photographers and those looking to begin their career in
photography were able to learn from the best and see the latest and
greatest products from 330 exhibitors that participated in the
expo.
Registration
(Http://registration3.experientevent.com/ShowWPP131/?flowcode=ATT)
for WPPI 2013 is open now. The early bird registration rate for
access to the WPPI 2013 Conference and Expo is $199 for WPPI members and $379 for non-members through December 14, 2012. On December 15, 2012 registration rates increase to
regular prices online; $275 for WPPI
members and $399 for non-members.
These rates include one (1) free guest, all Platform classes,
special events and a 3-day pass to the biggest photography expo for
wedding and portrait photographers.
For more information about WPPI 2013 and all of its workshops
and events, please visit: www.wppionline.com.
About WPPI
Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), a
division of Nielsen Photo Group, is an international membership
organization that serves the educational and business needs of
wedding and portrait photographers. WPPI is a professional
organization that exists to help its 3,500 active member
photographers by providing them with exclusive information,
programs and professional services to assist with their
photographic artistry and business needs. WPPI routinely supplies
its members with new benefits and valuable industry information
enabling them to succeed in today's active photo market business.
WPPI membership gives photographers the resources they need to
succeed and the tools they require to build and develop a strong
personal support network.
In 2012, WPPI completed its 32nd annual Conference and Expo,
featuring 330 exhibitors in its convention space at the MGM Grand
Hotel in Las Vegas. The annual
WPPI 2013 Conference and Expo is set to take place next year at the
MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, from
March 7-14, 2013. For more
information visit: www.wppionline.com.
SOURCE WPPI 2013