Portrait Masters 2024

On Wednesday the Portrait Masters Awards were announced and I’m happy to share that the two entries I made (in the wedding photography category) placed in the top 20.

A little bit about the Portrait Masters and their judging process. 

The judges are internationally renowned photographers, they’ve been there, they’ve done the work themselves and they have seen it all. Having these images judged by them is an honour in its own right as they have a reputational interest to only acknowledge what they see as the best. It has to be a tough gig as they sort through more than 4,000 entries twice a year.

You can see the latest award-winning images and judge for yourself at https://theportraitsystem.com/award-galleries-january-2024/.It is inspiring to see the works of amazing photographers from around the world and humbling to have our collaborative work displayed alongside theirs. 

For me, collaborative work involves many people from creative couples (in these pictures, Stacey & Ryan and Monica & Stuart) and their enthusiastic wedding parties & guests, to the abundance of vendors (including venues Ecotay and Britannia Yacht Club) who were on point both days. My direct collaborators/assistants/second shooters on these days, Frank M Zrinyi and Jack Fenn, were invested in making the day and the pictures memorable by not only carrying equipment, holding lights and taking pictures themselves but by keeping everything on the organizational rails and coming up with fresh ideas to “plus” the pictures along the way.