WORLD's TOP 25 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
CONTEST 2021

Any professional wedding photographers, full-time or part-time.

Photos taken at seminars or workshop are not allowed. Only photos taken at a real wedding or pre-wedding (engagement) are allowed. Please upload photos with a resolution of at least 1400 pixels at the shorter side, smaller photos are not allowed. Export images as JPEG at a setting of 10 (100%) with sRGB colour space. Layouts, collages, watermarks, copyright, logos, signatures are not allowed. Only bleed photographs without borders. Photos that show images of pornography or have visual content of an offensive, slanderous or extremist nature are not allowed as well. You can submit a photo that you already have in your portfolio, there is no restriction.

You need to be a PROWEDaward member to participate. Sign Up on PROWEDaward for free and you will be able to upload your photos to the contest at section Contest Service in your Account. You need to upload a photo, select a category and pay the entry fee via PayPal or Credit Card. You can upload an unlimited number of photos and you can submit the same photo to a maximum of 3 categories.

It is considered that the author of a picture is the person who held the camera and pressed the shutter button. All photos must be the original work of you and must not violate the rights of any other party and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries. The photographs must not have breached any laws. By sending a photo to contest, you confirm that you are its author. PROWEDaward may use all entries for marketing & promoting the PROWEDaward although there will not be any monetary compensation for the same.

The contest consists of two rounds of assessment. In the first round, all entries will be reviewed and the best part of the entries will be selected for the 2nd round. In the second round, the Judges will rate all entries and select the winners. In the time of the judging, the authorship of the images is hidden and votting of Jury is also anonymous. All images are display in a randomly, it's impossible to specifically vote for a particular job. What will make the selection of winners as independent and objective as possible. At the end of the voting procedure will be execute database query to find Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners for each category. We instruct the judges to vote how they feel and also look at Composition, Technical details, Lighting, Originality etc.

Every year you stand a chance to be recognized as the WORLD's TOP 25 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS. This year we will also appreciate the TOP 10 photographers in each COUNTRY! The more points you earn during the year, the more chance you have to aspire to this award.

The first 25 photographers with the biggest current rating will be announcement as the WORLD's TOP 25 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS and the first 10 photographers with the biggest current rating from each country will be announcement as the TOP 10 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS in this COUNTRY.

The current rating includes points for medals you win in the annual paid contest. If two photographers have the same current rating, the number of the Badges (photographer of the week, month, year) collected at all will determine the final order. The announcement of the WORLD's TOP 25 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS and the TOP 10 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS in COUNTRY will be on February 15 after judging the annual paid contest.

The current rating achieved exactly on the day of the announcement on February 15, will be taken into calculation.

WORLD's TOP 25 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS - You only have the chance to get this award title if you will be in the TOP 25 in the WORLD by current rating of your portfolio on the day of the announcement on February 15. You get a title and certificate as WORLD's TOP WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, WORLD's TOP 10 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS or WORLD's TOP 25 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS. You can increase your chances by participating in the annual paid contest where you can earn extra points for the medals you win.

COUNTRY's TOP 10 WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS - You only have the chance to get this award title if you will be in the TOP 10 in your COUNTRY by current rating of your portfolio on the day of the announcement on February 15. You get a title and certificate as TOP 10 PHOTOGRAPHERS in ITALY (for example). Minimum current rating for getting this title is 100 points. You can increase your chances by participating in the annual paid contest where you can earn extra points for the medals you win.

Due to the pandemic, you can upload a photo without a time limit.

Yes, you can submit a photo that you already have in your portfolio, there is no restriction.

No, changes are impossible after payment. Therefore, be sure to review your changes before you pay.

We will send the cash prize to the same PayPal account from which you have paid the entry fees. Material prizes will send to your address. All listed cash prize are before tax, and the organizer will withhold and remit tax. ( 19% )

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