2020 Winners – Award Winning Photographers
West Coast Wedding Awards is excited to announce the 2020 Award Winners!
Congratulations to the winners, runners-up and finalist, these photographers are outstanding in their field and WCWA is proud to have them participate.
2020 was a challenging year for everyone, but despite the pandemic WCWA is proud about the large number of submissions. This will help WCWA to continue making this contest better every year!
Also a huge thank you to the Judges, who this year not only scored the photos, but provided a comment for each and every photo.
Tanja Aelbrecht and Caroline Ross
West Coast Wedding Awards
Category of: Wedding couple
Photograph of a couple together, taken on the wedding day.
First Place Award Winner is Emily Serrell Photography
Runner-up is Whistler Elopements
Finalist is Whistler Elopements
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 85 | 80 | 95 | 80 | 80 | |
70 | 50 | 68 | 68 | 65 | ||
85 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 78.73 | |
Runner | 90 | 75 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
70 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 60 | ||
75 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 78.33 | |
Finalist | 90 | 85 | 95 | 95 | 100 | |
68 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | ||
70 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 75 | 78.2 |
Category of: COVID wedding
A photograph taken during the pandemic, between March 1st 2020 and October 31st 2020, that shows a reference to COVID-19. (ex. the couple wearing masks, a social distanced photo, hand sanitizing etc.)
First Place Award Winner is Whistler Elopements
Runner-up is This is it studios
Finalist is Melanie Orr Photography.
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 75 | 75 | 90 | 90 | 85 | |
60 | 60 | 70 | 50 | 60 | ||
85 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 89 | 77.4 | |
Runner | 90 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 90 | |
50 | 55 | 65 | 50 | 65 | ||
90 | 85 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 76.67 | |
Finalist | 85 | 85 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |
70 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 65 | ||
90 | 90 | 60 | 75 | 60 | 73 |
Category of: Photojournalism
A photograph taken at any point during the wedding day where the subjects aren’t posed.
First Place Award Winner is Melanie Orr Photography
Runner-up is Meghan Hemstra Photography
Finalist is Emily Serrell Photography
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 90 | 95 | 90 | 100 | 95 | |
85 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 80 | ||
75 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 84.67 | |
Runner | 90 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 90 | |
80 | 75 | 60 | 80 | 80 | ||
80 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 82.33 | |
Finalist | 80 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
70 | 66 | 85 | 70 | 70 | ||
70 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 78.4 |
Category of: Detail Photo
A photograph showcasing a wedding day detail.
First Place Award Winner is Meghan Hemstra Photography
Runner-up is Amber Hughes Photography
Finalist is Sambajoy Photo & Art
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 100 | 90 | 100 | 90 | 95 | |
70 | 75 | 80 | 70 | 65 | ||
60 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | |
Runner | 90 | 70 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
65 | 60 | 75 | 70 | 65 | ||
80 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 79 | |
Finalist | 80 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 85 | |
65 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | ||
90 | 80 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 76.67 |
Category of: Furry Friends
Photograph that includes an animal on the wedding day.
First Place Award Winner is Meghan Hemstra Photography
Runner-up is Whistler Elopements
Finalist is Janice Power Photography
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 90 | 90 | 100 | 95 | 90 | |
60 | 48 | 55 | 65 | 65 | ||
85 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 80.97 | |
Runner | 80 | 80 | 100 | 90 | 90 | |
68 | 60 | 55 | 55 | 55 | ||
80 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 77.87 | |
Finalist | 80 | 80 | 90 | 75 | 75 | |
68 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 60 | ||
75 | 75 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 73.2 |
Category of: Group photo
Photograph taken on the day of the wedding, showing a group of people, either the wedding party or other guests with (or without) the couple.
First Place Award Winner is Amber Hughes Photography
Runner-up is Isle + Oak Photography
Finalist is Farawayland Weddings
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 80 | 90 | 75 | 85 | 90 | |
55 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | ||
70 | 85 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 75.33 | |
Runner | 90 | 90 | 100 | 90 | 90 | |
68 | 65 | 78 | 70 | 68 | ||
65 | 65 | 60 | 65 | 60 | 74.93 | |
Finalist | 85 | 85 | 65 | 70 | 75 | |
80 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 80 | ||
60 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 60 | 74 |
Category of: Engagement
Photograph of a couple that is engaged. The photo can’t be taken on the wedding day. The couple in the photograph isn’t wearing a wedding-specific outfit.
First Place Award Winner is Emily Serrell Photography
Runner-up is Sambajoy Photo & Art
Finalist is Lindsey Paradiso Photography
Composition | Creativity | Lighting | Aesthetics | Editing | Overall | |
Winner | 85 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 100 | |
80 | 65 | 90 | 70 | 75 | ||
80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 85 | 83.33 | |
Runner-up | 90 | 90 | 100 | 80 | 100 | |
50 | 60 | 75 | 70 | 70 | ||
90 | 95 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 82 | |
Finalist | 100 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 100 | |
65 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 60 | ||
80 | 85 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 80 |