Oh my! Wedding photographer of the year! I did a little squeal as the reality set in that I have made it through to the finals of The Wedding Industry Awards’ for the Wedding Photographer of the Year 2023 award! It was an extremely pleasant surprise to open up my email inbox and see the word ‘Congratulations!’ sitting there! It feels completely amazing to be a regional finalist!
The Wedding Industry Awards
These awards are like the Golden Globes for workers of the wedding industry, it’s a huge deal and I am so grateful to be a part of it!
The voting process
The reason I chose to go for it, was because it’s based on the quality of the votes you get, not the quantity! One partner from each couple whose weddings you either shot or delivered between the specified dates are eligible to vote.
Voters are asked to rate you from 1 to 10 in various aspects of your services:
- Ability of your photographer to understand, interpret and realise your vision and ideas.
- Quality of expertise, advice and guidance received from your photographer.
- Quality of customer service and communication received from your photographer.
- Your photographer’s personal presentation and their ability to understand and fit into your wedding, your friends and your family.
- Quality of your photographer’s web presence (website, Facebook etc).
- Breadth of photographic coverage, delivery and quality of the finished photographs etc (including online and ‘real’ albums etc).
- How easy/enjoyable you found working with this supplier.
Voters are also asked to provide any positive comments or constructive criticism, but I won’t be able to read what anyone wrote until after the Nationals in January!
Wedding photographer of the year
The amazing Natasha kindly nominated me for this award! Natasha is one of my 2023 brides, I did her wedding last June, but I almost didn’t enter because I was so sure I wasn’t well known enough; but after a chat with her and then Damian from The Wedding Industry Awards, I decided to go for it! Natasha said she would have been offended if I never!
Being nominated was just the best feeling ever, I’m so pleased I decided to go for it!
The Regional Awards Ceremony will be held on 6th November in Newcastle! I’ve bought my tickets and I am so excited! It looks like it’s going to be a great night and it will be amazing to mix with other people from the local wedding industry in a social capacity.
Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to vote for me! I really appreciate it, more than words can say!
