Votes Received Votes were collected during the public voting phase of the contest. All votes were validated by the WPD. However, each vote is not equal; as winners were determined by combining Scores from all votes.
5. Sam Chinigo (WPD Member & Contestant) - (8/24/2008 12:41:20 PM) I don't know what I can contribute here that hasn't already been said. Just not strong.
4. Holly Steen (WPD Member & Contestant) - (7/31/2008 3:41:19 PM) The tone of the image keeps making me look at everything but the bridal couple. I think that having the background so crisp, and busy distracts from the subjects. I get it, the creativity is in the post production, but it was a little off the mark on this shot. I would like to see it in a simplier image, though.
3. Caroline Ghetes (WPD Member & Contestant) - (7/28/2008 9:47:14 PM) I will agree and say that this is not creative. It has been done may times before. I am also not a fan of the selective colorizing as it is just very traditional and unnatural. The subjects could have been lighter to make them the focus of the photo and not the bricks on the floor.
2. Bridgestone Photo Studio - (7/28/2008 9:24:16 PM) I really like how the brick floors are colored... however I feel the coloring are reversed. It would be more symbolic if the bricks the party stepped over turned into color, and the foreground bricks remains in B & W.
1. Anonymous - (7/28/2008 12:22:00 PM) Again another image I'm not sure why it was considered "creative". The walking wedding party has been done a million times and this is a very blah one. It's color is too faded and the subjects are too dark.
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