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WPD 2008 Pro Wedding Photography Contest Accepting Entries

Boston, MA (PRWEB) December 13, 2007 -- The WPD 2008 Annual Professional Wedding Photo Contest (http://www.weddingphotographydirectory.com/wedding-photo/contest/2008/contest-rules.aspx) is open to WPD members and outside professional wedding photographers alike. Contest finalists will be revealed to the public for voting and critique. The winners will be determined by WPD members and public voters. Beyond the bragging rights, the $1,000 grand prize could be yours.

The previous WPD 2007 Summer Creative Wedding Photography Contest (http://www.weddingphotographydirectory.com/wedding-photo/contest/2007-summer/contest-winners.aspx) has received over 1,500 wedding photo entries. Over 52,000 votes were analyzed to determine the winning selections. The WPD would like to thank the wedding photography community; your support has enabled the contest to thrive and evolve into a great success.

2008 Wedding Photography Contest Awards

1st Place:

a: $1,000 Grand Prize - The grand prize winner will receive $1,000.

b: Gift Certificate - From sponsor Blurb.com (http://www.blurb.com/create/book/wedding_books?ce=wpd) : One large format 13x11 hardcover book with dust jacket (good for up to 40 pages, $54.95 value)

2nd Place:

a: 8G iPod Touch

The iPod Touch features the same multi-touch screen technology as iPhone. Pinch to zoom in on a photo. Scroll through your songs and videos with a flick. Flip through your library by album artwork with Cover Flow. Watch your movies, TV shows, and photos come alive with bright, vivid colors on the 320-by-480-pixel display.

b: Seagate 500GB Free Agent Pro External Backup Drive

Store all your wedding photo backups and client albums; the Free Agent Pro features an innovative modular interface "future-proofs" technology, continuous automatic revisions of your files to help keep you safe from goof-ups, if need be it can roll back your system settings to a better time. It holds up to 500 glorious gigabytes of data, and even includes a five year limited warranty.

c: Gift Certificate - From sponsor Blurb.com (http://www.blurb.com/create/book/wedding_books?ce=wpd) : One large format 13x11 hardcover book with dust jacket (good for up to 40 pages, $54.95 value)

3rd Place:

a: Adobe Lightroom 1.1

New Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® software is the professional photographer's essential toolbox, providing one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs so you can spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.

b: Gift Certificate - From sponsor Blurb.com (http://www.blurb.com/create/book/wedding_books?ce=wpd) : One square 7x7 hardcover with dust jacket ($22.95 value).

All Contest Participants:

Gift Certificate - From sponsor Blurb.com (http://www.blurb.com/create/book/wedding_books?ce=wpd) : $7.00 shipping discount coupon.

About Wedding Photography Directory (WPD)

Wedding Photography Directory (http://www.weddingphotographydirectory.com) is a privileged professional wedding photography centric directory without advertisements. The WPD aims to become the industry leader in supplying soon-to-wed consumers with the up-most accurate and comprehensive information to make choosing the right wedding photographer decisions easier.

About the Sponsor

The 2008 WPD Wedding Photography Contest is sponsored by Blurb.com (http://www.blurb.com/create/book/wedding_books?ce=wpd) - easily create wedding album books with free bookmaking software.

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