Every year brides on the Knot.com vote for their favorite local wedding vendors.  I’m proud to have just received notice that I was awarded the ‘Best of Weddings’ for my photography.  It’s always nice to get recognition and awards, but particularly when it comes from the clients, the brides and grooms who’s weddings I have already photographed.  I take it to mean, ‘If we had to do it all over again, we would still hire you to photograph our wedding!’

I want to thank all the brides and grooms that chose to hire me for their wedding in 2009.  Trusted me with their most intimate, private and joyful moments, and then voted to make me one of the ‘Best Wedding Photographers’ in Baltimore, DC and San Diego! I’m thrilled, honored and humbled.

Let’s do it again in 2010!

I’m thrilled to announce that three of my images from 2008 were placed in the top twenty of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) year end competition.  The process is a difficult one, starting by going through the tens of thousands of images I shot throughout the year and narrowing those down to my favorite 20 – 30 images.  At best one image from each wedding could make the cut for the competition; less than 1% of the images I shoot in a year will end up making the cut to even be considered among the year end images.  When you multiply that out over five thousand photographers from 87 Countries world-wide it’s humbling to have a single image selected let alone three.  

A huge thank you to all the couples that entrusted me with their wedding images in 2008.  Without the belief that I could faithfully document your day, there wouldn’t even be the 1% of images to submit.

And the hits just keep on coming!  This has been an incredible week for me and just before I head out the door for a truly inspirational week at WPPI I received notice from the Wedding Wire that I recieved the 2009 Bride’s Choice Award!  Check out the announcement and badge below:

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Evan Bishop Photography has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards™!

In its inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and honors vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. This year’s recipients represent the top three percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which includes over 100,000 wedding vendors from across the US. 

Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews.

“We are excited to launch this annual award program to honor high-performing vendors based solely on the experiences of our WeddingWire community,” according to Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “This year’s recipients have set the bar high, exhibiting excellent service and expertise in the wedding industry.”