The WPJA sponsors educational programs including seminars, conventions and workshops geared toward wedding photojournalism. We also host wedding photojournalism contests, judged by top working photojournalists and news photo editors actively in the photojournalism industry. The purpose of these contests is to celebrate the photographers who document and record the found moment.

The Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA), an International, membership-based organization, represents professional photographers skilled in the documentation of weddings and events in a candid, unobtrusive style. The WPJA was founded to uphold excellence in the area of wedding photojournalism.

1. To assist individuals and wedding planners geographically research wedding photojournalist professionals.

2. To be the leading wedding photojournalist resource for skill advancement and networking.

The Wedding Photojournalist Association credibility lies in the hands of our members and the truth of the photographs submitted.

WPJA contest image submissions must be from actual weddings. Images taken during seminars or other staged events are not eligible for entry.

Situations controlled by the photographer become portraits and may be entered only in portrait categories.

Several times out of the year, WPJA members have a tremendous opportunity to further demonstrate creative and technical excellence. The venue: WPJA Wedding Photography Contests. Through WPJA contests, members receive yet one more tool by which to draw the attention of their prospective customer audience.