MyWed Wedding Photographers Award 2026

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Prizes in each nomination: $300 for the winner and MyWed PRO+ for 10 finalists Special prizes from VIGBO

Getting ready

Special moments of the wedding day preparations

Details

The wedding day details secretly "peeped" by a photographer

Wedding guests

The newlyweds' friends, siblings, parents and close people

Ceremony

Groom's reaction to the bride walking down the aisle and other special moments from the wedding ceremony

Moment

You won't have a second chance to shoot something like that

Bridal Portrait

50 Shades of White

Heroes of the day

A portrait of both the bride and the groom

Group portrait

Photos of all wedding guests together

Wedding party

Highlights of the wedding party in a restaurant, everything that happens there

First dance

The centrepiece of the reception, with the newlyweds dancing for the first time with all eyes on them

The bouquet toss

Catching the bouquet will bring good luck in love

Cake cutting

The first task that the newlyweds have to carry out together

This-year additional nominations

Prizes in each nomination: $300 for the winner and MyWed PRO+ for 10 finalists

Editorial Bride

A real wedding captured like a story from a fashion magazine

Color of the Year

PANTONE® 11-4201 Cloud Dancer – as a backdrop or the main character

Blurred Motion

Motion, zoom, panning, and long exposure. Energy over perfect sharpness.

Girl Power

Beautiful, bold, alive — together, but without rules

Instagrammable

Your best vertical wedding shot

That's Illegal

A fearless provocation almost "on the edge", yet still on the side of good taste

No Main Character

A frame where countless elements come together as one story

Love and the City

City architecture plays just as important a role in the frame as the main characters

rules

How to take part?

You need to be a MyWed member to take part.

After being approved, you will be able to send your photos to the contest.

Already a member? Simply choose photos for the contest from your portfolio.

Who can participate?

Please join MyWed PRO to participate in the contest. After that, you will be able to submit 1 photo or series per each of the 22 nominations.

Can I participate for free?

All photographers can participate in any 2 nominations except for the Wedding Photographer of the Year.

Prizes

The winner of the Wedding Photographer of the Year nomination will get $3,000, the contest's grand prize.

The prize of $1,000 is dedicated to the author of the best series in the Love Before and After the Wedding nomination.

Additionally, a $1,000 special prize is provided by the website editors.

Winners of the rest of the nominations will receive $300 each.

10 finalists in each nomination will get MyWed PRO+ for the next 12 months.

Sizes and formats

Everyone enjoys looking at the beautiful shots in high quality. Please upload photos with resolution of at least 2400 pixels on the longer side or bigger.

The file must contain the EXIF data so that we can check the shooting date.

Series of photos

A series submitted to the Wedding Photographer of the Year nomination must consist of 40–60 photos. All photos in the series must be taken at the same wedding.

To the Love Before and After the Wedding nomination, you can submit a series consisting of 25–45 photos.

Authorship of photographs

It is considered that the author of a photo is the person who held the camera and pressed the shutter button.

By sending a photo to the MyWed Award contest, you confirm that you are its author.

It is permissible to use up to 10 photos from assistants in the "Photographer of the Year" nomination (series of photos).

You also guarantee that there are no third party objections against the participation of your photos in the contest.

What photos can be submitted?

Only photos taken in 2025 – 2026 are accepted.

To this-year additional nominations, you can submit only photos taken in 2024–2026.

What photos are forbidden?

Do not submit photos with frames, huge watermarks or logos.

Avoid pictures with diptychs, triptychs, multiple exposure, excessive post-production, design elements, etc.

Photos from workshops are not allowed.

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